Khalil Gibran Quotes

If faith is lacking, it is because there is too much selfishness, too much concern for personal gain. For faith to be true, it has to be generous and loving. Love and faith go together, they complete each other.

Caretaking is different from care giving. Care giving has no second agendas or hidden motives. The care is given from love for the joy of giving without expectation, no strings attached. It cannot be manipulated or discouraged because love cannot be manipulated or discouraged.

Because I was an only, I had more things, and I remember early on the kick I got from giving stuff away. Despite all the myths about only children not being able to share, actually I've never knowingly met a stingy one.

Seek no praise, no reward, for anything you do. No sooner do we perform a good action than we begin to desire credit for it. No sooner do we give money to some charity than we want to see our names blazoned in the papers. Misery must come as the result of such desires.

When Christ's love fills our hearts, it puts selfishness on the run.

Satan had two conditions [to his plan]: the first was the denial of agency, and the second, that he would have the honor. In other words, something had to be in it for him. And thus he became the father of lies and selfishness. Taking up one's cross and following the Savior means overcoming selfishness; it is a commitment to serve others. Selfishness is one of the baser human traits, which must be subdued and overcome. We torture our souls when we focus on getting rather than giving.

The measure of charity may be taken from the want of desires. As desires diminish in the soul, charity increases in it; and when it no longer feels any desire, then it possesses perfect charity.

Giving with the intention of receiving really isn't giving, it's trading.

Self sacrifice is the real miracle out of which all the reported miracles grow.

Swords don't glorify the creator-God. Love does. Self-giving love, best of all.

How much that the world calls selfishness is only generosity with narrow walls,--a too exclusive solicitude to maintain a wife in luxury, or make one's children rich.

Service without humility is selfishness and egotism.

We should give as we would receive, cheerfully, quickly, and without hesitation; for there is no grace in a benefit that sticks to the fingers.

Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, 'What's in it for me?'

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

I don't know if it's ever OK for someone to be selfish. Perhaps there's a time and place to be self-centered, but I think selfish never wins the race.

You can't beg from people what they're not willing to give you.

Every forward is selfish, and any forward who tells you he is not selfish is a liar.

Those who give of themselves rarely regret it.

The gifts that one receives for giving are so immeasurable that it is almost an injustice to accept them.

To give and then not feel that one has given is the very best of all ways of giving.

I always thought of my work as being animated by a spirit of unhinged generosity.

If you want to be happy, make others happy!

I think when you're very dedicated to something and you're engaged fully, you become a giver.

It may be very generous in one person to offer what it would be ungenerous in another to accept.