Quotes about Selflessness
Anonymously perform acts of kindness, expecting nothing in return-not even a thank you.
- Wayne Dyer
It's also selfish because it makes you feel good when you help others. I've been helped by acts of kindness from strangers. That's why we're here, after all, to help others.
- Carol Burnett
Act with kindness but do not expect gratitude.
- Confucius
May I never get too busy in my own affairs that I fail to respond to the needs of others with kindness and compassion.
- Thomas Jefferson
If you can be kind and considerate for one day, then you can be for another. It won't cost you a penny in the world. Begin today.
- Dale Carnegie
Every day, try to help someone who can't reciprocate your kindness.
- John Wooden
When a person finds themselves predisposed to complaining about how little they are regarded by others, let them reflect how little they have contributed to the happiness of others.
- Lyndon B. Johnson
Some show their kindness to the poor by employing them in their kitchens. Would they not be kinder if they employed themselves there?
- Henry David Thoreau
I prefer to make a mistake because I am too kind than to perform miracles without any kindness.
- Mother Teresa
The merit of persons is to be no rule of our charity, but we are to do acts of kindness to those that least deserve it.
- William Law
The richest gifts we can bestow are the least marketable. We hate the kindness which we understand.
- Henry David Thoreau
We are not here to enjoy the things on earth, but to pass them around. The people who do it are the happiest people you know!
- George H. W. Bush