“What's the difference between a celebrity and a hero? A hero is someone who's done something for other people.”— Joseph Gordon-Levitt
“Let not the fruit of good deeds be your motive, but the good deeds themselves.”— Helena Petrova Blavatsky
“To serve is beautiful, but only if it is done with joy and a whole heart and a free mind.”— Pearl S. Buck
“When we quit thinking primarily about ourselves and our own self-preservation, we undergo a truly heroic transformation of consciousness.”— Joseph Campbell
“One of the deep secrets of life is that all that is really worth the doing is what we do for others.”— Lewis Carroll
“The bee is more honored than other animals, not because she labors, but because she labors for others.”— John Chrysostom
“This is the rule of the most perfect Christianity, its most exact definition, its highest point, namely, the seeking of the common good.”— John Chrysostom
“The secret of happiness is: Find something more important than you are and dedicate your life to it.”— Daniel Clement Dennett