Martin Luther King Jr. Quotes

To the truly benevolent mind, indeed, nothing is more satisfactory than to hear of a miser denying himself the necessaries of life a little too far and ridding us of his presence altogether.

There's no such thing as altruism.

I think I'm still figuring out how to be a little less selfish.

I'm not selfish at all.

My mother once said to me, 'You must promise to be happy; it is the greatest favour you can do to others'. It has guided me throughout my life.

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

My personal philosophy is that people should be extremely selfish for the first half of their life and extremely unselfish for the second half because then they can do the most good.

Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, 'What's in it for me?'

The virtues are lost in self-interest as rivers are lost in the sea.

I don't know if it's ever OK for someone to be selfish. Perhaps there's a time and place to be self-centered, but I think selfish never wins the race.

We are so happy to advise others that occasionally we even do it in their interest.

I guess I'm way too kind and generous, and a saint - if you can believe that!

A rich man without charity is a rogue; and perhaps it would be no difficult matter to prove that he is also a fool.

The truly generous is the truly wise, and he who loves not others lives unblest!

An effort made for the happiness of others lifts above ourselves.

We are selfish when we are exclusively or predominantly concerned with the good for ourselves. We are altruistic when we are exclusively or predominantly concerned with the good of others.

There are a lot of people who are doing wonderful things, quietly, with no motive of greed, or hostility toward other people, or delusions of superiority.

Be unselfish. That is the first and final commandment for those who would be useful and happy in their usefulness. If you think of yourself only, you cannot develop because you are choking the source of development, which is spiritual expansion through thought for others.

I only wish that ordinary people had an unlimited capacity for doing harm; then they might have an unlimited power for doing good.

I'm not very interested in myself. I do have a deep moral belief that you should always look out at other things and not be self-centred.

Selfishness must always be forgiven you know, because there is no hope of a cure.

Because I was an only, I had more things, and I remember early on the kick I got from giving stuff away. Despite all the myths about only children not being able to share, actually I've never knowingly met a stingy one.

Wikipedia flourished partly because it was a shrine to altruism.

To feel much for others and little for ourselves; to restrain our selfishness and exercise our benevolent affections, constitute the perfection of human nature.

I am the most unselfish chef in Britain today.