Quotes about Giving and Selflessness

Sometimes it takes only one act of kindness and caring to change a person's life.

The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.

The more love you give, the more you own.

Life isn't just doing things for yourself. It's possible to live in such a way that other people's happiness, makes you happy too.

The small courtesies sweeten life; the greater ennoble it.

A gentle word, a kind look, a good-natured smile can work wonders and accomplish miracles.

As much as you put into it is as much as you get out of it.

We must see others' struggles as our own, and their success as our success, so we can speak to our common humanity.

Life is precious and time is a key element. Let's make every moment count and help those who have a greater need than our own.

Kindness, I've discovered, is everything in life.

Shall we make a new rule of life from tonight: always to try to be a little kinder than is necessary.

I'm a big believer in acts of kindness, no matter how small.

True generosity is an offering; given freely and out of pure love. No strings attached. No expectations. Time and love are the most valuable possession you can share.

You feel alive to the degree that you feel you can help others.

When we seek to discover the best in others, we somehow bring out the best in ourselves.

Our net worth is ultimately defined not by dollars but rather by how well we serve others.

Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?'

For it is in giving that we receive.

As we work to create light for others, we naturally light our own way.

Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others.

People must help one another; it is nature's law.

True love is selfless. It is prepared to sacrifice.

If you want to be happy, make others happy!

I'm not going to change the world. You're not going to change the world. But we can help - we can all help.

Love is the most terrible, and also the most generous of the passions; it is the only one which includes in its dreams the happiness of someone else.

We all have the duty to do good.

I'm a doer, and whether it was the tsunami in Sri Lanka or the earthquake in Indonesia, I was always saying, 'I should be there; I should be helping out.'

No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.

We cannot seek achievement for ourselves and forget about progress and prosperity for our community. Our ambitions must be broad enough to include the aspirations and needs of others, for their sakes and for our own.

Here are the values that I stand for: honesty, equality, kindness, compassion, treating people the way you want to be treated and helping those in need. To me, those are traditional values.

Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.

The sole meaning of life is to serve humanity.

One of the secrets of life is that all that is really worth the doing is what we do for others.

There is a magnet in your heart that will attract true friends. That magnet is unselfishness, thinking of others first; when you learn to live for others, they will live for you.

Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth.

No matter what happens in life, be good to people. Being good to people is a wonderful legacy to leave behind.

The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.

The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively.

Help others achieve their dreams and you will achieve yours.

The World is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion.

You cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals. To that end, each of us must work for his own improvement and, at the same time, share a general responsibility for all humanity, our particular duty being to aid those to whom we think we can be most useful.

Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud!

Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier.

Remember that the happiest people are not those getting more, but those giving more.

The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.

True beauty is born through our actions and aspirations and in the kindness we offer to others.

Each person must live their life as a model for others.

As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.

A man who would save others, must first save himself.

The noblest art is that of making others happy.