Selfish Quotes
One is not necessarily made self-centered because he is foolish, but one is very often made foolish because he is self-centered.
It requires a deliberate mental effort to turn biology the right way up again, and remind ourselves that the replicators come first, in importance as well as in history.
At the point that it dawns on me that I am not God I have finally made room for God.
Choose altruism, because selfishism is a lonely, cold, dark hole.
If you think the reason you exist or go to school is just to satisfy your selfish ambitions, then you are of all men most miserable
I spend my life constantly calling in ‘imaginary’ debts that aren’t owed to me in order to avoid the ‘real’ debts that I owe to others, and so everybody ends up bankrupt.
Sacrifice” and “self” both begin with the same letter, but the spelling is way different after that.
An obese ego is just about the heaviest thing you’ll ever carry. So maybe you should stop feeding it.
The burdens I carry on my back are in direct correlation to the weight of my ego.
You can't succeed in any endeavor if your motive is solely selfish- feeding your ego, seeking recognition, fame, etc. Find a lasting motivation...
Survival, " I said softly. "It's selfish, and it's dark, and we've always been a species willing to do anything to satisfy our needs. Individuals have morals. Mobs have appetites.
Sacrifice is a noun in my vocabulary that should be a verb in my life.
Your soulmate wasn't suppose to be perfect. You were meant to see the cracks in her soul and fill them with what you have and she was meant to see yours. Together you would be complete.
In the midst of our worried searching we recklessly abandon the treasures that life has bestowed upon us in the mad hunt for that which we wish to bestow upon ourselves.
Truly speaking -finding happiness is to do with being selfish, but that doesn't mean true selfish
I constantly pack my pockets full of worthless trinkets, and in such misguided gorging I leave my heart empty and my soul emaciated because I have forgotten everything but trinkets.
A cause that only serves me is much like a door on the edge of a cliff, it doesn’t open to anywhere good.
In choosing to exchange precious principles for worthless impulses, I have far too often bankrupted my soul in order to bankroll my ego.
Beware of those who are always hungry, for they will feed you to the wolves just to get paid.
In selfish men caution is as secure an armour for their foes as for themselves.
Be confidently assured that any ‘gods’ that we build will always have veracious appetites, and sooner or later they will gorge themselves on that which built them.
Selfishness at the expense of others is bad. Self-care for the betterment of others is good.
What you love is your own love. It's not love, it's selfishness. It's not me you think of, but what you feel about me.
Sometimes we realize that we are like facebook, people using us for themselves, meeting each other via us, earning via us, taking all credits, even no one talking about us, just using US .
Sometimes we realize that we are like facebook, people using us for themselves, meeting each other via us, all credit going to the owner, even no one talking about us, just using US .
The difference between appreciation and flattery? That is simple. One is sincere and the other insincere. One comes from the heart out
Life=Unconditional loveIf you can feel this equation. I said IF you can FEEL this equation you can solve any mystery of life and finally you will understand life is not a mystery.
What a selfish boy you are. You wished for the world but all you received were the skies.
The problem is not that we don’t recognize the truth when we hear it. The problem is that we don’t want to recognize what the truth might mean for us if we hear it.
My dad was not super-intentional in his parenting. He was very self-absorbed. I won't say mean or selfish per se, but very self-absorbed. I think he was just thinking out loud.
All my big mistakes are when I try to second-guess or please an audience. My work is always stronger when I get very selfish about it.
Young women especially have something invested in being nice people, and it's only when you have children that you realise you're not a nice person at all, but generally a selfish bully.
Let us understand what our own selfish genes are up to because we may then at least have the chance to upset their designs.
Marriage is a mystery, and part of it is just being kind to each other, not being selfish.
I've never really understood the criticism that climbing is inherently selfish, since it could equally be argued about virtually any other hobby or sport. Is gardening selfish?
The customer is a remarkably selfish person: He takes the relationship to where the execution is in his favor.