Quotes about Altruism
Earn your success based on service to others, not at the expense of others.
- H Jackson Brown, Jr.
Nothing that you have not given away will ever be really yours.
- CS Lewis
It is more noble to give yourself completely to one individual than to labor diligently for the salvation of the masses.
- Dag Hammarskjold
You must live for another if you wish to live for yourself.
- Lucius Annaeus Seneca
When you are laboring for others let it be with the same zeal as if it were for yourself.
- Confucius
A tear dries quickly when it is shed for troubles of others.
- Cicero
No man has come to true greatness who has not felt that his life belongs to his race, and that which God gives to him, He gives him for mankind.
- Phillips Brooks
A sure indicator of true religion is a concern for the poor of the earth.
- Joseph Wirthlin
I don't think I should accept other people's suffering because I suffered. Just the opposite, because I suffered I don't want others to suffer.
- Elie Wiesel
Joy is a sign of generosity. When you are full of joy, you move faster and you want to go about doing good to everyone.
- Mother Teresa
The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.
- Pierre Corneille
Seek always to do some good, somewhere. Every man has to seek in his own way to realize his true worth. You must give some time to your fellow man. For remember, you don't live in a world all your own. Your brothers are here too.
- Albert Schweitzer