Elizabeth Barrett Browning Quotes

We are so happy to advise others that occasionally we even do it in their interest.

Virtue would go far if vanity did not keep it company.

Modesty and unselfishness - these are the virtues which men praise - and pass by.

The virtues are lost in self-interest as rivers are lost in the sea.

Self-sacrifice enables us to sacrifice other people without blushing.

If you have embraced a creed which appears to be free from the ordinary dirtiness of politics - a creed from which you yourself cannot expect to draw any material advantage - surely that proves that you are in the right?

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.

Hell is paved with good samaritans.

To give one's life is a right only when one gives it unselfishly.

He was a great patriot, a humanitarian, a loyal friend; provided, of course, he really is dead.

Well, for us, in history where goodness is a rare pearl, he who was good almost takes precedence over he who was great.

Most successful entrepreneurs share their knowledge as a way of giving back. They do not demand compensation. Those who do are usually trying to take advantage of you.

Be prepared, and be careful not to do your good deeds when there's no one watching you.

Until nations are generous they will never be wise; true policy is generous policy. All bitterness, selfishness, etc., may gain small ends, but lose great ones.

Generosity is a part of my character, and I therefore hasten to assure this Government that I will never make an allegation of dishonesty against it wherever a simple explanation of stupidity will suffice.

Organizers didn't make any money; their poverty was proof of their integrity.

There are people who do everything for a calculative political motive. My only motive is a human motive.

All saints are selfish.

Ryan is an amazing person. When I was his age, I wasn't thinking about giving someone a kidney. How do you ever repay someone for something like that? You can't. It's not like borrowing $20 from someone and telling them you're going to give it back. It's something that you can never repay someone for.

I'm not a real greedy guy.

Modi may be rich in politics but is poor at heart.

No one will ever say Dwight Clark was selfish.

I jumped on the grenade that was thrown at myself and my friend. I don't recommend it.

There will be people who will teach for the sake of greed or for the sake of ego. So watch their lives. Do they look and act like Jesus?

Commitment becomes hysterical when those who have nothing to give advocate generosity, and those who have nothing to give up preach renunciation.