Quotes about Selflessness

It's a strange principle but it's true, nevertheless, that those who give the most have the most of whatever they give.

He was suffering from self-love, a chief cure for which is the practice of love for others.

The man who is out doing something isn't tired. If you're not getting into good causes, no wonder you're tired. You're disintegrating. You're deteriorating. You're dying on the vine. The more you lose yourself in something bigger than yourself, the more energy you will have. You don't have time to think about yourself and get bogged down in your emotional difficulties.

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

Joy increases as you give it, and diminishes as you try to keep it yourself. In giving it, you will accumulate a deposit of joy greater than you ever believed possible. ~ Norman Vincent Peale

Extend to each person, no matter how trivial the contact, all the care and kindness and understanding and love that you can muster, and do it with no thought of any reward. Your life will never be the same again

Happiness is never something you get from other people. The happiness you feel is in direct proportion to the love you are able to give.

Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others. PHILIPPIANS 2:4

People are very fond of giving away what they need most themselves. It is what I call the depth of generosity.

Those who have much are often greedy; those who have little often share.

Philanthropic people lose all sense of humanity. It is their distinguishing characteristic.

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.