Erik Spoelstra Quotes

Often, we do not know where our choices will take us. This is why the best choices are often made based not on what they can bring to us, but what they will allow us to bring to others.

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.

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

Improv requires one thing I lack that I think most mothers need - the basic instinct to put someone else first.

It's that wonderful old-fashioned idea that others come first and you come second. This was the whole ethic by which I was brought up. Others matter more than you do, so 'don't fuss, dear; get on with it.'

I always put myself second - I like to make others happy.

Great leaders are willing to sacrifice the numbers to save the people. Poor leaders sacrifice the people to save the numbers.

There is no moral authority like that of sacrifice.

The one thing about being a parent is the ability to be selfless: To give up the things you want and need for the benefit of someone else.

I fight for other people better than I fight for myself.

Giving back involves a certain amount of giving up.

All of our energy should be in sacrifice and services. Suffering, at least.

To desire and expect nothing for oneself and to have profound sympathy for others is genuine holiness.

Sacrifice, which is the passion of great souls, has never been the law of societies.

A lot of people, some of them close to me as well, have said that I sacrificed myself by doing what I did in bringing Terry on board. I didn't see it that way.

Yield to all and you will soon have nothing to yield.

The idea of giving up something small for yourself to gain something big for all is not new, but putting that ancient idea into practice is the central necessity of our new age.

That good disposition which boasts of being most tender is often stifled by the least urging of self-interest.

One who has no love in his heart will try to possess everything for himself. One who has love in his heart is ready to sacrifice everything, including his own body, for the benefit of others.

Heroes are people who think more of others than themselves. This is not to say that they don't think of themselves. They do. They certainly do. But they think of others more.

You try and help something, and later on it bites you, so it's a hard decision, but as a country, as a nation, people need our help.

Altruism is a barbarism. Love is the word.

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

So often our sisters comfort others when their own needs are greater than those being comforted. That quality is like the generosity of Jesus on the cross. Empathy during agony is a portion of divinity!

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