#selfless

How much self-love comes in the guise of selfless devotion! ↗

— Susan Sontag

#pretense #self-love #selflessness #love

Almost every sinful action ever committed can be traced back to a selfish motive. It is a trait we hate in other people but justify in ourselves. ↗

— Stephen Kendrick

#selfishness #selflessness #love

It's that wonderful old-fashioned idea that others come first and you come second. This was the whole ethic by which I was brought up. Others matter more than you do, so 'don't fuss, dear; get on with it'. ↗

— Audrey Hepburn

#wonder

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

#giving #happiness #selfishness #selflessness #acting

I'm sure there were times when I wish I had thought, 'Gosh, that might really embarrass mom and dad,' but our parents didn't raise us to think about them. They're very selfless and they wanted us to have as normal of a college life as possible. So really, we didn't think of any repercussions. ↗

— Jenna Bush

#any #college #college life #dad #embarrass

...there is power in self-sacrifice. ↗

— Veronica Roth

#selflessness #sacrifice

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

#goal #good #hopefully #i #know

A hero is somebody who is selfless, who is generous in spirit, who just tries to give back as much as possible and help people. A hero to me is someone who saves people and who really deeply cares. ↗

— Debi Mazar

#cares #deeply #generous #give #help

It is imperative that when thousands of selfless volunteers respond to those who have incurred the wrath of a natural disaster that legal liability need not be hanging over their heads. ↗

— Jon Porter

#hanging #heads #imperative #incurred #legal

To me, teamwork is the beauty of our sport, where you have five acting as one. You become selfless. ↗

— Mike Krzyzewski

#beauty #become #five #me #our