Quotes about Selflessness

I began learning long ago that those who are happiest are those who do the most for others.

Before the end of the year, I think I began learning that those who are happiest are those who do the most for others.

In order to be successful in any kind of undertaking, I think the main thing is for one to grow to the point where he completely forgets himself; that is, to lose himself in a great cause.

The one thing that is most worth living for—and dying for, if need be—is the opportunity of making some one else more happy and more useful.

Before the end of the year, I think I began learning that those who are happiest are those who do the most for others. This

We have to let go of our preconceived ideas, our carefully worked-out plans, our way of doing things so God can live in us. We need new life, His life. If we are going to make room to carry His glory, we have to die first. We have to take our place at the cross and say, as Jesus said, "Not my will but yours, God. Your will. I will drink the cup You have called me to drink, whatever the cost.

So long as you can sweeten another's pain, life is not in vain.

Learning to live for others isn't something that just comes naturally to anybody. You have to train yourself to do it.

I was brought up by great parents and great grandparents who told me, 'Never, ever think that you're better than anyone else or that what you do is so important that the world won't miss you once you're gone,' and I kind of translate that into the stardom thing.

Blessed is the servant who loves his brother as much when he is sick and useless as when he is well and can be of service to him. And blessed is he who loves his brother as well when he is afar off as when he is by his side, and who would say nothing behind his back he might not, in love, say before his face.

What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and needy. It has eyes to see misery and want. It has the ears to hear the sighs and sorrows of men. That is what love looks like.

Charity is the root of all good works.