31 Quotes About Unselfishness

Sharing experiences and stories that can positively impact and change the life of another person can be of benefit to many. Here are some great quotes about unselfishness that are encouraging and motivating to others.

“A little common sense, goodwill, and a tiny dose of unselfishness could make this goodly earth into an earthly paradise.”

“A wise unselfishness is not a surrender of yourself to the wishes of anyone, but only to the best discoverable course of action.”
“Being selfish only benefits a few. Considering others benefits all of mankind.”

“I think oysters are more beautiful than any religion,’ he resumed presently. ‘They not only forgive our unkindness to them; they justify it, they incite us to go on being perfectly horrid to them.”

“I think perfect love is any time you love unconditionally, without selfish intent, without concern for personal gain.”

“In almost every marriage there is a selfish and an unselfish partner. A pattern is set up and soon becomes inflexible, of one person always making the demands and one person always giving way.”

“In some rare cases, a friendship between two people benefits both of them, and what’s more, in some rarer cases, it benefits both of them equally.”

“It is humanly impossible to be selfless. As a matter of fact, human beings are inherently selfish.”

“It is not selfishness or unselfishness that distinguishes love from non-love; it is the aim of the action.”

“Let us develop a kind of dangerous unselfishness.”

“Man is an extremely complex creature: he usually acts in an unselfish manner for selfish reasons.”

“Modesty and unselfishness – these are the virtues which men praise – and pass by.”

“Selfishness corrodes. Unselfishness ennobles, satisfies. Don’t put off the joy derivable from doing helpful, kindly things for others.”

“Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live; it is asking others to live as one wishes to live. And unselfishness is letting other people’s lives alone, not interfering with them.”

“Selfishness is the only real atheism; aspiration, unselfishness, the only real religion.”

“Some of our friends are our friends only because we used to be friends.”

“The difference between appreciation and flattery? That is simple. One is sincere and the other insincere. One comes from the heart out; the other from the teeth out. One is unselfish; the other selfish.”

“The highest form of worship is the worship of unselfish Christian service. The greatest form of praise is the sound of consecrated feet seeking out the lost and helpless.”

“The human being who lives only for himself finally reaps nothing but unhappiness. Selfishness corrodes. Unselfishness ennobles, satisfies.”

“The only thing that saves the world is the little handful of disinterested men that are in it.”

“The secret of being loved is in being lovely; and the secret of being lovely is in being unselfish.”

“The small share of happiness attainable by man exists only insofar as he is able to cease to think of himself.”

“There are two types of humans in this world: those who function so they can get something and those who function so they can give something.”

“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.”

“There is no satisfaction that can compare with looking back across the years and finding you’ve grown in self-control, judgment, generosity, and unselfishness.”

“To live a pure unselfish life, one must count nothing as one’s own in the midst of abundance.”

“To reach perfection, we must all pass, one by one, through the death of self-effacement.”

“Truth, purity, and unselfishness wherever these are present, there is no power below or above the sun to crush the possessor thereof. Equipped with these, one individual is able to face the whole universe in opposition.”

“Unselfishness is more paying, only people have not the patience to practice it.”

“When you learn to live for others, they will live for you.”

“You don’t give up on people you truly love. Whether they are in your life or stand on the edge of your heart, you want them to be happy. This is the truest kind of love because it gives more than it ever receives.”

Selfishness can just be another way to look at the ability of survival. In science, even the body contains a selfish gene that is focused on its ability to reduce over becoming obsolete.