Selflessly helping others is a noble act that transcends personal gain. It’s about extending a hand without expecting anything in return, embodying the essence of empathy and compassion. These quotes capture the essence of selflessness, reminding us of the profound impact of altruism on both the giver and receiver.
- “The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.” – Mahatma Gandhi
- “Help others without any reason and give without the expectation of receiving anything in return.” – Roy T. Bennett
- “No one has ever become poor by giving.” – Anne Frank
- “The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.” – Pablo Picasso
- “We rise by lifting others.” – Robert Ingersoll
- “You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.” – John Bunyan
- “Kindness is not an act. It’s a lifestyle.” – Anthony Douglas Williams
- “The best way to help yourself is to help others.” – Unknown
- “The greatest joy comes from giving and serving, not from accumulating and receiving.” – Stephen Covey
- “The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the grandest intention.” – Oscar Wilde
- “Helping one person might not change the world, but it could change the world for one person.” – Unknown
- “Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on Earth.” – Muhammad Ali
- “The purpose of human life is to serve and to show compassion and the will to help others.” – Albert Schweitzer
- “The only people with whom you should try to get even are those who have helped you.” – John E. Southard
- “The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit.” – Nelson Henderson
- “If you want to touch the past, touch a rock. If you want to touch the present, touch a flower. If you want to touch the future, touch a life.” – Unknown
- “We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.” – Winston Churchill
- “The best portion of a good life is the little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and love.” – William Wordsworth
- “Your greatness is not what you have, it’s what you give.” – Unknown
- “It’s not enough to have lived. We should be determined to live for something.” – Winston S. Churchill
- “The greatest wealth is to live content with little.” – Plato
- “We can’t help everyone, but everyone can help someone.” – Ronald Reagan
- “The most truly generous persons are those who give silently without hope of praise or reward.” – Carol Ryrie Brink
- “Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?'” – Martin Luther King Jr.
- “The purpose of our lives is to be happy.” – Dalai Lama
- “The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help others.” – Albert Schweitzer
- “We rise by lifting others.” – Robert G. Ingersoll
- “The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.” – Mahatma Gandhi
- “The best way to cheer yourself is to try to cheer someone else up.” – Mark Twain
- “We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.” – Winston Churchill
- “If you have much, give of your wealth; if you have little, give of your heart.” – Arabian Proverb
- “The greatest gift you can give someone is your time, your attention, your love, your concern.” – Joel Osteen
- “No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.” – Aesop
- “You cannot do a kindness too soon because you never know how soon it will be too late.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
- “The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
- “The happiest people are not those getting more, but those giving more.” – H. Jackson Brown Jr.
- “Do things for people not because of who they are or what they do in return, but because of who you are.” – Harold S. Kushner
- “One of the most important things you can do on this earth is to let people know they are not alone.” – Shannon L. Alder
- “Remember that the happiest people are not those getting more, but those giving more.” – H. Jackson Brown Jr.
- “Life is an echo. What you send out comes back. What you give, you get.” – Unknown
- “The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches, but to reveal to them their own.” – Benjamin Disraeli
- “The best way to not feel hopeless is to get up and do something. Don’t wait for good things to happen to you. If you go out and make some good things happen, you will fill the world with hope, you will fill yourself with hope.” – Barack Obama
- “In a gentle way, you can shake the world.” – Mahatma Gandhi
- “To ease another’s heartache is to forget one’s own.” – Abraham Lincoln
- “Happiness doesn’t result from what we get, but from what we give.” – Ben Carson
- “Success isn’t about how much money you make; it’s about the difference you make in people’s lives.” – Michelle Obama
- “The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit.” – Nelson Henderson
- “Be the change you wish to see in the world.” – Mahatma Gandhi
- “You have two hands. One to help yourself, the second to help others.” – Audrey Hepburn
- “When you are kind to others, it not only changes you, it changes the world.” – Harold Kushner
Short Quotes About Helping Others And Getting Nothing In Return
- “Kindness is its own reward.”
- “Helping hands are never empty.”
- “Giving without expectation is true generosity.”
- “Serve others without seeking applause.”
- “Love is giving without expecting.”
- “The joy of giving is its own treasure.”
- “Acts of kindness echo endlessly.”
- “Empathy costs nothing but means everything.”
- “Selfless deeds paint the world with beauty.”
- “Helping others is a gift to oneself.”
Inspirational Quotes About Helping Others And Getting Nothing In Return
- “The true measure of success is how many times you can bounce back from failure by helping others.” – Unknown
- “The purpose of life is not to be happy, but to matter, to be productive, to be useful, to have it make some difference that you lived at all.” – Leo Rosten
- “The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.” – Mahatma Gandhi
- “Helping others is the secret sauce to a happy life.” – Todd Stocker
- “We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.” – Winston Churchill
- “The greatest gift you can give is your time, because when you give your time, you’re giving a portion of your life that you’ll never get back.” – Unknown
- “The purpose of human life is to serve and to show compassion and the will to help others.” – Albert Schweitzer
- “Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?'” – Martin Luther King Jr.
- “No one has ever become poor by giving.” – Anne Frank
- “The happiest people I know are those who lose themselves in the service of others.” – Gordon B. Hinckley
Bible Quotes About Helping Others And Getting Nothing In Return
- “And do not forget to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.” – Hebrews 13:16 (NIV)
- “Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.” – Luke 6:38 (NIV)
- “Whoever is kind to the poor lends to the LORD, and he will reward them for what they have done.” – Proverbs 19:17 (NIV)
- “But when you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind, and you will be blessed. Although they cannot repay you, you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.” – Luke 14:13-14 (NIV)
- “Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.” – Galatians 6:2 (NIV)
- “In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.'” – Acts 20:35 (NIV)
- “Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in your power to act.” – Proverbs 3:27 (NIV)
- “And if you give yourself to the hungry and satisfy the desire of the afflicted, then your light will rise in darkness and your gloom will become like midday.” – Isaiah 58:10 (NASB)
- “The generous will themselves be blessed, for they share their food with the poor.” – Proverbs 22:9 (NIV)
- “This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters. If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them, how can the love of God be in that person? Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.” – 1 John 3:16-18 (NIV)
