Quotes about Altruism
Let us use love and compassion. Peace begins with a smile. Smile five times a day at someone you don't really want to smile at at all. Do it for peace.
- Mother Teresa
If this is going to be a Christian nation that doesn't help the poor, either we have to pretend that Jesus was just as selfish as we are, or we've got to acknowledge that He commanded us to love the poor and serve the needy without condition and then admit that we just don't want to do it.
- Stephen Colbert
Selfishness is like a disease that suffocates our capacity to love. While love asks us to deny ourselves for the sake of another, selfishness demands we put ourselves first at their expense. When we choose to be self-centered, we become less kind and content—more needy, sensitive, and demanding. More unsatisfiable. Moodiness and impatience, laziness and irresponsibility, are only selfishness in disguise.
- Stephen Kendrick
It always does what is best for others and can empower us to face the greatest of problems." (love)
- Stephen Kendrick
Surprise your children today by doing some unexpected act of kindness. As they take note of your gesture, ask them to do something kind for someone else that is also unexpected.
- Stephen Kendrick
A happy life is a life for others.
- Henri Nouwen
If you live life with the intention of making a difference in others' lives, your life will be full not empty.
- John Maxwell
The greatest moments in life are not concerned with selfish achievements, but rather with the things we do for others
- Walt Disney
It is impossible to need excuses when the focus of your life shifts from 'What's in it for me?' to 'How can I serve?'
- Wayne Dyer
Never resist a generous impulse.
- H Jackson Brown, Jr.
The only way to reach the mountain peaks of life is to forget about self and help other people reach greater heights.
- Zig Ziglar
The value of a life is determined by what we give away.
- Andy Stanley