Quotes about Selflessness
Self-sacrifice is the real miracle out of which all the reported miracles grow.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Going all in and all out for the All in All is both a death sentence and a life sentence. Your sinful nature, along with its selfish desires, is nailed to the cross. Then, and only then, does your true personality, your true potential, and your true purpose come alive. After all, God cannot resurrect what has not died. And that's why so many people are half alive. They haven't died to self yet.
— Mark Batterson
the true value of an offering isn't measured by how much we give. It's measured by how much we keep... By definition, a sacrifice must involve sacrifice...
— Mark Batterson
Consecration is death to self. I know there is a fear that if we give more of ourselves to God, there will be less of us left, but it's the exact opposite. It's not until we die to self that we truly come alive. The more we give to God, the more we have and the more we become. It's only in losing our lives that we will really find them.
— Mark Batterson
The paradigm shift happens when we come to terms with the fact that the world doesn't revolve around us.
— Mark Batterson
Whatever you don't turn into praise turns into pride.
— Mark Batterson
Jesus could have aborted his redemptive mission with one call for angelic backup. But Jesus wasn't trying to save himself. He was trying to save you.
— Mark Batterson
From the secular to the sacred, we can focus on ourselves or others.
— Mark Batterson
The goal of marriage is not happiness, it is holiness...There is no mechanism whereby God can sanctify a person more than having them live in close proximity to another imperfect person. ...Our fundamental problem is that we are selfish. Marriage is the means whereby God eradicates our selfishness because it is not about "me" anymore, i t is about "we.
— Mark Batterson
Never leave the impression that you're the hero or the smartest
— Mark Dever
When the Bible speaks of love, it measures it primarily not by how much you want to receive but by how much you are willing to give of yourself to someone. How much are you willing to lose for the sake of this person? How much of your freedom are you willing to forsake? How much of your precious time, emotion, and resources are you willing to invest for this person?
— Mark Dever
Do you think you are going to live forever? Is life so long you rather rag somebody than be nice to them?
— Mark Harris