Quotes about Selflessness

Somebody needs what you have to give. It may not be your money; it may be your time. It may be your listening ear. It may be your arms to encourage. It may be your smile to uplift. Who knows? Maybe just like that little baby, putting your arm around somebody and letting him or her know that you care can help begin to heal that person's heart. Maybe you can give a rescuing hug.

If you'll dare to take your mind off your troubles, get your mind off your own needs and, instead, seek to be a blessing to other people, God will do more for you than you could even ask or think.

True humility is absolute obedience and dependence on God. It puts Him first, others second, and ourselves third in all things.

Jesus wasn't seeking His own honor, but rather modeling the Honor Principle to the ones He was sent to.

Jesus makes it clear that to follow Him, we must first count the cost. There is a price to following Jesus, and He makes the amount certain. The price is nothing short of our lives!

Use your liberty in Christ to set others free, not to assert your own rights.

It's possible to want intellectual stimulation, emotional gratification and social usefulness but not to want God. Because if you really want God in your life, you have to give up your own will, and that shows us the difference between someone who is actually trying to use God and someone who is trying to serve God. to use God is to seek him for what we can get out of Him. To serve God, is to be entirely motivated by our love for him.

I believe that no one dared to join themselves to Jesus until they had counted the cost. There was no more joining for self-seeking reasons. They came to the Lord because of who He was, not because of what He could do.

Discouragement occurs in deserts or battles from focusing on ourselves rather than on God and our mission.

Liberty is to be used to serve others. There is freedom in serving but bondage in slavery. A slave is one who has to serve, while a servant is one who lives to serve.

People with humility don't think less of themselves; they just think of themselves less.

Getters generally don't get happiness; givers get it.