Andy Stanley Quotes

Trees bear fruits only to be eaten by others; the fields grown grains, but they are consumed by the world. Cows give milk, but she doesn't drink it herself - that is left to others. Clouds send rain only to quench the parched earth. In such giving, there is little space for selfishness.

Love is not selfish. Love is something else.

I'm a kind person.

I have always heard, Sancho, that doing good to base fellows is like throwing water into the sea.

Love can be unselfish, in the sense of being benevolent and generous, without being selfless.

I think being a mum gives you extra qualities. I'm more feisty, fiercely protective and less selfish. The main trait I want to instill in my kids is kindness. I think it's the most important thing. If you're kind, you'll go a long way.

There are a lot of people who are doing wonderful things, quietly, with no motive of greed, or hostility toward other people, or delusions of superiority.

We ought to do good to others as simply as a horse runs, or a bee makes honey, or a vine bears grapes season after season without thinking of the grapes it has borne.

I'm the type of person who tries to save the world.

A hero is somebody who is selfless, who is generous in spirit, who just tries to give back as much as possible and help people. A hero to me is someone who saves people and who really deeply cares.

Teach us to give and not to count the cost.

I admire people who are, by nature, kind and fair to others.

True love is selfless. It is prepared to sacrifice.

I live for those who love me, for those who know me true, for the heaven so blue above me, and the good that I can do.

A man is called selfish not for pursuing his own good, but for neglecting his neighbor's.

The life of a man consists not in seeing visions and in dreaming dreams, but in active charity and in willing service.

My mother was an Earth Mother and the nicest person in the world.

Raymond Shaw is the kindest, bravest, warmest, most wonderful human being I've ever known in my life.

I'm intrigued by people who make their modest living doing good things for others. Teachers, nonprofit workers, librarians... those are the heroes in our society.

My mom is a hero in a lot of ways because she's the most empathetic and kind person I've ever met.

I'm not a selfish guy.

How often do we make films just celebrating people that do a good job, work altruistically, and are in it just for the sake of the love and not the business?

I go out of my way to help people, but I don't tell people. Goodness is not about beating your own drum.

The best thing I learned from Manute was to be selfless. He was always about his people. He was about helping others.

Dallas is somebody who genuinely likes helping other people.