Sentence examples for selflessness for from inspiring English sources

But one of the advantages of religion is that it inspires people to acts of selflessness for the common good.

Neil LaBute was fully aware that the days and weeks after Sept. 11 last year were a time of great selflessness for many people.

In the long run, though, the strategy of the Southerners is bound to fail, and, in a sense, Lyndon Johnson's present support of a sectional interest is an act of courage and selflessness for a man whose aspirations appear to be national.

Service and selflessness for monks means doing business with a "prayerful attitude," and this translates into a fanatical commitment to serving their monastic customers.

You can't take that kind of selflessness for granted.

Bombers' selflessness for the progress of their kin only damaged the environment, though – other lemmings in the blast radius would be unscathed, via some miracle of evolution that only programmers Mike Dailly and David Jones knew about.

That's an amazing amount of restraint (and selflessness, even) for Trump to show for what is unquestionably a successful military campaign.

It increases our admiration for the selflessness of Americans fighting in Iraq.

On my bench of returnees would be Shaun Goater for his soul, Kenny Clements for his heart, Nicolas Anelka for his selflessness (honest) and Denis Law for his nerve.

The beauty and importance of sport; the value of hard work; the need for selflessness and teamwork; the need for self-confidence; perseverance in the face of disappointment.

It may be that the misperception of the President's call for prudence as a call for selflessness stems from the penchant of elected politicians for dressing up political actions in the exalted language of moral concern.