Quotes about Altruism
You don't have to have a college degree to serve. You don't have to make your subject and your verb agree to serve. You don't have to know about Plato and Aristotle to serve. You don't have to know Einstein's theory of relativity to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love. And you can be that servant.
— John F. Kennedy
My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.
— John F. Kennedy
It is not enough to long for a person as a good for oneself, one must also, and above all, long for that person's good.
— Pope John Paul II
Charity can be the outward expression of faith and hope.
— Joseph Wirthlin
Are you capable of risking your life for someone? Do it for Christ.
— Pope John Paul II
Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for kindness.
— Lucius Annaeus Seneca
And miserable it is to be to others cause of misery...
— John Milton
That who advances his glory, not their own, Them he himself to glory will advance.
— John Milton
He who hath two coats, let him impart to him that hath none.
— Lancelot Andrewes
Love means to love that which is unlovable or it is no virtue at all.
— GK Chesterton
As always, self-esteem had created an ability to be generous.
— Gloria Steinem
Generally speaking, the most miserable people I know are those who are obsessed with themselves; the happiest people I know are those who lose themselves in the service of others...By and large, I have come to see that if we complain about life, it is because we are thinking only of ourselves.
— Gordon Hinckley