Quotes about Altruism
The happiest people in the world are those who give happiness to others.
- Matshona Dhliwayo
Let all that you do be done in love.
- 1 Corinthians 16:14
To love is to will the good of the other.
- St. Thomas Aquinas
If you need encouragement, give it. If you need love, give it.Whatever you need, give it away.
- Adrian Rogers
If we practice love of neighbor with great perfection, we will have done everything.
- Teresa of Avila
Do ordinary things with extraordinary love.
- Mother Teresa
Your devotion to God is illustrated, demonstrated, and authenticated by your love for others.
- Andy Stanley
Agape love is...profound concern for the well-being of another, without any desire to control that other, to be thanked by that other, or to enjoy the process.
- Madeleine L'Engle
It is to those who have the most need of us that we ought to show our love more especially.
- Francis de Sales
Love to be real, it must cost—it must hurt—it must empty us of self.
- Mother Teresa
Love asks nothing in return, but seeks those who need it. And who needs our love more than those who are consumed with hatred and are utterly devoid of love.
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer
An act of love, a voluntary taking on oneself of some of the pain of the world, increases the courage and love and hope of all.
- Dorothy Day