Altruistic Quotes

We'll have 40 percent of the teaching force replaced by mid-career switchers and people with life experience, people with altruistic motives for coming into teaching. - Emily Feistritzer

We benefit from doing nothing, from going out to play, from giving from the heart and spending time in nature. Most of all we benefit from having healthy, strong, and loving relationships with other people and from exercising the altruistic parts of ourselves. - Jo Ann Davis

We are selfish when we are exclusively or predominantly concerned with the good for ourselves. We are altruistic when we are exclusively or predominantly concerned with the good of others. - Mortimer Adler

There are many forces and interests out there, outside the schools, and while some are altruistic, others have narrower, more individual interests in mind. - Dave Anderson

The tsunami was a really good example of altruistic giving. (Most Americans) didn't know anyone there or had a strong connection; 9/11 had an element of patriotism. For this hurricane, the vast miles of destruction, plus the raw numbers affected, is one of the things driving that. - Patrick Rooney

The only model that makes no sense to me is the altruistic model. The vendor wants the researcher to do his code review for free and that doesn't quite fly. They are profiting from the vulnerability information but they don't want to pay for it. - Michael Sutton

The large and increasing number of uninsured Americans is no longer simply an altruistic concern on behalf of those without health coverage, but a matter of self-interest for everyone... The stakes are high both for businesses and for workers who do have health insurance because they bear the brunt of costs for the uninsured. - Ron Pollack

The issue here is indeed control. It is the appropriation of material that they don't own for a purpose that is, however altruistic and lofty and wonderful, nevertheless a commercial enterprise. - Nick Taylor

The easiest way to control sensuous desires is to practice altruistic love. - Sri Sathya Sai Baba