Selfless Act Quotes

But the experience that I had, which was basically just feeling loved and taken care of in a room full of thousands of people I didn't know, seemed to be a pretty strong sign that what I was doing was a good thing.

The tyrant dies and his rule is over; the martyr dies and his rule begins.

Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity.

Without a sign, his sword the brave man draws, and asks no omen, but his country's cause.

I do not wish any reward but to know I have done the right thing.

Self-sacrifice? But it is precisely the self that cannot and must not be sacrificed.

Democracy is worth dying for, because it's the most deeply honorable form of government ever devised by man.

Self-sacrifice of one innocent man is a million times more potent than the sacrifice of a million men who die in the act of killing others.

It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to, than I have ever known.

A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.

I have been astonished that men could die martyrs for religion - I have shuddered at it. I shudder no more - I could be martyred for my religion - Love is my religion - I could die for that.

They never fail who die in a great cause.

If goodness has causes, it is not goodness; if it has effects, a reward, it is not goodness either. So goodness is outside the chain of cause and effect.

When the hour comes for dealing with slavery, I trust I will be willing to do my duty though it cost my life.

Do not give to the poor expecting to get their gratitude so that you can feel good about yourself. If you do, your giving will be thin and short-lived, and that is not what the poor need; it will only improvish them further. Give only if you have something you must give; give only if you are someone for whom giving is its own reward.

The true saint burns grace like a 747 burns fuel on takeoff.

Love means giving something you don't have to someone who doesn't want it.

There was a golden retriever who saved countless lives on September 11 by going back in to find people. His companion was in a wheelchair. He got him out and kept going back in to save others.

If you love somebody, let them go, for if they return, they were always yours. And if they don't, they never were.

What pity it is That we can die but once for our country!

It's a rare opportunity when you can do something for the greater good.

They died to save their country, and they only saved the world.

A hero is a man who does what he can.

Teach me, my God and king In all things thee to see And what I do in anything To do it as for thee

Carry out a random act of kindness, with no expectation of reward, safe in the knowledge that one day someone might do the same for you.