Selfishness Quotes

There are some for whom the good of mankind is their primary concern, and others who basically put their own considerations before everyone else. I was among the latter.

If your love for another person doesn’t include loving yourself then your love is incomplete.

When I see an arrogant man, I see one less competitor.

You don't build a family by tearing down another one.

Neither your position in society, nor power, nor dignity, nor selfishness, nor even personal promotion should enslave you

Power without compassion is like a giant that blocks the sunlight.

I don't want the world to keep turning without me on it.

We are selfish, my illness and I. We think only of ourselves. We shape the world around us into messages, into secret whispers spoken only for us.

The eyes of love have 20/20 vision when focused on another, and become entirely blind when focused on ourselves.

In this age of 'whatever, ' Americans are becoming slaves to the new tyranny of nonchalance. " James Morris

Biology without selfishness, is nothing but fiction.

Is the selfishness of children really so different from our own? During the summer in the country we curse the rain, while the farmers are crying out for it.

Teach the children compassion and empathy, for all creatures are born selfish.

...children are at heart selfish, and reasonably so, for they are programmed for survival.

Being a 'good' parent is more about the parent, and, less about the 'supposedly-could-have-been-bad' child.

Everyone wants a piece of you. The trick is what piece to give.

...only in relatively recent times have people decided that "because I want to" is sufficient reason for annoying others.

Those are who are selfish are rewarded for being nice. Those who truly care about others feel a smile in return is all the reward they need.

Your accomplishments in the past and present has a link to your future success.

A prophet is always underestimated, and part of what makes one a prophet is that he doesn't really mind it.

Selfishness is the unwillingness to give up your soul for the rehabilitation of your future.

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

What you withhold in this life will be withheld from you in the next.

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

By nature, we get more pleasure from God's gifts then from Himself.

Nothing, absolutely nothing, happens 'till parents stop clenching their fists around precious things and people, let go, & trust God!

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.

I don’t buy or sell relationships, so let’s talk business.

I don't want to be just another thing mary elizabeth is in charge of

I respect all the innocent souls because they are kind enough to forgive the selfish people around them.

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.

Incarnation is good news not because it offers us a way out of the mess of this world, but because it shows us what God's love looks like here and now.

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

You can be bit in the leg by a rattlesnake and seek help to heal your wound, or you can run after it and let the poison take your leg. The same is true with love.

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

A true generous heart can never revolve majorly with monetary skills nor business acumen nor cunning mind.

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

If I worship the fact that I don’t worship anything, amongst other things what I’m worshipping is denial.

We all of us need to be toppled off the throne of self, my dear, " he said. "Perched up there the tears of others are never upon our own cheek.

It is unfortunate that for some, kindness is an unwarranted expenditure, compassion an avoidable weakness, and love an unnecessary gamble.

The only thing I hate about good people is that they like making their being good people bad people’s problem.

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.

Every single good person is a good person for their own sake, not for the sake of humanity, not even for the sake of another human being.

No single bad person regards themselves as a bad person.

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

Selfishness is easy to find. Selflessness is a much rarer beast.

You may possibly become rich by just caring about yourself and what you want to gain from your profession and your life but you cannot possibly enrich the lives of everyone you meet that way.

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

Every small, unselfish action nudges the world into a better path. An accumulation of small acts can change the world.