Quotes about Selflessness

Gratitude begins where my sense of entitlement ends.

When we place our discontented egos on the altar of gratitude, we develop contented altar egos filled with thanksgiving.

There can be no greater gift than that of giving one's time and energy to help others without expecting anything in return.

When you give someone your time, you are giving them a portion of your life that you'll never get back.Your time is your life. That is why the greatest gift you can give someone is your time

It's all about God. May He forgive us for every time we start to think it's actually all about us.

If you do a good job for others, you heal yourself at the same time, because a dose of joy is a spiritual cure.

If we only spent more of our time in looking at Him we should soon forget ourselves.

There are orphans who can be cared for; but this some will not venture to undertake; for it brings them more work than they care to do, leaving them but little time for their own pleasure.

Submission is the willingness to give up our right to ourselves, to freely surrender our insistence on having our own way all the time.

I need to have something besides a husband and children to devote myself to! I don't want to have lived in vain like most people. I want to be useful or bring enjoyment to all people, even those I've never met. I want to go on living even after my death!

Everyone is born equal; we will all die and shed our earthly glory. Riches, power and fame last for only a few short years. Why do we cling so desperately to these fleeting things? Why can't people who have more than enough for their own needs give the rest to their fellow human beings? Why should anyone have to have such a hard life for those few short years on earth?

We're so selfish that we talk about after the war and look forward to new clothes and shoes, when actually we should be saving every penny to help others when the war is over, to salvage whatever we can.