Quotes about Selflessness

There is absolutely no man in the whole world who can possess one among you unless he first die.

If you love and serve man, you cannot, by any hiding or stratagem, escape remuneration.

Man's greatest happiness comes from losing himself for the good of others.

We want men to rule the nation who care more for and love better the nation's welfare than gold and silver, fame or popularity.

A man of humanity is one who, in seeking to establish himself, finds a foothold for others and who, in desiring attaining himself, helps others to attain.

Is quick relief worth it? No, it isn't. I'd rather take the pain myself so they won't have to.

He who lives only to benefit himself confers on the world a benefit when he dies

A love which does not prove itself in action is not enough, nor is our natural readiness to please a friend; that is not charity, for sinners are ready to do the same. Jesus

Our Lord made me understand that the only true glory is that which lasts for ever; and that to attain it there is no necessity to do brilliant deeds, but rather to hide from the eyes of others, and even from oneself, so that "the left hand knows not what the right hand does."[1]

Our Father, St. John of the Cross, says with great truth: "All good things have come unto me, since I no longer sought them for myself.

Love lives only by sacrifice

Love will consume us only in the measure of our self-surrender.