Simon Sinek Quotes

We must want for others, not ourselves alone.

Never be so busy as not to think of others.

It's not about you. It's about them.

What we're doing for another person is more important than what we're feeling for them.

When we stop thinking about ourselves, when we stop being so devoted to 'me,' we can start behaving in a way that actually benefits others!

Altruism is a barbarism. Love is the word.

I start every day by wanting more for others than I do for myself. I think that is how God works, and that is how I think we have to work.

It's wrong to deprive someone else of a pleasure so that you can enjoy one yourself, but to deprive yourself of a pleasure so that you can add to someone else's enjoyment is an act of humanity by which you always gain more than you lose.

You have to let go of the things that are darling to you. You have to take the focus off yourself and put it on the shape of the scene and the intention of what everyone else needs.

Happiness lies in making others happy, in forsaking self-interest to bring joy to others.

What nobility of feeling! To sacrifice your own pleasure to preserve the comfort of others! It is a thing, I confess, that would never occur to me.

Feel the needs of others more than your own.

Once, there was a girl who vowed she would save everyone in the world, but forgot herself.

Those who are willing to sacrifice and be of service have very little difficulty with people. They know what they are all about. People can't help but want to be near them. They help them; they work with them. That's what love is all about. It starts with your heart and radiates out.

What is the mark of love for your neighbor? Not to seek what is for your own benefit, but what is for the benefit of the one loved, both in body and in soul.

Real unselfishness consists in sharing the interests of others.

We ought to be people of compassion. And being people of compassion means we deny ourselves, and our self centeredness.

The man who is deserving the name is the one whose thoughts and exertions are for others rather than for himself.

Selfish is easy. It's sharing that takes courage.

True humility means giving joy to others.

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

The greatest thing about having a child is putting yourself second in your own life. It's a massive gift to be able to say you're not the most important person to yourself.

Love is something you do for someone else, not something you do for yourself.

The most sublime act is to set another before you.

I want to be that person who could sacrifice everything for others.