The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of the mature man is that is wants to live humbly for one.

Wilhelm Stekel

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It's that wonderful old-fashioned idea that others come first and you come second. This was the whole ethic by which I was brought up. Others matter more than you do, so 'don't fuss, dear; get on with it'.

Audrey Hepburn

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It is under the greatest adversity that there exists the greatest potential for doing good, both for oneself and others.

Dalai Lama XIV

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But to mean it when I say that I want my life to count for His glory is to drive a stake through the heart of self - a painful and determined dying to me that must be a part of every day I live.

Louie Giglio

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Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them.

Dalai Lama XIV

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Above all the grace and the gifts that Christ gives to his beloved is that of overcoming self.

Francis of Assisi

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Give until it hurts.

Corazon Cojuangco Aquino

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Almost every sinful action ever committed can be traced back to a selfish motive. It is a trait we hate in other people but justify in ourselves.

Stephen Kendrick

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Nobody knows you as well as our spouse. And that means no one will be quicker to recognize a change when you deliberately start sacrificing your wants and wishes to make sure his or her needs are met.

Stephen Kendrick

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Love" is a that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own...Jealousy is a disease, love is a healthy condition. The immature mind often mistakes one for the other, or assumes that the greater the love, the greater the jealousy

Robert A. Heinlein

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