How To Use Selfless In A Sentence

Their history is replete with heroic deeds of selfless devotion and supreme sacrifice over the years.
You cannot suddenly engender selfless commitment when you go on operations. Times, Sunday Times
His season on the pitch has not been too eye-catching but his selfless act in donating the receipts of his testimonial game to children's charities is one of the greatest things a Premiership footballer had done this season.
Perhaps the only all-enduring and selfless love was that of a mother for her child.
One of the most brave and unique documentary projects, it leaves you in awe of its selfless creator and his generous family.

The other meaning of self occurs in the term selflessness, where it refers to a falsely imagined, overconcretized status of existence called “inherent existence.” How to See Yourself As You Really Are
You've only to look at the selfless behaviour of those assembled in the political arena just along the road to see that New Zealanders have a highly overdeveloped sense of fair play.
But the point of ego dissolution required to exist in a state of selfless divine love is also one of death and rebirth.
The word selfless is an adjective that defines a person who is completely devoted to others welfare or interest and not ones own. Carla Alpert And Diane Prefontaine: Words to Live By: Kindness is Contagious (VIDEO)
he acted selflessly when he helped the old lady in distress
We are the reluctant inheritors of a tradition that once corralled hundreds of thousands of young men into a place so that they might selflessly clamber out of trench lines to certain death. Michael Vlahos: Chilean Transcendence
The Bible shows it at its best as selfless love in the marital relationship. Christianity Today
Far from being naive or credulous in the face of blind biology I say that it is our human experience of heroism and selflessness which best defines us.
In the early stage of their friendship, Anna's romance with the widow Lehntman involves their common ‘goodness’: their embodiment of Christian caritas and selfless devotion to others.
You are the patron saint of life, your wisdom and sincerity to hold up the sun life, your selfless sacrifice life, heal the wounded bear bitter hardships, pain.
I have witnessed touching acts of generosity and selflessness.
Her instants of selfless love, so focused upon me, are balm for my abraded ego.
He looked like a schoolboy socialist's dream - the leader of the left whose selfless devotion to democracy exposed his enemies as unprincipled cads.
The path to righteousness is paved with selfless acts. Times, Sunday Times
Historians call it one of the most selfless examples in the annals of science. Christianity Today
There is a no more selfless act a soldier can perform. The Sun
Crowe is stoic and selfless - a perfectly flawed hero worth rooting for.
But the way we become kind, selfless souls is by being shaped through our formative years by our parents. The Sun
In the film he is someone with a generous heart and an open mind, sensitive, selfless and even noble.
They all selflessly cut loose for a good cause. Times, Sunday Times
This act of selfless commitment from one so young should be a shining example to the nation. Times, Sunday Times
Viewed collectively, all these imprecise images speak expressively of his key virtue—his remarkable selflessness.
He also won great respect for his selfless service of victims of two plague epidemics. COLLINS DICTIONARY OF SAINTS
Parental love is the only love that is truly selfless, unconditional and forgiving. Dr T.P.Chia
‘It was her example and selfless service, raising four boys in a fourth floor walk-up that made the difference’.
In truth, persons exist but without inherent existence, and this is called the selflessness of persons; when it comes to other phenomena such as eyes, ears, body, mind, mountain, and the like, this is called the selflessness of phenomena. Becoming Enlightened
Of course, it's not entirely selfless. Times, Sunday Times
You are the patron saint of life, your wisdom and sincerity to hold up the sun life, your selfless sacrifice life, heal the wounded bear bitter hardships, pain.
But sometimes, when the moon was at its waxiest, and when there was mischief and faerie magic on the wind, he could also be one of the most enervating people, as well as one of the kindest, most selfless and gentle men, you could ever hope to meet. Word Magazine - Comments
His selfless actions are deserving of the highest commendation.
They all selflessly cut loose for a good cause. Times, Sunday Times
If we serve selflessly, we receive spiritual and worldly blessings.
The play attracted a large audience among the young, who were greatly moved by Che's selfless heroism.
She will be remembered for her selfless devotion to the cause of the poor.
The second Elizabethan era has been a quite astonishing display of selfless service to her people. The Sun
His selfless running often goes unnoticed. Times, Sunday Times
Our distorted view of reality is countered by thinking about aspects of wisdom, such as impermanence, the nature of suffering, selflessness, and the peace that is liberation. Shantideva's Compendium of Precepts (Laptu) and A Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life (Chod-j
And he sees the most critical aspect of human nature to be our conflicted status as both selfless and selfish creatures. The Times Literary Supplement
And "selfless" - so did they wish themselves with good reason, all those world-weary cowards and cross-spiders! Thus Spake Zarathustra
They all selflessly cut loose for a good cause. Times, Sunday Times
Your determination, selflessness and courage have brought that freedom struggle forward towards its attainment.
How could they turn so suddenly and heap black-hearted violence on this beautiful, selfless creature who appeared in their midst?
Even if you do not agree with the situation or our leadership decisions, support the sheer selflessness of your soldier.
This series demystifies the process by following two selfless people before and after their deaths. Times, Sunday Times
Being open, broad-minded and liberal can sometimes involve difficult decisions and being selfless against human nature - not at all the path of least resistance.
The second Elizabethan era has been a quite astonishing display of selfless service to her people. The Sun
It was suggested last week that the Queen epitomised the spirit of selfless public service.
It was an act of selfless bravery. The Sun
Karim has been rendering selfless service to the destitute patients at the MCH for the last five years.
Chuang Tzu's theory on use and uselessness focuses on ego and non - ego, and selfishness and selflessness.
She gave a tribute to the common soldiers whom she felt were the true heroes of the war, selflessly diminishing the importance of her own sacrifice.
Selflessness also lies at the core of what is essential in a general, for both moral and physical courage derive from self-abnegation.
This act of selfless commitment from one so young should be a shining example to the nation. Times, Sunday Times
This was evidenced in the cohesive and selfless display against Rangers.
Each plaque tells the story of a life lost to selfless civilian valour, be it by drowning, through fire or as a result of some obscure industrial accident.
Each plaque tells the story of a life lost to selfless civilian valour, be it by drowning, through fire or as a result of some obscure industrial accident.
Bureaucrats are always selfless and the motives of politicians and policymakers normally irreproachable.
The path to righteousness is paved with selfless acts. Times, Sunday Times
They all selflessly cut loose for a good cause. Times, Sunday Times
Yet the notion of the thrusting career woman, starkly contrasted to the selfless home-maker, lurks unhelpfully in the background.
But a select group of eight York bigwigs have selflessly enjoyed Buckingham Palace largesse on our behalf.
This selfless act of kindness and bigheartedness belies the idea that these people are entirely self-centered and careless, and in this context their disregard for Harry's body takes on its proper significance. Archive 2008-01-01
This academy bears testimony to his tireless and selfless endeavours and services in this regard.
Maybe about how it takes the spinner's motivations and turns the fiber into either trash or treasure: greed spinning silk into rusty wire slubbed with rotten straw, laziness spinning wool into a beautiful but useless cobweb thread that disintigrates when touched, vengefulness turning flax into coarse rope no matter how delicately spun, love turning nettles into the smoothest silken cord, selflessness making the spinner's own hair into the finest silver-wrapped silk. Spinning with glass.
It has also observed examples of great bravery and of selflessness. The Prisons We Deserve
It is a community rather less motivated by tolerance, acceptance and the virtues of selfless denial.
That is hardly a ringing battle cry to the party faithful or an encouragement to the independent voters, and it corrodes his halo as a selfless public servant.
By concentrating on selflessness you will overcome ingrained misunderstanding of the nature of people and things, which is the root of the round of repeated birth, aging, sickness, and death what Buddhists call cyclic existence, and you will attain liberation from suffering. Becoming Enlightened
The total absence of such an impossible manner of existence as a frog is known as the “lack of an impossible ‘soul’ of a person” (gang-zag-gi bdag-med, selflessness of a person, identitylessness of a person) and a voidness (stong-pa-nyid, emptiness). What Does a Buddha Know in Knowing the Past, Present, and Future? �� Part One: Temporally Related Phenomena
The transparent attempts to come across as wise and selfless only increase my distaste for this woman.
It was a genuinely selfless act, which I recount only because at the time it seemed so incredible.
That part is selfless, both in the sense of being disinterested and in the sense of being detached from personal feeling.
Tara is a selfless, warm-hearted, and responsible woman.
One was an apostle of selfless love; the other presided over the Me Decade.
Her selfless act of bravery led to the conviction of two girls who had mugged a pensioner.
Or is she up there manning the buffet, selflessly doling out the doilies ? FALLEN WOMEN
If not selfless, then maybe Rashbrook is selfish in cementing her romantic bond with new cells - the everyday parental narcissism that is unlikely to be propitious for children.
Her wartime letters, showing her abnegation, selfless duty and distress, make impressive reading. The Times Literary Supplement
Pat yourself on the back for your selflessness.
This will require a significant shift in human consciousness from the selfish to the selfless, from the competitor to the cooperator, from the ignorant to the enlightened.
They all selflessly cut loose for a good cause. Times, Sunday Times
The motif requires a beholder who, on encountering the artist face to face, might understand how Erminia's charity allegorizes his own rehabilitation through selfless love and compassion.
This was a powerful and moving act of selflessness. Times, Sunday Times
Sometimes I Feel Alive (1998), to texts by e.e. cummings, explores aspects of love from the sensual to the selfless through an appealing blend of jazzy pop-music rhythms, canonic writing (at which Wachner excels), and hymnlike choral blending with a near-Ivesian sound. On CD: Julian Wachner
Their selfless gesture means that a two-year-old girl received a new heart and a baby of one got the liver he needed.
Anyone with a noble thought or a selfless instinct winds up dead or surrendering to despair.
That selfless act - at the moment of their deepest grief - has provided the gift of life to at least five other people.
André Steyn owes his current wellbeing to his mobile phone after the selfless device took a bullet for the merchant during an attempted hijack.
Whether this selflessness is generous, self-defeating, or quite heroic, that mindset seems to shape part of the world these characters live in. A BookBrowse exclusive interview in which Karen Rigby chats with poet Alice Fulton about her first collection of short stories, The Nightingales of Troy.
He turns virtues on their head—neither honesty nor selflessness is to be sought.
Viewed collectively, all these imprecise images speak expressively of his key virtue—his remarkable selflessness.
Not surprisingly, according to Microsoft, the whole scheme is an exercise in selfless public service.
Certainly no one should imagine media corporations are suddenly guided by selfless altruism.
You are the patron saint of life, your wisdom and sincerity to hold up the sun life, your selfless sacrifice life, heal the wounded bear bitter hardships, pain.
Parental love is the only love that is truly selfless, unconditional and forgiving. Dr T.P.Chia
Karen Perry, of Apache Junction, Ariz., has experienced a series of struggles in recent years and is described as a selfless woman trying to raise her three children, reports CBS Affiliate KPHO. Breaking News: CBS News
Kieran was a selfless man who gave of his time generously to everyone.
He also won great respect for his selfless service of victims of two plague epidemics. COLLINS DICTIONARY OF SAINTS
He is a selfless individual always keen to help others, particularly his own family and his neighbours.
They also selflessly pledged themselves to undertake great sacrifices for the cause of their country.
Many of the qualities that come so effortlessly to dogs -- loyalty, devotion, selflessness, unflagging optimism, unqualified love -- can be elusive to humans. John Grogan - An interview with author
I have enormous regard for his selflessness on behalf of his fellow man.
A truly enriching relationship provides life-enhancing opportunities to give and share through selfless love. Times, Sunday Times
His diplomatic career epitomizes the ideals of patriotism and selfless service.
Clearly she isn’t making these decisions from some “selfless” desire to make the world a better place, but instead to milk everything she can out of it while people are still interested in rubbernecking over her failed political life. Sarah Palin's meteoric media rise: What's her biggest moment? | EW.com
But when they play for the national side they have to become selfless and change their way of playing. The Sun
The modest hero has asked not to be identified, but police praised his selfless action and pledged to bring those responsible for the attack to justice.
The Games are held to be the paragon of selfless and noble sporting achievement.
Likewise, we once poured forth of our abundance in selfless sharing with the destitute of the world, obedient to the behest of God to "love one another" and to demonstrate our love by generously giving of our superabundance to those who are bereft of all substance. Wide, Wide World
There is a no more selfless act a soldier can perform. The Sun
A selfless man has an indomitable spirit.
He also won great respect for his selfless service of victims of two plague epidemics. COLLINS DICTIONARY OF SAINTS
That just might give you some insight into where your selfness vs. selflessness balance sits. Blog Action Day: Is Climate Change / Global Warming Real? » E-Mail
The 10 men's extraordinary act of selfless courage in dying to assert their political status was in turn to bequeath political status on a resurgent republican movement.
You are the patron saint of life, your wisdom and sincerity to hold up the sun life, your selfless sacrifice life, heal the wounded bear bitter hardships, pain.
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In the extreme situation, to the Buddhist it was the relinquishment of the world of suffering and agony, of duhkha, and he did it by stepping into the selfless blank of Nirvana. Archive 2008-01-01
For the past week they've been demob happy, selflessly turning up to the opening of an envelope as long it involved wine and nibbles.
I haven't joined yet, partly because Danny Wallace is a bit dishy, and passport photos of me are dreadful, and partly because I wasn't quite sure I was up to the regular acts of selflessness.
I would like to express our admiration for the selfless bravery of the emergency services, many of whom lost their lives.
Argan is a hypochondriac and so his obsession with the match is far from selfless.
Barry thinks selflessness is the Mob's most important quality.
And the dimensionless point inherent in every human being whatever their professed beliefs, is the point of access for courage, wisdom, selfless service, and love. Kabir Helminski: Christopher Hitchens is "Not Great"
She reaches a humane sense of selflessness by taking care of his mother.
Mother Teresa gained worldwide attention for her selfless acts of charity.
But because of the selfless use to which he put the internet, regret at his death has been felt across the world. Times, Sunday Times
He works energetically and selflessly to convey the wonder of science to the public, including to underprivileged groups. Times, Sunday Times
Although he is a selfless caregiver and provider, our children think of him more as a combination of a jungle gym and bozo and clown.
Indeed, her loyalty is soon recast as selfless martyrdom.
Indeed, in this era of flexitime and homeworking, daytime pyjama-wearing can just as easily signify work hard, lonely, selfless work as lack of work – unless the humble homeworker is now considered to be part of the "underclass"? The camera does sometimes lie. Ask a female politician | Barbara Ellen
The winners were chosen for showing bravery in the face of disability, illness or selfless devotion to others.
His selflessness was matched by his genius for bringing the knottiest contemporary music to life. Times, Sunday Times
Sometimes this is an entirely selfless effort, as in the many cases of academies supporting nearby failing schools. Times, Sunday Times
He made a brave, selfless decision to choose life and to fight for every single day that he shared with us.
I have enormous regard for his selflessness on behalf of his fellow man.
It is difficult to recognize either the wisdom or necessity of this quixotism and nonchalant acceptance of a fate which, until they themselves made the decision, had been by no means certain: but it is impossible not to admire their selfless gallantry. The Lonely Sea
The poets have donated what ever amount they can afford, oftentimes coming from minimum wage paychecks in truly selfless gestures.
Afterwards, the veteran teaching earnestly to let me understand selfless dedication is not just a bosh, it embodied in action, more embodies in the self-surrender and understanding to the taxpayer.
One cannot but stand in awe of such selfless devotion to a cause.
First, I would have been sorely tempted to believe that some kind soul called Concordia had found it and been thoughtful enough to email me personally, in a wholly selfless attempt to reunite me with my brolly.
Elsewhere, religion's understanding of truth and selfless commitment to a wider community or cause appears preferable to today's culture of narcissism and navel-gazing.
The recording offers a natural concert balance rather than a spot-lit vehicle for the soloist, an ideal match for Hough's selfless virtuosity.
He has also selflessly dedicated his efforts to leading and developing his staff.
Once he realizes the joy of selflessness, he will achieve greatness.
Death of the spouse may give relief from the oppression of selfless caring mixed with guilt about feeling relieved.
But let's not fool ourselves into thinking we went to the Moon because we're pioneers or explorers or selfless discoverers.
But because of the selfless use to which he put the internet, regret at his death has been felt across the world. Times, Sunday Times
The insects are normally considered model examples of selflessness. The Sun
There is no doubt that in exchanging a self-centered for a selfless life we gain enormously in self-esteem. The vanity of the selfless, even those who practice utmost humility, is boundless. Eric Hoffer
He works energetically and selflessly to convey the wonder of science to the public, including to underprivileged groups. Times, Sunday Times
Buddha and Jesus, Krishna and Mahavir, Guru Nanak and prophets of other religions teach one thing only: Selflessness!
He was an intellectual and moral touchstone, of matchless integrity, selflessly public-spirited and civic-minded in a way that is harder and harder to find.
These, then, enabled the people to be orderly and disciplined, even selfless, and lead a peaceful existence.
Selfless work done with full heart and perfection is the best way for the worldly person to realize his inner Self.
We lived together for two years at university, and I soon came to know her as one of the kindest and most selfless people I have ever known.
Thanks to all involved for the true lesson in selflessness and service. Veterans Get the Gift of Hunting
Perhaps the only all-enduring and selfless love was that of a mother for her child.
The core premise is that selflessness outweighs selfishness—that is, Rick does not use the letters of transit for himself.
I have enormous regard for his selflessness on behalf of his fellow man.
No miracles attach to him, his was not a life spent in selfless devotion to others. Times, Sunday Times
In an era dominated by greed and selfishness, they acted with phenomenal selflessness.
Though all religions recommend values such as generosity, selflessness and charity, increasingly people resort to religion only to secure limitless and unmerited advantages in this world and the next.
He used words like 'deprecate' and 'wanton act of violence', he adopted a tone that was selfless and a pose that was statesmanlike, but being noble wasn't enough. Whispers Of Betrayal
There is no doubt that in exchanging a self-centered for a selfless life we gain enormously in self-esteem. The vanity of the selfless, even those who practice utmost humility, is boundless. Eric Hoffer
I don't know any doctor or resident or nurse who loves what they do 100% of the time, or are thinking unflaggingly and selflessly about their patients 100% of the time.
We have seen numberless acts of selfless devotion by medical workers.
David Anderson was a selfless public servant with an incisive analytical mind.
They put themselves up as selfless martyrs to conver up the fact that they have nothing to offer the opposite sex ... Sound Politics: Global Warming Update
It was a combat tour during another war, one that saw our nation's best and bravest assume the burden of selfless duty to God, and liberty, and country.
It is not just selfless concern, of course. Times, Sunday Times
Perhaps the only all-enduring and selfless love was that of a mother for her child.
He works energetically and selflessly to convey the wonder of science to the public, including to underprivileged groups. Times, Sunday Times
Between men, the deep sense of friendship rests on selflessness.
They are shown as noble and selfless defenders of the motherland despite the reality which sees them plagued by corruption and incompetence.
Such memories speak of a deep attachment to his horses, which he carries selflessly. Times, Sunday Times
Characters do selfless and nice things, in a way that denies the doer something they really want.
You are the patron saint of life, your wisdom and sincerity to hold up the sun life, your selfless sacrifice life, heal the wounded bear bitter hardships, pain.
The new clergy houses were of a quite different, selfless and holy Gothic architecture.
No miracles attach to him, his was not a life spent in selfless devotion to others. Times, Sunday Times
Bates is intense as the lonely homosexual whose obsessive selfless love is only reciprocated by a dumb animal.
Willy adopted his name after a revelatory vision of Santa Claus, thereafter living according to the seasonal spirit of selfless giving.
Firefighters, police officers and other selfless members of our society rushed to the aid of those in peril.
Subsequently, our practice of selfless compassion may unconsciously transform into an exercise of martyrization to glorify the mentor and the lineage. Relating to a Spiritual Teacher: Building a Healthy Relationship �� 16 Blocks in Opening Oneself to a Spiritual Mentor
Central to the idea of Mother Teresa is this idea of womanhood, of the feminine, of selflessness, calling and sacrifice.
Showing immense sportsmanship and selflessness, he declared the innings closed when he was 87 not out. The Sun
I want to thank my momma for never teaching me selflessness, and I really wanna thank my college coach for never benching me for missing class.
First Impression: Angel is described as a selfless, insightful, and meek man with a slight build and dark, good looks. 5-Star Baby Name Advisor
Robert Burns writes for the people. He is such a great and selfless patriot that his fighting spirit and noble ideas will never vanish.
Thus, it is necessary and imperative that everyone struggles to imbibe and express values of selflessness, compassion, truthfulness and generosity in his character in howsoever small degree it may be possible for him.
They can be called a proud generation known for their hard work and selflessness.
Should any one seek to bargain with himself to pay the price of loss of self, so that he might gain the higher, fuller life, his sacrifice would be in vain because it would not be selflessness, but selfishness -- there could be no _sacrifice_, were it a bargain. Cosmic Consciousness
It was an act of selfless bravery. The Sun
Of course, it's not entirely selfless. Times, Sunday Times
Sometimes this is an entirely selfless effort, as in the many cases of academies supporting nearby failing schools. Times, Sunday Times
You are the patron saint of life, your wisdom and sincerity to hold up the sun life, your selfless sacrifice life, heal the wounded bear bitter hardships, pain.

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