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Unselfishness

noun

The quality of not putting yourself first but being willing to give your time or money or effort etc. for others.

Acting generously. Synonym: generosity.

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"Unselfishness" Quotes from Famous Books

... fourth, liberal breadth of nature; and each has his own ideal, not only of nature but of person—to the exact shade of the hair, the color of the eyes, and the oval of the face. But all agree in the great fundamental requirements of truth, and modesty, and love, and unselfishness; for though it is impossible to write of one womanly ideal as an absolute, it is very possible to detail the virtues which ought ...

— Modern Women and What is Said of Them - A Reprint of A Series of Articles in the Saturday Review (1868) • Anonymous

... his manliness and his intelligence; his brave attempt at unselfishness; his boyish love ...

— The Story of Porcelain • Sara Ware Bassett

... cheered more than he had been before, and men admired his disinterestedness more than they had admired his bravery. Even those who grudged him his extraordinary honours now thought that by his unselfishness he had shown himself worthy of them, and admired his courage in refusing such presents more than the courage by which he had won the right to them. Indeed, the right use of riches is more glorious than that of arms, but not to desire them at all is better even than using ...

— Plutarch's Lives, Volume I (of 4) • Plutarch

... she watched our little girls perpetually; and I could not persuade her that they were only average specimens of well brought up children. She was surprised and touched by any sign of thoughtfulness for others, of kindness to animals, or of unselfishness on their part: and constantly maintained that she was in the right, and I in the wrong, when we differed on the point of their unusual excellence. All this must be borne in mind while reading the following letters. And it must ...

— The Life of Charlotte Bronte - Volume 1 • Elizabeth Gaskell

... unselfishness, the woman turned and kissed his brow, while he struggled, irritated, ...

— The Deliverance; A Romance of the Virginia Tobacco Fields • Ellen Glasgow

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