Quotes about Altruism
We refuse to despair of mankind. Without having the unreasonable ambition to save men, we still want to serve them.
— Albert Camus
Religion without humanity is very poor human stuff.
— Sojourner Truth
The degree to which one is sensitive to other people's suffering, to other (people's) humanity, is the index of one's own humanity
— Abraham Joshua Heschel
In the last resort, a love of God without love of humanity is no love at all.
— Hans Kung
Humanity is the equity of the heart.
— Confucius
I am certain and have always stressed that the destination of mankind is to become more and more humane. The ideal of humanity has to be revived.
— Albert Schweitzer
All you have shall some day be given. Therefore give now, that the season of giving may be yours and not your inheritors.
— Khalil Gibran
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