Michael Haneke Quotes

I always put myself second - I like to make others happy.

The simple act of caring is heroic.

I never want to get to the point where it's all about my needs, and the hell with anybody else.

In so doing, use him as though you loved him.

I was never focused on me, me, me all the time. I was always focused on somebody else.

Never be so busy as not to think of others.

Do what you can to show you care about other people, and you will make our world a better place.

The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.

It's that wonderful old-fashioned idea that others come first and you come second. This was the whole ethic by which I was brought up. Others matter more than you do, so 'don't fuss, dear; get on with it.'

To give alms is nothing unless you give thought also.

Kindness is a sort of love without being love.

And all people live, not by reason of any care they have for themselves, but by the love for them that is in other people.

Love has an enormous number of connotations, and if somebody is a person who does kind acts as a way of life, if they are generally disposed to being caring and loving and doing things for other people, then kindness is a much stronger word than we make it out to be.

Sometimes you have to be selfish to be selfless.

Bobby was one of the few people I had ever known who really wanted to do something for me.

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

I have deep feelings for the welfare and comfort of others.

There is a sign that hangs on my wall that says, 'What is it you want me to do to somebody else that is more important than what you want me to do for you?'

Selfishness is one of the qualities apt to inspire love.

If you stop to be kind, you must swerve often from your path.

I haven't the heart to take a minute away from the men. The poor dears love it so.

I'm more of somebody who'll bend over backwards for people and, you know, wait at the back of the line until everybody's taken care of. That's really my nature.

Heroes are people who think more of others than themselves. This is not to say that they don't think of themselves. They do. They certainly do. But they think of others more.

I always try to have a positive and warm intention that is not about me. It is easy to make everything about yourself. But you take the weight off when we make it about the audience. It's about the joy you can bring to somebody else instead of the joy that you get from doing it.

I feel like I want to make everyone happy. I want everyone around me to be happy.