#selfless

But to mean it when I say that I want my life to count for His glory is to drive a stake through the heart of self - a painful and determined dying to me that must be a part of every day I live. ↗

— Louie Giglio

#pride #religion #selflessness #faith

What is "grace"? It is God's own life, shared by us. God's life is love. Deus caritas est. By grace we are able to share in the infinitely selfless love of Him Who is such pure actuality that He needs nothing and therefore cannot conceivably exploit anything for selfish ends. Indeed, outside of Him there is nothing, and whatever exists exists by His free gift of its being, so that one of the notions that is absolutely contradictory to the perfection of God is selfishness. ↗

— Thomas Merton

#grace #love #selfless #life

Love is as simple as the absence of self given to another. God, when invited, fills the void of any unrequited love; hence loving is how one is drawn closer to God no matter its most horrific repercussions. ↗

— Criss Jami

#closer #compensation #filling-the-void #god #horrific

Love can be unselfish, in the sense of being benevolent and generous, without being selfless. ↗

— Mortimer Adler

#benevolent #generous #love #selfless #sense

Nobody knows you as well as our spouse. And that means no one will be quicker to recognize a change when you deliberately start sacrificing your wants and wishes to make sure his or her needs are met. ↗

— Stephen Kendrick

#sacrifice #selfishness #selflessness #change

1 month ago the American people stopped to remember the third anniversary of the beginning of the Iraq war. We thought first and foremost of the selflessness, patriotism and heroism by our troops, our National Guard and Reserves. ↗

— Rosa DeLauro

#american #american people #anniversary #beginning #first

If the entire world sought to make itself worthy of happiness rather than make itself happy, then the entire world would be happy. ↗

— Criss Jami

#happiness #happy #inconsiderate #peace #problem

Through selfless work, love of God grows in the heart. Then through his grace one realize him in course of time. God can be seen. One can talk to him as I am talking to you. ↗

— Ramakrishna

#course #god #grace #grows #heart

Only those who have learned the power of sincere and selfless contribution experience life's deepest joy: true fulfillment. ↗

— Tony Robbins

#deepest #experience #fulfillment #joy #learned

You will have to make up for the smallness of your size by your courage and selfless devotion to duty, for it is not life that matters, but the courage, fortitude and determination you bring to it. ↗

— Muhammad Ali Jinnah

#inspirational #jinnah #life #making-a-difference #selflessness