self-forgetting

Example Sentences

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For it is by self-forgetting that one finds.

From MSNBC • Oct. 15, 2014

Let this be a day of self-forgetting ministry for Christ and others.

From Days of Heaven Upon Earth by Simpson, A. B. (Albert B.)

In business as in society, one needs to carry the white shield of a noble purpose or a self-forgetting love, to escape the dripping of the deadly upas tree that branches above all humanity.

From The Sword of Damocles A Story of New York Life by Green, Anna Katharine

For it is my opinion that prayer should always be for spiritual good only, in order that our religion should be pure from self-seeking, and generously self-forgetting in its aspirations for perfection.

From Education in The Home, The Kindergarten, and The Primary School by Peabody, Elizabeth P. (Palmer)

Too much praise we have already lavished on one who was ever simple and self-forgetting.

From The Teacher Essays and Addresses on Education by Palmer, Alice Freeman