Quotes from Classic Literature that Beautifully Describe Love, Friendship, and Selflessness

Here are some of the Viewtale review team’s favorite classic quotes from literature that show selflessness and sacrifice.

1. “A day wasted on others is not wasted on one’s self.” - Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities

2. “There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.” - Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey

3. “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view — until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.” - Harper Lee, To Kill A Mockingbird

4. “To love or have loved, that is enough. Ask nothing further. There is no other pearl to be found in the dark folds of life.” - Victor Hugo, Les Miserables

5. “What greater thing is there for two human souls, than to feel that they are joined for life–to strengthen each other in all labor, to rest on each other in all sorrow, to minister to each other in all pain, to be one with each other in silent unspeakable memories at the moment of the last parting?” - George Eliot, Adam Bede

6. “Love is not affectionate feeling, but a steady wish for the loved person’s ultimate good as far as it can be obtained.” - C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves

7. “I can’t carry it for you, but I can carry you.” - J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

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