Quotes about Altruism
It is one of the most beautiful compensations of life, that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Doing well is the result of doing good. That's what capitalism is all about.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
It is one of the beautiful compensations in this life that no one can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
He is great who confers the most benefits.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Abundance isn't God's provision for me to live in luxury. It's his provision for me to help others live. God entrusts me with his money not to build my kingdom on earth, but to build his kingdom in heaven.
— Randy Alcorn
Look at every Zion society from ancient times to present, and you find at its center love for others.
— Joseph Wirthlin
See how these Christians love one another.
— Tertullian
Man is born for deeds of kindness.
— Marcus Aurelius
It is man's peculiar duty to love even those who wrong him.
— Marcus Aurelius
Men resemble the gods in nothing so much as in doing good to their fellow creatures.
— Cicero
What a man does for himself, dies with him. What a man does for his community lives long after he's gone.
— Theodore Roosevelt
No one has learned the meaning of living until he has surrendered his ego to the service of his fellow man. Service to others is akin to duty, the fulfillment of which brings true joy.
— Thomas Monson