Quotes about Selflessness

If you were to write your life motto, what would it say? Look out for number one? Or look out for the needs of others?

You must keep a careful, correct perspective on life that this is not about me but about me serving my gift to the world.

The self-sacrificing, servant aspect of the Christian life has many parallels to parenthood.

Life isn't about what you have but what you have to give.

A life not lived for others is not a life, a game not played for others is not a game.

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.

My dharma teaches me to give my life for the sake of others without even attempting to kill.

Maturity starts with the willingness to give oneself.

Thinking too much just brings it back to me, me, me—but thanking takes my eyes off myself and my mistakes and puts them on others, on things bigger than myself. I can't stand here very long without being humbled at how small I am and amazed at how big and beautiful our world is.

This writer was once present at a service where a hymn was sung, the chorus of which ran, "Oh, how I love Jesus." But I could not conscientiously join in singing it. None in heaven are guilty of lauding themselves or magnifying their graces, nor should any Christians do so here upon earth.

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'.

Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm. . . . As you grow older you will discover that you have two hands. One for helping yourself, the other for helping others.