Quotes about Selflessness

Help them to show the world that our greatness is not in things we do for ourselves, but in things we do for others.

Real love isn't a payment. It isn't a response to your accomplishments or anything else. It's a gift without strings.

Father, help these young people to see. Help them to show the world that our greatness is not in things we do for ourselves, but in things we do for others. In power that channels itself into kindness, in a hand outstretched in love.

Help them to show the world that our greatness is not in things we do for ourselves, but in things we do for others. In power that channels itself into kindness, in a hand outstretched in love. Be with

Father, help these young people to see. Help them to show the world that our greatness is not in things we do for ourselves, but in things we do for others.

Love the giver more than the gift.

When you become detached mentally from yourself and concentrate on helping other people with their difficulties, you will be able to cope with your own more effectively. Somehow, the act of self-giving is a personal power-releasing factor.

Teamwork is what the Green Bay Packers were all about. They didn't do it for individual glory. They did it because they loved one another.

Christmas is the spirit of giving without a thought of getting.

Dating is a give and take. If you only see it as "Taking," you are not getting it.

Upon a life I did not live, upon a death I did not die; another's life, another's death, I stake my whole eternity.

Prayer helps correct myopia, calling to mind a perspective I daily forget. I keep reversing roles, thinking of ways in which God should serve me, rather than vice versa. As God fiercely reminded Job, the Lord of the universe has many things to manage, and in the midst of my self-pity I would do well to contemplate for a moment God's own point of view.