11 Movie Quotes about Altruism (+ Sound Clips)

Updated: May 18, 2025

Memorable quotes about altruism, selected from famous or less known movies by Movie-Sounds.org's visitors, accompanied by short mp3 and wav audio samples.

1 But you must remember, Mowgli, greater love hath no one than he who lays down his life for his friend.

Sebastian Cabot as Bagheera in The Jungle Book (1967)

2 Quietly and anonymously continuing to make the world a better place.

Craig T. Nelson as Mr. Incredible in The Incredibles

3 We can offer you little, but we offer all we have.

Yvonne De Carlo as Sephora in The Ten Commandments (1956)

4 Give a word of cheer. Lend a helping hand. I will dry your tear. I will understand.

Daws Butler as Snagglepuss in Snagglepuss (1961)

5 But people should do nice things for their friends not 'cause they have to, but because they want to.

John Fiedler as Piglet in The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh

6 He never thinks about himself, God. That's why he's in trouble.

Quote from It's a Wonderful Life (1946)

7 He's been kind to me. -Perhaps he had a motive. Men sometimes have strange motives for the things they do.

Vincent Price as Matthew Hopkins in Witchfinder General

8 What is man's use? Why is he here? Why is he born at all? -To leave the world in some way better than he found it.

Earl Hammond as Santa Claus in The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus (1985)

9 But the voice I heard today on the hill said: Love your enemy. Do good to those who despite fully use you.

Charlton Heston as Judah Ben-Hur in Ben-Hur (1959)

10 How much do I owe you, buddy? -Nothing. -Nothing at all? -Oh, absolutely nothing. This is a free country.

Oliver Hardy as Ollie in Utopia (1951)

11 Movie Quotes about Altruism (+ Sound Clips)

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