Quotes about Selflessness

Love Others Today: Take an honest inventory of your relationships. Are you trying to buy anyone's friendship for your own benefit instead of blessing that person out of sincere love?

Most of us concentrate on what we can get in life, but we need to concentrate on what we can give.

The best way to get along with people is not to expect them to like you.

We have to be willing to lay aside our own desires.

June 25 Be Kind and Encouraging It [Love] is not conceited (arrogant and inflated with pride); it is not rude (unmannerly) and does not act unbecomingly. Love (God's love in us) does not insist on its own rights or its own way, for it is not self-seeking; it is not touchy or fretful or resentful; it takes no account of the evil done to it [it pays no attention to a suffered wrong]. 1 CORINTHIANS 13:5

An immature Christian is selfish, self-centered, and finds it difficult to be happy unless he is getting what he wants in life.

Matthew 5:41 says to go the extra mile—don't just do what you have to do. I believe the Lord has caused me to know that real excellence is to do the more excellent thing even when nobody is looking—even when nobody is around to reward us, notice us, or recognize us as exceptional people.

Our lives are going to be less than God's best if we are consumed with "self." Self-centeredness keeps us from seeing the needs of others and causes us to miss the blessings that come when we serve. We don't have to totally forget about our own needs. But we can chase selfishness away by not always thinking about our needs first.

no matter how difficult your life may be during certain seasons, remember to do all you can do to bless, help, and encourage others.

If we are truly listeners and givers, we will try to help others receive what they need and be a blessing to them. But often our problem is that we spend far too much time trying to bless ourselves and not nearly enough time trying to bless someone else. Godly

When I walk in love, I am not so caught up in how I feel, but I care more about what is going on in the lives of others than what is going on in mine.

If you are willing to give yourself away, you will have a much better life than you ever would have had trying to keep yourself.