Quotes about Selflessness
Love alone allows man to forget himself... it alone can still redeem even the darkest hours of the past since it alone finds the courage to believe in the mercy of the holy God.
— Karl Rahner
True love is spelled G-I-V-E. It is not based on what you can get, but rooted in what you can give to the other person.
— Josh McDowell
When you love till it hurts, there will be no hurt left, just love.
— Mother Teresa
Following Jesus is simple, but not easy. Love until it hurts, and then love more.
— Mother Teresa
We go wherever God leads whenever God moves us...because we love His glory more than we love our lives.
— David Platt
Love always involves responsibility, and love always involves sacrifice. And we do not really love Christ unless we are prepared to face His task and to take up His Cross.
— William Barclay
Love cannot remain by itself - it has no meaning. Love has to be put into action and that action is service.
— Mother Teresa
Love is not a sentiment or feeling. Love is actively willing the good of the other.
— Robert Barron
This life is not about me. It's about joining hands with Jesus to fulfill whatever tasks He sets before me and to share His love with all He brings my way.
— Lysa TerKeurst
Let us not love by words alone, but let us love until it hurts.
— Mother Teresa
To give and not expect return, that is what lies at the heart of love.
— Oscar Wilde
The last degree of love is when He gave Himself to us to be our Food; because He gave Himself to be united with us in every way.
— Bernardino of Siena