“It is a luxury to put our interests first. It is an honor to put the interests of others before our own.”— Margaret Peterson Haddix
“Another definition of a hero is someone who is concerned about other people’s well-being, and will go out of his or her way to help them – even if there is no chance of a reward.”— Stan Lee
“To give, and not to count the cost, to fight, and not to heed the wounds, to toil, and not to seek for rest, to labor, and not to ask for any reward, save that of knowing that we do thy will.”— Ignatius of Loyola
“The soul is like a violin. So long as it is full of self it will produce only scratchy, harsh sounds.”— Neal A. Maxwell
“The good of the cause is my only object, and I have no personal feelings that can interfere with it.”— George B. McClellan
“The first requirement for getting married is to be a person who is not self-centered.”— Phyllis Schlafly
“Humility does not mean thinking less of yourself. It means thinking of yourself less.”— William Temple
“If you want to be miserable, think about yourself. If you want to be happy, think about others.”— Eknath Easwaran
“True charity is the desire to be useful to others without thought of recompense.”— Edmond de Goncourt
“The most important thing in a relationship is not what you get but what you give.”— Pepper Schwartz
“A hero is someone who does what he or she can, to the best of his or her ability, without needing a reward.”— Ernest J. Gaines