#unselfish

You knew what I was," he said, taking his hair back from his face, eyes wild with the will to make me believe. "You knew that my face is a lie, just pretending to be human. And you still wanted me, you could touch me, you could see what I am, the only one who knew and wanted me all the same, and you said I wasn't a --" his chest hitched. "Not a monster. I was going to tell you, and then I thought, well, I'm probably going to die in the underworld, so why can't I have this until then? I'm the stupid one; not you. I'm so sorry. ↗

— Karen Healey

#romantically-honest #unselfish #romantic

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

— Mortimer Adler

#benevolent #generous #love #selfless #sense

To live a pure unselfish life, one must count nothing as one's own in the midst of abundance. ↗

— Buddha

#abundance #count #live #midst #must

Happiness is spiritual, born of truth and love. It is unselfish; therefore it cannot exist alone, but requires all mankind to share it. ↗

— Mary Baker Eddy

#born #cannot #exist #happiness #love

I think team sports probably teach you more about giving - about being unselfish and being flexible. ↗

— Chris Evert

#being #flexible #giving #i #i think

To all the positions, I just bring the determination to win. Me being an unselfish player, I think that can carry on to my teammates. When you have one of the best players on the court being unselfish, I think that transfers to the other players. ↗

— LeBron James

#best #bring #carry #court #determination

But when you get into a situation where you can acquire a proven leader, a proven quality player, an unselfish player, a guy who taken a team to the Super Bowl, I think you do it. ↗

— Ron Jaworski

#bowl #get #guy #i #i think

The moralist is the person who tells people that they ought to be unselfish, when they still feel like egos, and his efforts are always and invariably futile. ↗

— Alan Watts

#efforts #egos #feel #futile #his

In almost every marriage there is a selfish and an unselfish partner. A pattern is set up and soon becomes inflexible, of one person always making the demands and one person always giving way. ↗

— Iris Murdoch

#always #becomes #demands #every #giving

Going to war was the only unselfish thing I have ever done for humanity. ↗

— David Niven

#ever #going #humanity #i #only