Quotes about Selflessness
Doing great things for others is an awesome gift to give yourself.
- Robin Sharma
It is another's fault if he be ungrateful, but it is mine if I do not give. To find one thankful man, I will oblige a great many that are not so.
- Lucius Annaeus Seneca
There is great joy in doing something for somebody else with no thought in receiving anything in return.
- John Wooden
When we help ourselves, we find moments of happiness. When we help others, we find lasting fulfillment.
- Simon Sinek
Those who are not looking for happiness are the most likely to find it, because those who are searching forget that the surest way to be happy is to seek happiness for others.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Happiness doesn't result from what we get, but from what we give.
- Ben Carson
Understand that the only way to get happiness is by giving it away to others.
- Napoleon Hill
A happiness that is sought for ourselves alone can never be found: for a happiness that is diminished by being shared is not big enough to make us happy.
- Thomas Merton
If we want to find happiness, let's stop thinking about gratitude or ingratitude and give for the inner joy of giving.
- Dale Carnegie
To forget oneself is to be happy.
- Robert Louis Stevenson
Tremendous happiness and peace of mind are the results of loving service to others. Nobody can live fully and happily who lives only unto himself or herself.
- Gordon Hinckley
Happiness that is sought for ourselves alone can never be found.
- Thomas Merton