You must not expect anything from others. It's you, of yourself, of whom you must ask a lot. Only from oneself has one the right to ask everything and anything. This way it's up to you...your own choices...what you get…

Quote by Albert Schweitzer

Topics: Choice Quotes, Choices Quotes, Expectation Quotes, Service Quotes

The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will...

The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will...

Example is not the main thing in influencing others, it is the only thing.

Example is not the main thing in influencing others, it is the only thing.

The tragedy of life is what dies inside a man while he lives.

The tragedy of life is what dies inside a man while he lives.

My life is my argument.

My life is my argument.

Happiness? That's nothing more than a good health and a poor memory.

Happiness? That's nothing more than a good health and a poor memory.

Seek always to do some good, somewhere. Every man has to seek in his own...

Seek always to do some good, somewhere. Every man has to seek in his own...

Man must cease attributing his problems to his environment, and learn again to exercise his...

Man must cease attributing his problems to his environment, and learn again to exercise his...

Destiny is something we've invented because we can't stand the fact that everything that happens...

Destiny is something we've invented because we can't stand the fact that everything that happens...

In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst...

In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst...

The first step in the evolution of ethics is a sense of solidarity with other...

The first step in the evolution of ethics is a sense of solidarity with other...

We cannot possibly let ourselves get frozen into regarding everyone we do not know as...

We cannot possibly let ourselves get frozen into regarding everyone we do not know as...

At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another...

At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another...

The true worth of a man is not to be found in man himself, but...

The true worth of a man is not to be found in man himself, but...

It is not enough merely to exist. It's not enough to say, 'I'm earning enough...

It is not enough merely to exist. It's not enough to say, 'I'm earning enough...

Ethics is the activity of man directed to secure the inner perfection of his own...

Ethics is the activity of man directed to secure the inner perfection of his own...

Humanitarianism consists in never sacrificing a human being to a purpose.

Humanitarianism consists in never sacrificing a human being to a purpose.

Very little of the great cruelty shown by men can really be attributed to cruel...

Very little of the great cruelty shown by men can really be attributed to cruel...

To educate yourself for the feeling of gratitude means to take nothing for granted, but...

To educate yourself for the feeling of gratitude means to take nothing for granted, but...

It is very easy to take for granted the phenomenon that we are each alive,...

It is very easy to take for granted the phenomenon that we are each alive,...

Being taken for granted can be a compliment. It means that you've become a comfortable,...

Being taken for granted can be a compliment. It means that you've become a comfortable,...