Jaclyn Smith Quotes

Sharing is sometimes more demanding than giving.

I'm my mother's son, so when it comes to altruism and understanding how to do things to benefit a person's life... the women in my life have been much better than the men.

He who doesn't consider himself is seldom considerate of others.

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

As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.

When we quit thinking primarily about ourselves and our own self-preservation, we undergo a truly heroic transformation of consciousness.

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

Love is when the other person's happiness is more important than your own.

After having children, life becomes about living beyond yourself; about being bigger and better.

Hell is yourself and the only redemption is when a person puts himself aside to feel deeply for another person.

Having a family, taking care of your kids and people outside yourself, maybe it's motivated me more to give that extra something.

It's always easier to sacrifice when you're not the one who has to do it.

Getting past my early 20s, I feel a bit more maturity and responsibility about that stuff. You get a good feeling from doing something good. You see a kid and you make his day, you realise the power of it. Whereas before, I was like, 'That's cool, whatever.' But now, that's what I'm most appreciative of.

One of the things my dad always said is that it's O.K. to do one for you and one for them. He taught me a lot of things, but that's certainly one of the many that I took to heart.

I learned that life is about the people around you and the people you give back to. That's what parenting is: You're not there for yourself; you're there for your offspring and everyone else around you.

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

Sometimes you have to put your own dreams on hold temporarily so you can help release a dream in somebody else. What you make happen for others, God will make happen for you.

The object of love is not getting something you want but doing something for the well-being of the one you love.

Our needs are our greatest asset. It turns out I've learned to give all the things that I need.

In a nutshell, loving someone is about giving, not receiving.

Your life doesn't belong to you, it belongs to the people that love you

Real love is when you become selfless and you are more concerned about your mate's or children's egos than your own. You're now a giver instead of a taker.

True love is spelled G-I-V-E. It is not based on what you can get, but rooted in what you can give to the other person.

Love, for me, is always wanting the best for the other person even if it's not what's best for you.

Giving frees us from the familiar territory of our own needs by opening our mind to the unexplained worlds occupied by the needs of others.