Quotes about Altruism
The happiest people are those who do the most for others. The most miserable are those who do the least.
— Booker T. Washington
As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.
— Audrey Hepburn
An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Be certain that you do not die without having done something wonderful for humanity.
— Maya Angelou
Sometimes you have to put your own dreams on hold temporarily so you can help release a dream in somebody else. What you make happen for others, God will make happen for you.
— Joel Osteen
Generosity is the best investment.
— Diane von Furstenberg
If we do not lay out ourselves in the service of mankind whom should we serve?
— John Adams
Let your heart feel for the afflictions and distress of everyone, and let your hand give in proportion to your purse.
— George Washington
This is our special duty, that if anyone specially needs our help, we should give him such help to the utmost of our power.
— Cicero
We must want for others, not ourselves alone.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Want to snatch a day from the manacles of boredom? Do overgenerous deeds, acts beyond reimbursement. Kindness without compensation. Do a deed for which you cannot be repaid.
— Max Lucado
Do you think that the man-loving God has given you much so that you could use it only for your own benefit? No, but so that your abundance might supply the lack of others.
— St. John Chrysostom