#unselfish

Selfishness is the only real atheism; aspiration, unselfishness, the only real religion. ↗

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

#atheism #only #real #real religion #religion

If you asked twenty good men to-day what they thought the highest of the virtues, nineteen of them would reply, Unselfishness. But if you asked almost any of the great Christians of old he would have replied, Love- You see what has happened? A negative term has been substituted for a positive, and this is of more than philological importance. The negative ideal of Unselfishness carries with it the suggestion not primarily of securing good things for others, but of going without them ourselves, as if our abstinence and not their happiness was the important point. ↗

— C.S. Lewis

#unselfishness #virtue #weight-of-glory #love

The scrupulous and the just, the noble, humane, and devoted natures; the unselfish and the intelligent may begin a movement - but it passes away from them. They are not the leaders of a revolution. They are its victims. ↗

— Joseph Conrad

#begin #devoted #humane #intelligent #just

Selfishness is the only real atheism; unselfishness the only real religion. ↗

— Israel Zangwill

#only #real #real religion #religion #selfishness

Modesty and unselfishness - these are the virtues which men praise - and pass by. ↗

— Andre Maurois

#modesty #pass #praise #these #unselfishness

There is something in the unselfish and self-sacrificing love of a brute, which goes directly to the heart of him who has had frequent occasion to test the paltry friendship and gossamer fidelity of mere Man. ↗

— Edgar Allan Poe

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Being a parent is a gift, one which most men unselfishly allow women to keep all to themselves.
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— Jarod Kintz

#gift #parenting #unselfish #women #men

Though my work may be menial, though my contribution may be small, I can perform it with dignity and offer it with unselfishness. My talents may not be great, but I can use them to bless the lives of others.... The goodness of the world in which we live is the accumulated goodness of many small and seemingly inconsequential acts. ↗

— Gordon B. Hinckley

#service #unselfishness #inspirational

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

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

— Chris Evert

#being #flexible #giving #i #i think