Marcus Garvey Quotes

What a man does for others, not what they do for him, gives him immortality.

Live for yourself and you will live in vain; Live for others, and you will live again.

He who lives only to benefit himself confers on the world a benefit when he dies.

There's no such thing as altruism.

The essence of greatness is neglect of the self.

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

True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost.

It's hard to get people to overcome the thought that they have to take care of themselves first. It's hard to get players to give in to the group and become selfless as opposed to selfish.

Let us try to teach generosity and altruism, because we are born selfish.

The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.

How few aim at the good of the whole, without aiming too much at the prosperity of the parts!

The Aryan is not greatest in his mental qualities, but in his noblest form he willingly subordinates his own ego to the community and, if the hour demands, even sacrifices it.

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

My whole religion is this: do every duty, and expect no reward for it, either here or hereafter.

For me, to say I want to go to sleep and retire and prepare for my afterlife, I think that is very selfish.

We are at our best when we give the ultimate sacrifice of putting other people, putting the country, putting our communities ahead of ourselves.

Putting the need of your team above personal self-interest is a difficult thing to do.

I accept everything which is favorable for the people and the army; for myself, I wish to live in retirement.

It's always been about the team; it's never been about myself.

My personal goals have always and will always take a backseat to the team.

I don't have a personal life. Whatever I have is for the country and society.

What good is this body? Let it go in helping others. Did not the Master preach until the very end? And shall I not do the same? I do not care a straw if the body goes. You cannot imagine how happy I am when I find earnest seekers after truth to talk to. In the work of waking up Atman in my fellow men I shall gladly die again and again!

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.

We are expected to put the utmost energy, of every power that we have, into the service of our fellow men, never sparing ourselves, not condescending to think of what is going to happen to ourselves, but ready, if need be, to go to the utter length of self-sacrifice.

The most DIFFICULT thing for individuals to do when they become part of a team is to sacrifice, it is much EASIER to be selfish.