Unselfish Quotes - Page 7

• That which we look on with unselfish love
  And true humility is surely ours,
  Even as a lake looks at the stars above
  And makes within itself a heaven of stars.

  Mary Gardiner Brainard

  Stars, Humility, Lakes

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• The one absolutely unselfish friend that man can have in this selfish world, the one that never deserts him, the one that never proves ungrateful or treacherous, is his dog. He will kiss the hand that has no food to offer; he will lick the wounds and sores that come in encounter with the roughness of the world. When all other friends desert, he remains.

  George Graham Vest

  Dog, Selfish, Kissing

  "Best Speech; Faithful, Even in Death" by William Safire, www.nytimes.com. April 18, 1999.

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• Through learning we grow, becoming more than we were before, and in that sense learning is unselfish, because it results in the transformation of what we were before, a setting aside of the old self in favor of a more complex one.

  Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

  Business, Learning, Self

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• It was selfish what I asked her to do, even if it wound up being the most unselfish thing I've ever done.

  Gayle Forman

  Selfish, Done, Ifs

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• Ruth is so loyal and gentle-hearted, we cannot help loving her, as she stands with the reapers amid the waving corn. Her beautiful, unselfish spirit shines out like a bright star in the night of a dark and cruel age. Love like Ruth's, love which can rise above conflicting creeds and deep-seated racial prejudices, is hard to find in all the world.

  Helen Keller

  Life, Beautiful, Stars

  Helen Keller, SBP Editors (2017). “The Story of My Life: An Autobiography”, p.93, Samaira Book Publishers

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• Love is natural. Back of allceremony burns and will forever burn the sacred flame. There has been no time in the world's history when that torch was extinguished. In all ages, in all climes, among all people, there has been true, pure, and unselfish love.

  Robert Green Ingersoll

  Life, Love Is, Flames

  Robert Green Ingersoll (1907). “The works of Robert G. Ingersoll”, p.1985, Library of Alexandria

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• One great, strong, unselfish soul in every community would actually redeem the world.

  Elbert Hubbard

  Strong, Community, Soul

  "The Philosophy of Elbert Hubbard".

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• A spontaneous act of generosity, performed with unselfish grace is an example of moral beauty, as are certain acts of courage; genuine modesty is a possible example, as is selfless love. Although moral beauty is a natural gift, it is nevertheless more likely to emerge and flourish in societies that appreciate and encourage it.

  Yi-Fu Tuan

  Beauty, Generosity, Appreciate

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• But love is something that has to be as selfish as it is unselfish. You can't make yourself love someone because you feel like you should. Just wanting to love someone isn't enough.

  Aprilynne Pike

  Selfish, Love Is, Self Love

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• Cookery is a wholly unselfish art: as 'art for art's sake' it is unthinkable. A man may sing in his bath every morning without the least encouragement, but no cook can cook just for his or her own sake in a like manner. All good cooks, like all great artists, must have an audience worth cooking for.

  Andre Simon

  Encouragement, Morning, Art

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• So I tell you, my son, that the secret of true happiness is for him who asks nothing in return. The perfectly unselfish man is the one who finds his glory in God. Give what you have to give, and it will come back to you. All materials to build thy home in this world or the inner cosmic worlds come from within, from the God center in thy heart.

  Paul Twitchell

  Heart, Home, Son

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• Three things I have longed to see ... The sea serpent, a white rhinoceros, and an unselfish man.

  Myrtle Reed

  Men, Sea, White

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• Our goal is to develop our team, to earn what we get, to learn, to develop unselfish attitudes. If we achieve that, the results is that we'll win.

  Marv Levy

  Attitude, Team, Winning

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• There is surely no more unselfish person than the anthologist. For while all we others are striving to ensure our own immortality with eagerness, beguilements, buffooneries, loud voices, 'the sound of battle and garments rolled in blood,' the anthologist is quietly ensuring the immortality of somebody else.

  Mary Webb

  Loud Voices, Blood, Battle

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

  Chris Evert

  Sports, Team, Thinking

  "Billie Jean King and Chris Evert reminisce about tennis careers". Interview with Liz Clarke, www.washingtonpost.com. July 18, 2011.

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• The Washington Post is and has been the greatest historic competitor of the New York Times. Half of me, though, the unselfish part of me that is just a journalist, is thrilled. I want newspapers to succeed. Let's take the Guardian, which is a new competitor in the digital age. Does it make me nervous that they compete with us and in fact beat us on the Snowden story? Yes. The part of me that's a competitive journalist and wants to fight and play says: bring them on! It's more fun that way.

  Dean Baquet

  Fun, Fighting, Age

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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