Quotes about Selflessness
It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.
— Harry S. Truman
We must remember that the test of our religious principles lies not just in what we say, not only in our prayers, not even in living blameless lives - but in what we do for others
— Harry S. Truman
Love is always bestowed as a gift - freely, willingly and without expectation. We don't love to be loved we love to love.
— Leo Buscaglia
Love is not a thing, it is not lost when given. You can offer your love completely to hundreds of people and still retain the same love you had originally.
— Leo Buscaglia
You can only give away what you have ... If you have love, you can give it. If you don't have it, you don't have it to give.
— Leo Buscaglia
Love is always open arms. If you close your arms about love you will find that you are left holding only yourself.
— Leo Buscaglia
Only when we give joyfully, without hesitation or thought of gain, can we truly know what love means.
— Leo Buscaglia
There's absolutely no way you can feel the freedom to embarrass and humiliate yourself unless you have finally recognized that your identity is in someone other than yourself.
— Tullian Tchividjian
Love can be unselfish, in the sense of being benevolent and generous, without being selfless.
— Mortimer Adler
No matter how tired you are, no matter how physically exhausting this work may be, it's beautiful to bring a smile into someone's life, to care for someone in need. What greater joy can there be?
— Mother Teresa
You may be exhausted with work, you may even kill yourself, but unless your work is interwoven with love, it is useless. To work without love is slavery.
— Mother Teresa
Feeding the hungry is a greater work than raising the dead
— St. John Chrysostom