#selfless

When faith replaces doubt, when selfless service eliminates selfish striving, the power of God brings to pass His purposes. ↗

— Thomas S. Monson

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In spite of his mildness and timidity in reproving, every one about him knew that on the exceptional occasions when he chose, he was absolute. He never, indeed, chose to be absolute except on some one else’s behalf. ↗

— George Eliot

#selflessness #life

Love is blind; but it makes you see the blind man; teetering on the roadside . . . ↗

— Martin Amis

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When I give, I give myself ↗

— Walt Whitman

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The event of falling in love is of such a nature that we are right to reject as intolerable the idea that it should be transitory. In one high bound it has overleaped the massive of our selfhood; it has made appetite itself altruistic, tossed personal happiness aside as a triviality and planted the interests of another in the centre of our being. Spontaneously and without effort we have fulfilled the law (towards one person) by loving our neighbour as ourselves. It is an image, a foretaste, of what we must become to all if Love Himself rules in us without a rival. It is even (well used) a preparation for that. ↗

— C.S. Lewis

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The belief that unhappiness is selfless and happiness is selfish is misguided. It's more selfless to act happy. It takes energy, generosity, and discipline to be unfailingly lighthearted, yet everyone takes the happy person for granted. No one is careful of his feelings or tries to keep his spirits high. He seems self-sufficient; he becomes a cushion for others. And because happiness seems unforced, that person usually gets no credit. ↗

— Gretchen Rubin

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Perhaps the strongest evidence that women have as broad and deep a capacity for physical aggression as men is anecdotal. And as with men, this capacity has expressed itself in acts from the brave to the brutal, the selfless to the senseless. ↗

— Katherine Dunn

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Christine and I haven't raised our children. A whole community of selfless Christians has contributed to helping them become faithful, competent adults. ↗

— Clayton Christensen

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Hopefully as you get older you get more selfless. That would be probably a good goal. I don't know if we do, though. ↗

— John Cusack

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It is rare to find a business partner who is selfless. If you are lucky it happens once in a lifetime. ↗

— Michael Eisner

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