Quotes about Selflessness

Mama's love had always been the kind that acted itself out with soup pot and sewing basket. But now that these things were taken away, the love seemed as whole as before. She sat in her chair at the window and loved us. She loved the people she saw in the street—and beyond: her love took in the city, the land of Holland, the world. And so I learned that love is larger than the walls that shut it in.

Somehow, out of his watch shop that never made money, he fed and dressed and cared for eleven more children after his own four were grown.

But under the words, a prayer was forming in my heart. Lord Jesus, I offer myself for Your people. In any way. Any place. Any time.

We reflect God's character the most when we give freely of ourselves with no strings attached, no secret motives, no hidden agenda.

If we believe that God wants us happy above all else, rather than acknowledging that our role is to serve God, we wrongly believe that God exists to serve us. God becomes a a means to our end: happiness.

Weirdly enough, the more we give away, the richer we become.

We were created not for earth but for eternity. We were created not to be Liked but to show love. We were created not to draw attention to ourselves but to give glory to God. We were created not to collect followers but to follow Christ.

You must long for God more than normal. You must be willing to live to give, not live to gain.

It's the things no one sees that result in the things everyone wants.

On the other hand, when you do something for someone else, there's often a greater, deeper satisfaction.

Instead of sacrificing for the cause of Christ, people appeared to be consuming, not contributing.

When did we, as Christ followers, start to think that the church exists for us? When did we forget that we are the church? And that we're here for the world?