Quotes about Selflessness

Who are you? he said. I am the Happy Prince. Why are you weeping then? asked the swallow; you have quite drenched me.

I am covered with fine gold, said the Prince, you must take it off, leaf by leaf, and give it to my poor.

I always pass on good advice.  It is the only thing to do with it.  It is never of any use to oneself. mabel

People are fond of giving away what they need most themselves.

Let's cease thinking of our accomplishments, our wants. Let's try to figure out the other person's good points. Then forget flattery. Give honest, sincere appreciation.

Why will doing a good deed every day produce such astounding effects on the doer? Because trying to please others will cause us to stop thinking of ourselves: the very thing that produces worry and fear and melancholia.

For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.

Forget yourself by becoming interested in others. Every day do a good deed that will put a smile of joy on someone's face.

Let's remember that the only way to find happiness is not to expect gratitude, but to give for the joy of giving.

There is no limit to what a man can do, or where he can go, if he doesn't mind who gets the credit.

individual who unselfishly tries to serve others has an enormous advantage.

There are thousands of people like her, people who are ill from "ingratitude," loneliness, and neglect. They long to be loved; but the only way in this world that they can ever hope to be loved is to stop asking for it and to start pouring out love without hope of return.