Quotes about Selflessness

In giving us children, God places us in a position of both leadership and service. He calls us to give up our lives for someone else's sake - to abandon our own desires and put our child's interests first. Yet, according to His perfect design, it is through this selflessness that we can become truly fulfilled.

Love never reasons, but profusely gives; it gives like a thoughtless prodigal its all, and then trembles least it has done to little.

find God in the willingness of so many people to do the right thing, even when the right thing is difficult, expensive, or unappreciated, and to reject the wrong thing no matter how tempting or profitable.

Do things for people not because of who they are or what they do in return, but because of who you are

It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.

We must remember that the test of our religious principles lies not just in what we say, not only in our prayers, not even in living blameless lives - but in what we do for others

Love is always bestowed as a gift - freely, willingly and without expectation. We don't love to be loved we love to love.

Love is not a thing, it is not lost when given. You can offer your love completely to hundreds of people and still retain the same love you had originally.

You can only give away what you have ... If you have love, you can give it. If you don't have it, you don't have it to give.

Love is always open arms. If you close your arms about love you will find that you are left holding only yourself.

Only when we give joyfully, without hesitation or thought of gain, can we truly know what love means.

There's absolutely no way you can feel the freedom to embarrass and humiliate yourself unless you have finally recognized that your identity is in someone other than yourself.