Selfless Acts Quotes

He that does good for good's sake seeks neither paradise nor reward, but he is sure of both in the end.

Anonymously perform acts of kindness, expecting nothing in return, not even a thank-you. The universal all-creating Spirit responds to acts of kindness with the response: "How may I be kind to you?"

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.

First Fruits has impacted my life personally and the lives of countless others!

True humility means giving joy to others.

Great men are meteors, consuming themselves to light the world

When I was very young, most of my childhood heroes wore capes, flew through the air, or picked up buildings with one arm. They were spectacular and got a lot of attention. But as I grew, my heroes changed, so that now I can honestly say that anyone who does anything to help a child is a hero to me.

The best favors are worth doing for the doing, not because we'll ever get paid back appropriately.

If you give what can be taken, you are not really giving. Take what you are given, not what you want to be given. Give what cannot be taken.

You cannot mandate philanthropy. It has to come from within, and when it does, it is deeply satisfying.

Do not waste time bothering whether you ‘love’ your neighbor; act as if you did. As soon as we do this we find one of the great secrets. When you are behaving as if you loved someone, you will presently come to love him.

True beauty is born through our actions and aspirations and in the kindness we offer to others.

Give to another human being without the expectation of a return.

I think that saving a little child And bringing him to his own, Is a derned sight better business Than loafing around the throne.

We ought not to be weary of doing little things for the love of God, who regards not the greatness of the work, but the love with which it is performed.

A man without a heroic bent starts dying at the age of thirty.

The joy resulting from the diffusion of blessings to all around us is the purest and sublimest that can ever enter the human mind, and can be conceived only by those who have experienced it. Next to the consolations of divine grace, it is the most sovereign balm to the miseries of life, both in him who is the object of it, and in him who exercises it.

Love is doing what will enthrall the beloved with the greatest and longest joy. What will enthrall the beloved this way is the glory of God. Love means doing all we can, at whatever cost to ourselves, to help people be enthralled with the glory of God. When they are, they are satisfied and God is glorified. Therefore loving people and glorifying God are one.

Every act of charity, every thought of sympathy, every action of help, every good deed, is taking so much of self-importance away from our little selves and making us think of ourselves as the lowest and the least, and, therefore, it is all good. Here we find that Jnâna, Bhakti, and Karma - all come to one point.

Do something for somebody everyday for which you do not get paid.

Anonymously perform acts of kindness, expecting nothing in return-not even a thank you.

The richest gifts we can bestow are the least marketable. We hate the kindness which we understand.

He that does good to another does good also to himself, not only in the consequence but in the very act. For the consciousness of well-doing is in itself ample reward.

One deed of kindness noticed is worth forty that are told.