Quotes about Selflessness
Who are you going to live for - yourself or God?
- Rick Warren
Our giving is but a reflex of God's giving.
- Sam Storms
Our fleshly nature tempts us to put ourselves above others or seek a position or place for ourselves instead of allowing others to have it.
- David Jeremiah
The church is never a place to show off. Do your good deeds quietly. Serve; don't seek to be seen
- Max Lucado
Love seeks one thing only: the good of the one loved. It leaves all the other secondary effects to take care of themselves. Love, therefore, is its own reward.
- Thomas Merton
No one whose first concern is feeling good can be a disciple. We are called to carry a cross and to glorify God.
- Elisabeth Elliot
Make sure your intentions are not only for yourself, but also for the common good.
- Deepak Chopra
Let every action aim solely at the common good.
- Marcus Aurelius
Begin where you are and such as you are, without aiming mainly to become of more worth, and with kindness aforethought, go about doing good.
- Henry David Thoreau