Selfish Quotes

Living as I do with human beings, the more that I observe them, the more I am forced to conclude that they are selfish.

You wanted to live, " he says."You say that like it's a good thing. A virtue.""What is it really?"I think about this. "Selfish.""Wanting to live is selfish?""Yes.

Five of the most dangerous words I know: ‘What’s in it for me?

I pity the man who praises God only when things go his way.

Poetry is one of my guilty pleasures and I want to thank you poets for providing me with beautiful words that I can devour and selfishly indulge in any time I want. ♥-Nina Jean Slack

Don"t gaze too hard at your belly button Or you will unexpectedly hit rock bottom!

Selfish love hurts, selfless love heals.

If I am indeed my own god, I’d better start praying to myself to get myself out of myself.

Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep, And if I die before I wake, I pray the Lord my toys will break.So none of the other kids can use 'em....Amen.

In some rare cases, a friendship between two people benefits both of them, and what’s more, in some rarer cases, it benefits both of them equally.

Often times you may find yourself in a relationship with a guy who looks like he is a mature adult, but then you find out that he’s just a selfish baby underneath that wonderful expensive cologne.

If I have attached anything to sacrifice other than loss, I have at some level assumed a pay-off. And if I’ve assumed a pay-off, I’m only assuming a sacrifice.

If you haven’t figured it out yet, an absolutely certain way to lose something as quickly as possible is to forget the privilege you have to possess it in the first place.

Some of our friends are our friends only because we used to be friends.

Females and boys are the only creatures that propose others for friendship. As for the rest of us, friendship sort of just happens.

It’s unfair to see managers buying brand new cars for themselves when the salaries of their workers still remain unpaid! Good leaders are not selfish thinkers!

The bedrock of corruption is the attitude of selfishness. Nations are ruined when politicians think for themselves first before thinking about anyone else!

At this moment God might not necessarily be a necessity, but know that His absence will of necessity eventually result in His necessity.

The pleasure or the benefit that the object of our deed derives from it is every now and then greater or even more important than the one we derive from the deed.

It is humanly impossible to be selfless. As a matter of fact, human beings are inherently selfish.

She wondered if it counted as being good if you did the good thing for purely selfish reasons. Probably not, but who cared. What was important was what you did, not how you felt.

Beware of those who are stingy, for they would rather sting you than give you anything.

Sometimes you need to be a little selfish because kindness is seldom appreciated.

For the case that one thinks he has plateaued in life, God has already set yet another peak for him to reach: and a much more challenging peak than his own, one that which is to serve others.

Religious traditions and selfish agenda are laid aside when we are poor in spirit

The thing that I’m most likely to collapse under is not the weight of the stresses that stand around me, but the ego that sits within me.

If it has anything to do with me, it has nothing to do with sacrifice.

If I’m my biggest fan, the only person in the stadium is probably me.

Self-serving biases and self-centered agendas are cotton jammed in the ears of our conscience. Even if truth shouts, we can’t hear it.

The shortest short-term investment is to serve ourselves.

To be an end in myself is to bring an end to myself.

When you think yourself as nothing, Then something important will begin

Loving yourself doesn't make you selfish. When done correctly, the exact opposite occurs, because you know that selfish behaviors are negative for your mind, body and spirit.

...don't be self-conscious - other people are completely unaware of you and more concerned with how they appear ...

In my impatience I become convinced that this desire of mine should have been fulfilled yesterday, when it belongs to a tomorrow that yesterday would have killed had I had my way.

Saturated Arrogance...imprisoned musescried to be freeshe took away their quillsand saiddo not bother me...

Those who make hostility a daily manner are often left in the lurch at difficult times.

Saturated Arrogance...she rebuked those about herin darkness did she dwella pathetic historyall mortal man would tell..

Greed is the fast-track to poverty.

Some selfish people rise because some kind people haven't learned the art of saying no to them.

Helpful is happy.Selfish is sad.(It's not uncommon to confuse the two.)

If you wanna fly high with me you have to play blind on me !!

A garden is beautiful only when it is filled with people

Maturity is when you're able to say, 'It's not just them. It's me.

At the very point that I’ve taken something for granted, I have at that same moment taken it to its grave. And if I look around, I realize I’ve cultivated quite a cemetery.

To assume that I and I alone have all the answers is to eventually find myself entirely alone without any answers.

I can't tell if wanting you is selfish or stupid.

If I was your mirror, you would look for me more, than you do me.

pretending to be good might be the same with pretending to be right, its just you are selfish on your own because you think only for yourself..

Everyone is good at heart. We all do things with the greatest of intentions and most of the time we do it for selfish reasons. Myself included.