Quotes about Altruism
Life isn't about what you have but what you have to give.
— Oprah Winfrey
A life not lived for others is not a life, a game not played for others is not a game.
— John Wooden
Is there any real purpose in being alive if all we are going to do is get up every day and live only for ourselves? Live your life to help others. Give & live selflessly.
— Joyce Meyer
My dharma teaches me to give my life for the sake of others without even attempting to kill.
— Mahatma Gandhi
And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country.
— John F. Kennedy
What you make happen for others, GOD will make happen for you.
— John Hagee
There is within each one of us a potential for goodness beyond our imagining; for giving which seeks no reward; for listening without judgment; for loving unconditionally.
— Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
Compassion is the basis of morality.
— Arthur Schopenhauer
It's that wonderful old-fashioned idea that others come first and you come second. This was the whole ethic by which I was brought up. Others matter more than you do, so 'don't fuss, dear; get on with it'.
— Audrey Hepburn
If you're feeling helpless, help someone.
— Aung San Suu Kyi
The good ruler sublimates his needs as an individual to the service of the nation.
— Aung San Suu Kyi
Charity must become a fundamental state of mind and heart that guides us in all we do.
— Joseph Wirthlin