Quotes about Altruism
There is no life as empty as the self-centered life. There is no life as centered as the self-empty life.
— John Maxwell
Paul the Apostle exhorted, "Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others." 74 Make a mental and emotional commitment to look out for the interests of others.
— John Maxwell
One of the great ironies of life is that if you give up your life, you gain it. If you help others, you benefit. If you lose yourself, you find yourself.
— John Maxwell
You have not lived a perfect day, unless you have done something for someone who will never be able to repay you. No man becomes rich unless he enriches others.
— John Maxwell
No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it for someone else. —BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
— John Maxwell
Ambassador and poet Henry Van Dyke observed, "There is a loftier ambition than merely to stand high in the world. It is to stoop down and lift mankind a little higher.
— John Maxwell
Give to others? Why? I have needs too
— John Maxwell
their success is more important to you than your success
— John Maxwell
Make it your job to put other people on top today.
— John Maxwell
Success is more than just power or not violating the rights of others; it is the privilege of contributing to the betterment of others.
— John Maxwell
Maturity is the ability to see and act on behalf of others.
— John Maxwell
Jesuit theologian Pierre Teilhard de Chardin said, "The most satisfying thing in life is to have been able to give a large part of one's self to others." Anyone who has unselfishly helped another person knows this to be true.
— John Maxwell