Quotes About The Selfless

#1. I was sophisticated enough to know that the written word is no mirror of the writer's character, that the amateur, though a selfless angel, may show himself a pompous ass, while the professional, a monster of ego, can convince you in a phrase that he has the innocence of a child. I - Author: Louis Auchincloss

#2. Love is a combination of virtues. The amount you receive from someone is based on the percentage of those virtues learned and applied. Unhappiness in a relationship is not a lack of love, but a lack of virtues in the percentages your significant other needs. - Author: Shannon L. Alder

#3. It's hard to get people to overcome the thought that they have to take care of themselves first. It's hard to get players to give in to the group and become selfless as opposed to selfish. - Author: Isaiah Thomas

#4. Develop strength and control at an early age and embrace love coupled with a selfless heart. Only then, will you find true peace in your heart and begin the journey to the best version of yourself and the best days of your life. - Author: Tony Gaskins

#5. Just as blueprints don't necessarily specify blue buildings, selfish genes don't necessarily specify selfish organisms. As we shall see, sometimes the most selfish thing a gene can do is build a selfless brain. Genes are a play within a play, not the interior monologue of the players. - Author: Steven Pinker

#6. True biblical love is a selfless commitment of one's body, soul, and spirit to the betterment of the other person. - Author: Jim George

#7. He smiled, a real one this time, though his voice remained teasing. "So, what do you think I am?" Naive, I thought at once. Naive, brave, selfless, incredible and much too kind to survive this world. It'll break you in the end, if you keep going like this. Good things never last. - Author: Julie Kagawa

#8. It's not that people are mean to each other; it's just that they haven't forgotten the times when being selfless brought them loneliness & pain. - Author: Saurabh Sharma

#9. Love wasn't selfless, and it wasn't selfish either. Love was equality. It was saying that another person's self was just as important as yours, and expecting them to feel the same way. - Author: Rose Lerner

#10. She wondered if it counted as being good if you did the good thing for purely selfish reasons. Probably not, but who cared. What was important was what you did, not how you felt. - Author: Emily Gould

#11. The greatest dividends in life are those that we give away. - Author: Craig D. Lounsbrough

#12. Americans today confuse freedom with not being asked to sacrifice. The fact that you can't have everything you want exactly when you want it has somehow become un-American. - Author: Bill Maher

#13. The selfless love that we give to others, to the point of being willing to sacrifice our lives for them, is all the proof I need that human beings are not mere animals of self-interest. We carry within us a divine spark, and if we chose to recognize it, our lives have dignity, meaning, hope. - Author: Dean Koontz

#14. [He was disgusted] at the beasts who in callous cruelty had dragged down and maimed and destroyed the human dignity of this selfless man. Yet it was nothing new. It had been like this at some point in every civilization and on every continent. There were human jackals for every human disaster. - Author: Pat Frank

#15. Much of what we accomplish in the church is due to the selfless service of women. - Author: Quentin L. Cook

#16. 'Looper' was so brilliant, and it took me forever to finally see it, but the way that movie ends and the message behind that is so selfless. - Author: Hayley Williams

#17. Man can never be a woman's equal in the spirit of selfless service with which nature has endowed her. - Author: Mahatma Gandhi

#18. How much self-love comes in the guise of selfless devotion! - Author: Susan Sontag

#19. Spare me the self-righteous indignation. I highly doubt your motives are selfless. - Author: Jaye Wells

#20. Any selfish person can light up a room. But a truly selfless person leaves the room (without saying goodbye to anyone) right before they get in a bad mood. See the distinction? - Author: Jay Clark

#21. Christmas is a bold act of emboldening sacrifice and the most selfless gift ever granted the rebellious lot that we are. - Author: Craig D. Lounsbrough

#22. Love is a selfless service to mankind like a showcase done by the twinkling stars in beautiful nightly sky. - Author: Santosh Kalwar

#23. When phenomena are individually analyzed as selfless, and what has been analyzed is meditated upon, that is the cause for attaining the fruit, nirvana. One does not go to peace through any other cause - Author: Gautama Buddha

#24. The essence if love is selfless giving. - Author: Debasish Mridha

#25. Perform anonymous service. Whenever we do good for others anonymously, our sense of intrinsic worth and self-respect increases ... Selfless service has always been one of the most powerful methods of influence. - Author: Stephen Covey

#26. Love is the selfless promotion of the growth of the other. - Author: Milton Mayeroff

#27. We all intuitively know that a mother's love is crucial to the creation of a well-adjusted human and that we are all born with an instinctive expectation of receiving unconditionally selfless love from our mother. - Author: Jeremy Griffith

#28. On the silver screen, capitalists are usually vilified as greedy and heartless, while statists of every stripe are depicted as selfless, romantic idealists who only want to help people. - Author: Lawrence Reed

#29. Love can be unselfish, in the sense of being benevolent and generous, without being selfless. - Author: Mortimer Adler

#30. True love is the ironically selfless need to know that your person will be okay without you. - Author: Renee Carlino

#31. Selfless love, is the fountain of youth ... - Author: Samer Chidiac

#32. Acts 16:9 is the meddler's motto, simultaneously selfless and self-serving, generous but stuck-up. Into every generation of Americans is born a new crop of buttinskys sniffing out the latest Macedonia that may or may not want their help. - Author: Sarah Vowell

#33. Caricatured as navel-gazers, Millennials are said to live for their 'likes' and status updates. But the young people I know often leverage social media in selfless ways. - Author: Chelsea Clinton

#34. The selfless and unattached man may live in the very heart of a crowded and sinful city; he will not be touched by sin. - Author: Swami Vivekananda

#35. Despite the crushing weight of the expectations placed on her, from the theological to the self-inflicted, what I needed was the last, selfless thought in her sleepy head. - Author: Tammara Webber

#36. When faith replaces doubt, when selfless service eliminates selfish striving, the power of God brings to pass His purposes. - Author: Thomas S. Monson

#37. It is imperative that when thousands of selfless volunteers respond to those who have incurred the wrath of a natural disaster that legal liability need not be hanging over their heads. - Author: Jon Porter

#38. Heroism is not blind courage: it is selfless action. it is knowing the odds are stacked against you, but feeling that you must do what you do for the good of others. - Author: John Baldoni

#39. I had not yet learned that one cannot really be superior without humility and tolerance and human understanding. I did not yet know that in order to belong to a rare and higher breed one must first develop the true power and talent of selfless immolation. - Author: Thomas Wolfe

#40. An "eye" on the vision is more important than an "I" on the vision. - Author: Sharad Vivek Sagar

#41. Look for the heart of a tradition in the actions of its humble servants and selfless teachers. Listen and let the teachings be borne out, or set aside, based on your experience. - Author: Andrew Furst

#42. If we loved Steve Aylett, really loved him in the way that he deserves, a selfless love that genuinely wanted nothing save his happiness and comfort, we'd lobotomise him. - Author: Alan Moore

#43. Spirituality does two things for you. One, you are forced to become more selfless, two, you trust to providence. The opposite of a spiritual man is a materialist. If I was a materialist I would be making lots of money doing endorsements, doing cricket commentary. I have no interest in that. - Author: Imran Khan

#44. And who would dare write their own death into the script so that the rest of the characters in the tale might live? God of course. - Author: Craig D. Lounsbrough

#45. As you can see marriage is about putting away selfishness and taking on the concept of teamwork. - Author: Jim George

#46. 14) Selfless actions always benefit you more than the recipient. - Author: Scott Hildreth

#47. Selfless service to mankind makes you free in the world of mortals. - Author: Sivaya Subramuniyaswami

#48. Selfless-giving burns away the layers of the onion. Purity and humility keep meditation and selfless-giving clear. Love radiates through the entire practice because we do all of it only for love. - Author: Frederick Lenz

#49. You could go outside today and have a glum face, or you could put a smile on your face and go out into the world, even though you don't feel like it - that's selfless giving! - Author: Frederick Lenz

#50. There is no doubt that in exchanging a self-centered for a selfless life we gain enormously in self-esteem. The vanity of the selfless, even those who practice utmost humility, is boundless. - Author: Eric Hoffer

#51. Whose meditation is real and effective? Who can really surrender to the will of God? Only the person whose mind has been purified by selfless work. - Author: Swami Vivekananda

#52. I think that she is everything I have ever loved about our religion distilled down to fit into one person, everything about the faith that is both selfless and responsible. - Author: Ann Patchett

#53. When your love is so deep and selfless that it demands to be reciprocated , the people you love are forced-for your sake, not theirs - into becoming better human beings. - Author: Lee Kravitz

#54. Perhaps the meaning of all human activity lies in artistic consciousness, in the pointless and selfless creative act? Perhaps our capacity to create is evidence that we ourselves were created in the image and likeness of God? - Author: Andrei Tarkovsky

#55. "Heaven" refers to the realm that is the interior part of a human being, and that the "divine self" is none other than the selfless light existing in our innermost depths. - Author: Masahisa Goi

#56. The way our efforts are shunned, at first we don't care. In a way it makes us proud. It's humility. And selfless service is truly selfless if you're never recognized. - Author: Ryan Smithson

#57. I am no longer Tris, the selfless, or Tris, the brave.
I suppose that now, I must become more than either. - Author: Veronica Roth

#58. A grandmother's love is selfless all the way to the bones. - Author: Janvier Chouteu-Chando

#59. We do things in life to make others happy. We make sacrifices because that feeling - the one I once thought was altruism, but have since learned is just love - it makes us feel good. We give, but it's never selfless. - Author: Ginger Scott

#60. The Temple of Righteousness is built and its four walls are the four Principles - Purity, Wisdom, Compassion, Love. Peace is its roof; its floor Steadfastness, its entrance-door is Selfless Duty, its atmosphere is Inspiration, and its music is the Joy of the perfect. - Author: James Allen

#61. The selfless actions of these heroes have removed them from their families, businesses and homeland to fight, so that others may experience the liberty awaiting our troops upon safe return to America. - Author: Jim Walsh

#62. Even when we speak of selflessness, the mind goes to "me." We think, "I'm selfless," but everything is selfless. - Author: Sakyong Mipham

#63. It could be anything, give a homeless guy a sandwich, help an old lady across the street like anything to make this world a better place. If everybody just did one good thing for another person like a selfless good deed just think about how much a better place this would be. - Author: Frank Iero

#64. Dedicated selfless people shape the future - Author: Kishore Bansal

#65. Selfless giving is a choice. The primary choice we make is not what to give, how to give, where to give. What we are trying to do is become perfect givers. - Author: Frederick Lenz

#66. Writers are a savage breed, Mr. Strike. If you want life-long friendship and selfless camaraderie, join the army and learn to kill. If you want a lifetime of temporary alliances with peers who will glory in your every failure, write novels. - Author: Robert Galbraith

#67. To be unselfish, perfectly selfless, is salvation itself; for the man within dies, and God alone remains. - Author: Swami Vivekananda

#68. We are creatures of loss; we have left everything behind. I have no home, no path, and no certainty. I am no longer Tris, the selfless, or Tris, the brave. I suppose now, I must become more than either. - Author: Veronica Roth

#69. Now you are deep in what seems to me a peculiarly selfless service. The spiritual training of children must be that. You work for the years you will not see. You work for the Invisible all the time, but you work for the Eternal. So it is all worthwhile. - Author: Amy Carmichael

#70. How much pain a person detains may be proportionate to the pain they spare others when they'd rather hurt than hurt another. - Author: Donna Lynn Hope

#71. Selfless giving is love in action. Initially you will feel that you should help in a certain way, with a certain result. Do your best, but don't be concerned with results; do it for the infinite. - Author: Frederick Lenz

#72. So often, we leave the selfless side of ourselves for nights and weekends, for our charity work. It is our duty to inject that into our day-to-day business, into the work that we do, to improve corporations, to improve civil society, and to improve government. - Author: Leila Janah

#73. Maybe the ability to confer attention to another person was not simply common courtesy, but was the fundamental act of humanity. When it came down to it, all we ever really have to give each other is our attention. Wasn't that what love was? Paying selfless attention? - Author: Carolyn Jourdan

#74. When you switch your focus from the "we" to the "me", the goal from "team" to "self", you upset the balance of the whole. Consequentially, that redistribution of effort impedes success. - Author: Carlos Wallace

#75. All your stress, pain, suffering, misery is due to your attachment with it. If you don't attach with the things, that doesn't serve you, either in your internal or external life, slowly those things lose grip on you, and you release yourself from it forever. - Author: Roshan Sharma

#76. Selflessness. It should be the basis of every relationship. If a person truly cares about you, they'll get more pleasure from the way they make you feel, rather than the way you make them feel. - Author: Colleen Hoover

#77. I do not need to be a selfless child, or a woman giving to the point of self-annihilation. - Author: Anais Nin

#78. My son's the most precious thing to me; he's changed me from being selfish to selfless. - Author: Ricardo Antonio Chavira

#79. The Christmas spirit will elude you
'til a selfless love consumes you
and the joy of giving moves you. - Author: Richelle E. Goodrich

#80. Only those who have learned the power of sincere and selfless contribution experience life's deepest joy: true fulfillment. - Author: Tony Robbins

#81. Any man can help make a child, but it takes a special man to help raise a child. He must be selfless. He must be responsible. He must be reliable. He must be a role model. Happy Father's Day to the men who are being real fathers. - Author: Tony Gaskins

#82. To lead solely on the behalf of those being led is the utter pinnacle of fatherhood, and it is sad that so few ever stand on the summit. - Author: Craig D. Lounsbrough

#83. Nature gives constantly to us. We as indendepent egos think we're important. Selfless giving has to do with overcoming the ego. The ego makes us unhappy. - Author: Frederick Lenz

#84. Selfless service gives contentment and change the vision of seeing things invisible to others. - Author: Kishore Bansal

#85. Men have been taught that the ego is the synonym of evil, and selflessness the ideal of virtue. But the creator is the egotist in the absolute sense, and the selfless man is the one who does not think, feel, judge or act. These are functions of the self. - Author: Ayn Rand

#86. Have the courage to be selfless in a world were such qualities are not admired. Dare to be differnt. Be crazy! - Author: Frederick Lenz

#87. To me, teamwork is the beauty of our sport, where you have five acting as one. You become selfless. - Author: Mike Krzyzewski

#88. Taking responsibility of others means to be selfless. We have to put aside our own well being and desires as secondary and to think primarily of what is best for the persons who are looking up to us. - Author: Radhanath Swami

#89. The pure heart is one that is entirely cut away from self. To be selfless is to be pure. - Author: Abdu'l- Baha

#90. This ring means that I choose to spend the rest of my life with you. I promise to love you in the nurturing and selfless way that you love me. I've changed so much since I've known you. Your love has given me the strength to be softer. You've taught me kindness and compassion. You make me better. - Author: Portia De Rossi

#91. I've never met anyone as quietly brave and strong as you. I've never met a woman so unassuming, so kind, and so selfless. You are a complex lady." His mouth curled up at the corners. "And you are smart, and passionate, and funny, and exciting, and you blow me fucking away. - Author: Samantha Young

#92. Heaven and Earth last for ever. Why do Heaven and Earth last for ever? They are unborn, so ever living. The sage stays behind, thus he is ahead. He is detached, thus at one with all. Through selfless action, he attains fulfillment. - Author: Laozi

#93. Sometimes giving someone space is the most selfless thing you can do. - Author: Brownell Landrum

#94. It was the sweetest, kindest, most selfless thing anyone has done for me in a long time and that in and of itself scared the shit out of me. - Author: Sawyer Bennett

#95. Only God can give us a selfless love for others, as the Holy Spirit changes us from within. This is one reason we must receive Christ, for apart from His Spirit we can never be freed from the chains of selfishness, jealousy, and indifference. Will others see Christ's love in your life today? - Author: Billy Graham

#96. As you have seen the treachery of love because of me, I have seen my cruelty because of you. But you learned mercy from me, and from you I learned resilience. As you came to understand me enough to know the value I placed on selfless love, I understand your nature better. - Author: D. Morgenstern

#97. If you want life-long friendship and selfless camaraderie, join the army and learn to kill.
If you want a lifetime of temporary alliances with peers who will glory in your every failure, write novels.
- Robert Galbraith (J.K. Rowling)
The Silkworm - Author: J.K. Rowling

#98. Lenin, the greatest man of action in our century and at the same time the most selfless. - Author: Vladimir Lenin

#99. The number of those who do selfless public service and those who serve without expecting any return, should increase. Their sterling qualities should show the way to the people at large. Their life would be a model to show how man should conduct himself in public life. - Author: Periyar E.V. Ramasamy

#100. You think you're so selfless, you think you're working to save everyone, but what if you're going about it all wrong? At least when I live as a boy, no one gets hurt. But you pretendin' to be a martyr? Pretending to be the Fury? That hurts everyone. - Author: Susan Dennard