Selfless is caring more for what other people need and want rather than for what you yourself need and want. Inspirational selfless quotes will challenge the way you think, change the way you live and transform your whole life.
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Most Famous Selfless Quotes
A hero is somebody who is selfless. Who is generous in spirit. Who just tries to give back as much as possible and help people. A hero to me is someone who saves people and who really deeply cares. – Debi Mazar
Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can’t help them, at least don’t hurt them. – Dalai Lama XIV
Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed. – Jonathan Swift
Real living is living for others. – Bruce Lee
A selfless act out of even the purest desire to do for others, will be selfish in the satisfaction and happiness it brings to one doing it. – Ashly Lorenzana
Only those who have learned the power of sincere and selfless contribution experience life’s deepest joy: true fulfillment. – Anthony Robbins
Real education should educate us out of self into something far finer; into a selflessness which links us with all humanity. – Nancy Astor
There are endless possibilities for those who act selflessly. – Nitin Namdeo
We are formed and molded by our thoughts. Those whose minds are shaped by selfless thoughts give joy when they speak or act. – Buddha
It is easy enough to be friendly to one’s friends. But to befriend the one who regards himself as your enemy is the quintessence of true religion. The other is mere business. – Gandhi
Happiness doesn’t come through selfishness but through selflessness. Everything you do comes back around. – Anonymous
Everywhere in life, the true question is not what we gain, but what we do. – Thomas Carlyle
You don’t need a reason to help people. – Anonymous
Love seeks one thing only: the good of the one loved. It leaves all the other secondary effects to take care of themselves. Love, therefore, is its own reward. – Thomas Merton
As long as you are living only for yourself, you are not living at all. – Nitin Namdeo
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. – Gretchen Rubin
Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time. – Thomas Merton

A gentleman is one who puts more into the world than he takes out. – George Bernard Shaw
Behold I do not give lectures or a little charity, When I give I give myself. – Walt Whitman
It’s when you’re acting selflessly that you are at your bravest. – Veronica Roth
I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion. – Muhammad Ali
Do some selfless service for people who are in need. Consider the whole picture, not just our little selves. – Nina Hagen
A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others. – Ayn Rand
A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle. – James Keller
Generosity does not necessarily mean that you give big things to someone, if you can cause someone to smile, you are generous. – Nitin Namdeo
Happiness, peace, and love enter the hearts of those who open their hearts. – Nitin Namdeo
Practice being selfless. You end up getting more than you anticipate when your soul is giving. – Anonymous
When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another. – Helen Keller
Life is an exciting business, and most exciting when it is lived for others. – Helen Keller
Inspirational Selflessness Quotes
Selflessness is of its very nature. Self-discipline is its requirement. Prayer opens its reservoir of power. – Gordon B Hinckley
Learn to love without condition. Talk without bad intention. Give without any reason. And most of all, care for people without any exception. – Anonymous
Real selflessness is when you are generous to people even when you have nothing to give. – Nitin Namdeo
Then give to the world the best you have. And the best will come back to you. – Madeline Bridges
Sometimes you have to be selfish to be selfless. – Edward Albert
Every unselfish act of love whispers God’s name. – Bob Goff
Real love is about being selfless, not selfish. – Anonymous
There is nothing more beautiful than someone who goes out of their way to make life beautiful for others. – Mandy Hale
Give until it hurts. – Corazon Cojuangco Aquino
Without selfless service, no one ever receives the fruits of their rewards. – Sri Guru Granth Sahib
Selflessness is like waiting in a hospital In a badly-fitting suit on a cold wet morning. Selfishness is like listening to good jazz with drinks for further orders and a huge fire. – Philip Larkin
If you are doing every work in life with the aim of the goodness of humanity and the world then you are living a meaningful life. – Nitin Namdeo
The best mantrum is selfless giving beause as you repeat it again and again, you change. – Frederick Lenz
A person starts to live when he can live outside himself. – Anonymous
Selfless acts are a source of profound meaning for your self and your life. – Ron Kaufman
There is no limit to what a man can do so long as he does not care a straw who gets the credit for it. – Charles Edward Montague
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. – Royce White
One of the most important things you can do on this earth is to let people know they are not alone. – Shannon L. Alder
The happiest are the givers, not the takers. – Anonymous
When you think only for yourself, you think very small but when you think for everyone, you definitely think very big. Give up selfishness and adopt a helpful nature. – Nitin Namdeo
It is under the greatest adversity that there exists the greatest potential for doing good, both for oneself and others. – Dalai Lama
The key to selfless giving is that you feel good when you do it and you feel good afterwards. – Frederick Lindemann
Selfless acts are a source of profound meaning for your self and your life. – Ron Kaufman
Witnessing a selfless act brings tears to remind us how we should be treating others. – Bryant McGill
I believe that as much as you take, you have to give back. It’s important not to focus on yourself too much. – Nicole Kidman
Selfless giving does not imply superiority. Selfless giving is about love. – Frederick Lenz
Helping one person might not change the world, but it could change the world for one person. – Anonymous
Selfless service alone gives the needed strength and courage to awaken the sleeping humanity in one’s heart. – Sai Baba
Always do good to others. Be selfless. Mentally remove everything and be free. – Sivananda
Selfless giving doesn’t mean you let people walk all over you. – Frederick Lenz
By becoming the answer to someone’s prayer, we often find the answers to our own. – Dieter F. Uchtdorf
With faith, discipline and selfless devotion to duty, there is nothing worthwhile that you cannot achieve. – Muhammad Ali
Only a life lived for others is a life worth living. – Albert Einstein
There is always one person in a relationship who loves more, cares more, cries more, gets hurt more and even forgives more. – unknown
Nothing liberates our greatness like the desire to help, the desire to serve. – Marianne Williamson
Practice being selfless. You end up getting more than you anticipate when your soul is giving. – unknown
Day after day, ordinary people become heroes through extraordinary and selfless actions. – Sylvia Mathews Burwell
My mother taught me to be honest, to be selfless, and to touch people in a positive way. – Scott Eastwood
We are capable of doing wonderful and selfless things. – Adam Hamilton
I am a nobody until I make somebody worthy for everybody. – Amit Abraham
No one becomes pure and selfless overnight; it involves time and concentrated effort, coupled with tremendous patience and love. – Mata Amritanandamayi
Selfless action is a source of strength. – Mahatma Gandhi
Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant. – Robert Louis Stevenson
Beautiful Selfless Quotes
It’s when you’re acting selflessly that you are at your bravest. – Veronica Roth
Give me few men and women who are pure and selfless and I shall shake the world. – Swami Vivekananda
Spirituality does two things for you. One, you are forced to become more selfless, two, you trust to providence. – Imran Khan
If selfishness is the key to being miserable, then selflessness must be the key to being happy! – Joyce Meyer
A gentleman is one who puts more into the world than he takes out. – Bernard Shaw
Desire is the root of selfishness; clear your heart of desire and be selfless. Selflessness is the key to inner peace. – Christofer Drew
Love is selfless. The key is giving up yourself. – Zac Hanson
True leaders are selfless. They have always been servants of the people first. – Anonymous
You will be known for what you give to the world, not for what you earn. – Nitin Namdeo
The true price of leadership is the willingness to place the needs of others above your own. – Simon Sinek
Life is an exciting business, and most exciting when it is lived for others. – Helen Keller
The men in the steel industry who sacrificed their all were nor merely aiding their fellows at home but were adding strength to the cause of their comrades in all industry. – John L. Lewis
To feel ecstasy, you have to be completely selfless. – Nitin Namdeo
Find out how much God has given you and from it take what you need; the remainder is needed by others. – Saint Augustine
The key to a self-fulfilled life lies in consistent selfless deeds. – Edmond Mbiaka
Be a happy memory for everyone. – Nitin Namdeo
I want to do to you what spring does with the cherry trees. – Pablo Neruda
Unconditional love, unintentional talk, and optimistic thinking are the key characteristics of an ideal man. – Nitin Namdeo
Service of self is best developed in dealings of service to others. – Tyler J. Hebert
There is nothing more beautiful than someone who goes out of their way to make life beautiful for others. – Mandy Hale
Change comes when humanity becomes Self-LESS. – Pamela J. Wells
Don’t confuse cooperation with selflessness. – Nitin Namdeo
Be selfless but do not let people take advantage of you. – Nitin Namdeo
The more selfless service you do, the more successful you will. – Dr. Pillai
Give as much as you can, in the end, you will realize that nothing was yours. – Nitin Namdeo
You can’t live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you. – John Wooden
Being selfless is the path to immense happiness and peace in life. – Nitin Namdeo
Selfless giving unto others represents one’s true wealth. – Jon M. Huntsman