Quotes about Selflessness
You say we could lose our lives for this child. I would consider that the greatest honor that could come to my family.
— Corrie Ten Boom
The fact remains that we are invited to forget ourselves on purpose, cast our awful solemnity to the wind, and join in the general Dance.
— Thomas Merton
Humility - the discipline of putting others ahead of self, the choice to value others above self - is, at its core, a matter of faith.
— Charles Swindoll
It is not enough to long for a person as a good for oneself, one must also, and above all, long for that person's good.
— Pope John Paul II
Only faith in Christ gives rise to a culture contrary to egotism and death.
— Pope John Paul II
Henceforth we are dead to everything pertaining to ourselves and alive to His Spirit alone. This requires our exercising faith.
— Watchman Nee
That who advances his glory, not their own, Them he himself to glory will advance.
— John Milton
He who hath two coats, let him impart to him that hath none.
— Lancelot Andrewes
Sometimes taking up our cross is doing the thing in front of us, not the glamorous, high-risk thing afar off.
— Cathy Gohlke
Most times we're so focused on what we think we want that we can't appreciate how happy we already are. It's only when we forget about our problems and help others forget theirs that we realize how good we really have it.
— Glenn Beck
Women are always better liked if we sacrifice ourselves for something bigger—and something bigger always means including men, even though something bigger for men doesn't usually mean including women.
— Gloria Steinem
Love is wanting what's best for the other person. Romance is wanting the other person.
— Gloria Steinem