Quotes about Selflessness
This is what you shall do: love the earth and sun and the animals, despise riches, give alms to every one that asks, stand up for the stupid and crazy, devote your income and labour to others
— Walt Whitman
How much in our prayers is self completely forgotten and the will of the Lord is alone the thing that is sought?
— Watchman Nee
She is doing this for Me. Real satisfaction is brought to the heart of God only when we are really, as people would think, wasting ourselves upon him. It seems as though we are giving too much and getting nothing—and that is the secret of pleasing God.
— Watchman Nee
He never complained. He seemed to have no instinct for the making much of oneself that complaining requires.
— Wendell Berry
A song is a light we shine on others, not a light we shine on us.
— Charles Martin
Sometimes the most courageous thing a man can do is run back across the battlefield and rescue the wounded.
— Charles Martin
The heart is not only the most unselfish of organs, it is also the most courageous and faithful.
— Charles Martin
Motherhood is a great honor and privilege, yet it is also synonymous with servanthood. Every day women are called upon to selflessly meet the needs of their families. Whether they are awake at night nursing a baby, spending their time and money on less-than-grateful teenagers, or preparing meals, moms continuously put others before themselves.
— Charles Stanley
In giving us children, God places us in a position of both leadership and service. He calls us to give up our lives for someone else's sake - to abandon our own desires and put our child's interests first. Yet, according to His perfect design, it is through this selflessness that we can become truly fulfilled.
— Charles Stanley
Love never reasons, but profusely gives; it gives like a thoughtless prodigal its all, and then trembles least it has done to little.
— Hannah More
find God in the willingness of so many people to do the right thing, even when the right thing is difficult, expensive, or unappreciated, and to reject the wrong thing no matter how tempting or profitable.
— Harold S. Kushner
Do things for people not because of who they are or what they do in return, but because of who you are
— Harold S. Kushner