Rick Ross Quotes

Sometimes you have to take the focus off of you and put it on someone else and it's funny what you can accomplish and how much strength you really have.

Good character consists of recognizing the selfishness that inheres in each of us and trying to balance it against the altruism to which we should all aspire. It is a difficult balance to strike, but no definition of goodness can be complete without it.

It's kind of bittersweet. The human spirit is not measured by the size of the act, but by the size of the heart.

To be compassionate is not a joke. It's not that simple. One has to discover a certain bigness in oneself. That bigness should be centered on oneself, not in terms of money, not in terms of power you wield, not in terms of any status that you can command in the society, but it should be centered on oneself.

Who among us has the strength to oppose petty egoism, those petty good feelings, pity and remorse?

We don't woo our wives with clubs. We don't leave old folks on ice floes. And maybe the time has come to quit diving into rip tides to save people we don't know. We've outgrown a lot of survival-of-the-fittest strategies, and risking our lives for strangers might be one of them.

If any civilization is to survive, it is the morality of altruism that men have to reject.

I think we all have a selfish gene which rises to the top, sometimes. But then we're also all capable of a sudden magnanimity.

Lend yourself to others, but give yourself to yourself.

The major forces in human nature: self interest and caring for others

The great majority of people are calm, resourceful, altruistic or even beyond altruistic, as they risk themselves for others. We improvise the conditions of survival beautifully.

If a person loves only one other person, and is indifferent to his fellow men, his love is not love but a symbiotic attachment, or an enlarged egotism.

Those who believe in the importance of serving others should lead the way by fighting against the temptation we all have, and maybe especially as we age, to close in upon ourselves.

My choice was to ruin my son's life by giving him money or giving 90-plus percent to charity. Not much of a choice.

I don't believe we're only motivated by our own self-interests. Often out of crisis comes this enormous wellspring of generosity and motivation.

The feeling of being accepted and acknowledgement and recognition and fame - I'm vain like everybody else. The feeling of achievement that I've helped the poor or somebody in need far outweighs the money.

I think it's very difficult, and it requires a tremendous amount of spiritual integrity and discipline, to not be a narcissist in a culture that encourages it every step of the way.

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

I've certainly had a lot of experiences in my life where I was much too self-centered.

Charity never lacks what is her own, all that she needs for her own security. Not alone does she have it, she abounds with it. She wants this abundance for herself that she may share it with all; and she reserves enough for herself so that she disappoints nobody. For charity is perfect only when full.

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.

I want somebody like my mom. My mom is a very charitable woman. She's the sweetest woman in the world. I'm looking for the second sweetest woman in the world. I'm looking for honesty and a big heart.

It is sometimes difficult to view compassion and loving kindness as the strengths they are.

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

I have always believed that when you're feeling sorry for yourself, the best thing to do is help someone else.