Altruism Quotes

We cannot do great things on this Earth, only small things with great love.

The boundaries of altruism are not even limited to an infinite sum of currency.
Jackie A. Strange

All altruism springs from putting yourself in the other person's place.

Love is when the other person's happiness is more important than your own.

Altruism is for those who cannot endure their desires.

Most men have always wanted as much as they could get; and possession has always blunted the fine edge of their altruism.
Katharine Fullerton Gerould

Let us try to teach generosity and altruism, because we are born selfish.

All the gold in the world has no significance. That which is lasting are the thoughtful acts which we do for our fellow man.
Adolfo Prieto

Man becomes great exactly in the degree in which he works for the welfare of his fellow men.

Changing the world doesn’t require much money. Again, think in terms of empowerment and not charity.
Tim Ferriss

What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal.
Albert Pike

Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness.

If you wish to experience peace, provide peace for another.

If any civilization is to survive, it is the morality of altruism that men have to reject.

A large part of altruism, even when it is perfectly honest, is grounded upon the fact that it is uncomfortable to have unhappy people about one

Words may show a man's wit, but actions his meaning

Every major horror of history was committed in the name of an altruistic motive.

Altruism is selfishness out with a pair of field glasses and imagination.
Christina Stead

The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning.
Mitch Albom

Be an opener of doors for such as come after thee.

Men are the only animals that devote themselves, day in and day out, to making one another unhappy. It is an art like any other. Its virtuosi are called altruists.

She is such a good friend that she would throw all her acquaintances into the water for the pleasure of fishing them out again.
Charles Maurice Talleyrand

Sacrifice is held to be among the greatest of virtues, simply because the beneficiaries of the sacrifice are others and the loser is self.
Linda and Morris Tannehill







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