Christopher McDougall Quotes

Never be so busy as not to think of others.

It is extremely ironic that the more we care about what people think about us the less we care about people, and the less we care about what people think about us the more we begin to care for others

you have to understand. i wasn't just thinking of me. i was thinking of her, too.

Be kind to others before you take care of yourself; make whoever you're with feel like they matter.

One can write, think and pray exclusively of others; dreams are all egocentric.

In a nutshell, when life is pleasant, think of others. When life is a burden, think of others.

If you shift your focus from oneself to others, and think more about others' well-being and welfare, it has an immediate liberating effect.

In our concern for others, we worry less about ourselves.

I have deep feelings for the welfare and comfort of others.

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!

Think as little as possible about yourself and as much as possible about other people.

We must want for others, not ourselves alone.

When a friend is sick, I see the situation for what it is, not what it isn't, and I offer to help as much as she wants, not as much as I want.

There is another element that is a part of human happiness — and that is that unless we think of others and do something for them we miss the greatest sources of happiness.

I wouldn't give you two cents for all your fancy rules if, behind them, they didn't have a little bit of plain, ordinary, everyday kindness and a little looking out for the other fella, too.

The wiser course is to think of others when pursuing our own happiness.

Feel the needs of others more than your own.

I think really that's just the basic Christian lesson that sometimes takes us years and years to understand - have equal concern for another human being as you have for yourself or perhaps even more concern for another human being than you have for yourself.

Be more concerned with everybody else than yourself.

When we get tired of enjoying all the pleasures within our reach, we have still a resource in thinking of others that are not.

When you care more if someone else lives than you do about yourself- is that what [love is]?

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

True humility means giving joy to others.

Our prayers for others flow more easily than those for ourselves. This shows we are made to live by charity.

Let us remember that the Christmas heart is a giving heart, a wide open heart that thinks of others first.