Quotes about Selflessness
Love not only prefers the good of another to my own, but it does not even compare the two.
- Thomas Merton
The test of love is that it gives even when there is no expectation of a return.
- John Ortberg
Love can wait to give; it is lust that can't wait to get.
- Josh McDowell
It is impossible to love deeply without sacrifice.
- Elisabeth Elliot
If we can augment our gift giving by giving more of ourselves to those we love, all the time and in various ways, we will have a good chance of helping them and ourselves live happier, better lives.
- Earl Nightingale
Love means to be willing to give until it hurts.
- Mother Teresa
As a pastor, I am bound by a divine command to give my life for those whom I love, and that includes all Salvadorans, even those who are going to kill me.
- Oscar Romero
I love my kids. But I don't give them the burden of being the source of my love.
- Tony Robbins
If I myself dominate myself, if my thoughts revolve round myself, if I am so occupied with myself I rarely have "a heart at leisure from itself," then I know nothing of Calvary love.
- Amy Carmichael
Love isn't what I have the opportunity to get from this world. Love is what I have the opportunity to give.
- Lysa TerKeurst
If we empty our hearts of self God will fill them with His love.
- Charles Spurgeon
The only way to retain love is to give it away.
- Elbert Hubbard