Quotes about Selflessness

Maturity is the ability to see and act on behalf of others.

Jesuit theologian Pierre Teilhard de Chardin said, "The most satisfying thing in life is to have been able to give a large part of one's self to others." Anyone who has unselfishly helped another person knows this to be true.

Give first, no matter what your circumstances may be.

If you are willing to make success about giving rather than gaining, you will find your life to be greatly rewarding.

The true leader serves. Serves people. Serves their best interests, and in so doing will not always be popular, may not always impress. But because true leaders are motivated by loving concern, rather than a desire for personal glory, they are willing to pay the price.

Following Christ's example, we have to learn to give ourselves completely. Anything else is not enough.

The value of a man should be seen in what he gives and not in what he is able to receive.

Being a mother is the hardest job on earth.

If we are serious about loving someone, we have to surrender all the desires within us to manipulate the relationship.

It is only by frequent deaths of ourselves and our self-centered desires that we can come to live more fully.

We should never desire to be over others. Instead, we ought to be servants who are submissive to every human being for God's sake.

What has made me successful is the ability to surrender my plans, dreams and goals to a power that's greater than other people and greater than myself.