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Letter "U" » unselfishness
«The human being who lives only for himself finally reaps nothing but unhappiness. Selfishness corrodes. Unselfishness ennobles, satisfies. Don't put off the joy derivable from doing helpful, kindly things for others.»
Author: B. C. Forbes
(Editor, Founder)
| Keywords:
corrode, corroded, corrodes, corroding, derivable, ennoble, ennobled, ennobles, ennobling, helpful, kindly, put off, reaps, satisfies, selfishness, unhappiness, unselfishness
«A wise unselfishness is not a surrender of yourself to the wishes of anyone, but only to the best discoverable course of action.»
«Don't expect too much of Christmas Day. You can't crowd into it any arrears of unselfishness and kindliness that may have accrued during the past twelve months.»
Author: Oren Arnold
| About:
Christmas
| Keywords:
accrue, accrued, accrues, arrears, Christmas Day, in arrears, kindliness, unselfishness
«There is a magnet in your heart that will attract true friends. That magnet is unselfishness, thinking of others first... when you learn to live for others, they will live for you.»
«I want some day to be able to love with the same intensity and unselfishness that parents love their children with.»
«Modesty and unselfishness: These are the virtues which men praise, and pass by»
Author: Andre Maurois
(Biographer, Essayist, Novelist)
| About:
Modesty,
Selfishness
| Keywords:
modesty, pass by, unselfishness
«Selfishness is the only real atheism; aspiration, unselfishness, the only real religion.»
Author: Franklin D. Roosevelt
(President)
| About:
Selfishness
| Keywords:
aspiration, atheism, selfishness, unselfishness
«People exaggerate the value of things they haven't got: everybody worships truth and unselfishness because they have no experience with them»
Author: George Bernard Shaw
(Critic, Essayist, Playwright)
| Keywords:
exaggerate, exaggerates, exaggerating, unselfishness, worships
«Real unselfishness consists in sharing the interests of others.»
Author: George Santayana
(Humanist, Philosopher, Poet)
| About:
Generosity
| Keywords:
sharing, unselfishness
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