Top 371 Selfless Quotes & Sayings

Love is a decision, not just an emotion. It is selfless, and a commitment.

Purity comes from Seva... it comes from selfless love.

Yeah, well," I say, "I left Abnegation because I wasn't selfless enough, no matter how hard I tried to be." "That's not entirely true." He smiles at me. "That girl who let someone throw knives at her to spare a friend, who hit my dad with a belt to protect me-that selfless girl, that's not you?"... "You've been paying close attention, haven't you?" "I like to observe people/" "Maybe you were cut out for Candor, Four, because you're a terrible liar.

To me love is passionate, it is honest, and it is selfless.

Selfless action is a source of strength.

The belief that unhappiness is selfless and happiness is selfish is misguided. It's more selfless to act happy. It takes energy, generosity, and discipline to be unfailingly lighthearted.

Purify the mind through selfless service.

I don't know if I'm selfless - I still want to make a great record. I want to make a hit record. I want to tour; that's not completely selfless. But the truth is I'm not interested in people coming to my show for me as much as I am for them coming to my show for themselves. That's always been how I am.

Through selfless work, love of God grows in heart.

Raising children has made me more patient and selfless.

Selfless giving is being nice and there are times we don't want to be.

Being selfless is not that different from being brave. It is when you are selfless that you are the bravest.

When you take responsibility over others you have to be actually Selfless.

The secret to enlightenment is kindness and selfless giving. Without that, it's just words, isn't it?

If you're in a relationship and you want to make it work, you have to be a little selfless at times.

I think you are very selfless.

I want to be brave, and selfless, and smart, and kind, and honest.

We should be involved in quiet acts of selfless service.

In this age of selfishness, selfless service is the only soap that truly purifies.

The belief that unhappiness is selfless and happiness is selfish is misguided. It's more selfless to act happy. It takes energy, generosity, and discipline to be unfailingly lighthearted, yet everyone takes the happy person for granted. No one is careful of his feelings or tries to keep his spirits high. He seems self-sufficient; he becomes a cushion for others. And because happiness seems unforced, that person usually gets no credit.

I want to be more selfless and look outward.

It is rare to find a business partner who is selfless. If you are lucky it happens once in a lifetime.

A pure love is a selfless love, but can desire ever be selfless?

To be a teacher you have to have a very giving, selfless personality. I don't think I'm that selfless and giving.

Selfless-giving burns away the layers of the onion. Purity and humility keep meditation and selfless-giving clear. Love radiates through the entire practice because we do all of it only for love.

Even when we speak of selflessness, the mind goes to "me." We think, "I'm selfless," but everything is selfless.

Love is selfless. The key is giving up yourself.

Giannis is selfless.

The burning conviction that we have a holy duty towards others is often a way of attaching our drowning selves to a passing raft. What looks like a giving hand is often a holding on for dear life. Take away our holy duties and you leave our lives puny and meaningless. There is no doubt that in exchanging a self-centered for a selfless life we gain enormously in self-esteem. The vanity of the selfless, even those who practice utmost humility, is boundless.

Ahimsa must express itself through acts of selfless service of the masses.

Sometimes you have to be selfish to be selfless.

In order to be a great team you have to be selfless.

Spiritual strength frequently comes through selfless service.

Love is the selfless promotion of the growth of the other.

An editor has to be selfless, and yet has also to be strong-minded.

Ego is impurity. Be selfless. Consecrate and dedicate your life to perfection.

Love is selfless, it is a weakness, a giving in, a constant falling.

When you practice selfless giving, you're in balance and harmony with everything.

When pursued with a pure heart, acting is an entirely selfless profession.

Selfless giving presupposes something - that there is a lumunious reality.

I am an extremely selfless but, at the same time, supremely confident actor.

To me, teamwork is the beauty of our sport, where you have five acting as one. You become selfless.

Wisdom in relationships involves a selfless desire to do what's best for the other person.

There is no doubt that in exchanging a self-centered for a selfless life we gain enormously in self-esteem. The vanity of the selfless, even those who practice utmost humility, is boundless.

Selfless giving does not imply superiority. Selfless giving is about love.

In the eyes of many people, giving doesn't count unless it's completely selfless. In reality, though, giving isn't sustainable when it's completely selfless.

I don't believe all rich people are selfless philanthropists.

You have to be pretty selfless to have a child, who doesn't give a lot back to you.

I must not be selfless: develop a sense of self. A solidness that can't be attacked.

To love is to be selfless. To be selfless is to be fearless. To be fearless is to strip your enemies of their greatest weapon. Even if they break our bodies and drain our blood, we are unvanquished. Our goal was never to live; our goal is to love. It is the goal of all truly noble men and women. Give all that can be given. Give even your life itself.

Selfless giving is a guaranteed way to increase feelings of love.

There is one and only one possible road to joy: selfless love.

Selfless, generous, compassionate living is unassailable.

True love is selfless. It is prepared to sacrifice.

I am selfless only to an extent, I can't be a martyr, I have a daughter to raise.

When no one is selfless in a relationship, there is war. When one is selfless, there is peace. When both are selfless, there is joy.

I know that actors and actresses have a great reputation for being very, very selfish, and in some cases, that's very true. But in the theater I find it doesn't help you to be selfish. You sort of have to be selfless in the theater, and the more selfless you are - that doesn't mean don't take care of yourself - but the more you sort of surrender to the work, I find, the better the work is. That's just my experience.

Modern Kerala is a product of the selfless social service of great visionaries.

Selfless giving is the art of living.

Selfless service to mankind makes you free in the world of mortals.