Quotes about selfish
selfish trying why-not
Do you know someone you would like to change and regulate and improve? Good! That is fine. I am all in favor of it, But why not begin on yourself? From a purely selfish standpoint, that is a lot more profitable than trying to improve others - yes, and a lot less dangerous. Dale Carnegie
selfish people care
Remember the people you address are selfish, as we all are. They care nothing about your interests or profit. They seek service for themselves Claude C. Hopkins
selfish evil suffering
An institution or reform movement that is not selfish, must originate in the recognition of some evil that is adding to the sum of human suffering, or diminishing the sum of happiness. Clara Barton
selfish moving ideas
There are many selfish people who are extremely original, then they take those pure ideas and use them to raise themselves up, that is an insincere move. Daniel Smith
selfish sight views
And, one thing I definitely enjoyed personally, from a selfish point of view, was exploration and going to places that I had never been to before and learning, you know, meeting the people and getting to know, new sights and sounds, etc. Duane G. Carey
selfish equity selfish-acts
Be incredibly, ruthlessly selfish with your equity. Douglas Leone
selfish feeling-alone feelings
I'm not afraid of new things. I'm just afraid of feeling alone even when there's somebody else there. I'm afraid of feeling bad. Maybe that's selfish, but it's the way I feel. David Foster Wallace
selfish oedipus people
What we were trying to do was take the notion of Greek tragedy, of fated and doomed people, and instead of these Olympian gods, indifferent, venal, selfish, hurling lightning bolts and hitting people in the ass for no reason—instead of those guys whipping it on Oedipus or Achilles, it’s the postmodern institutions . . . those are the indifferent gods. David Simon
selfish caring indulge-in
So what is the difference between someone who willfully indulges in sexual pleasures while ignoring the Bible on moral purity and someone who willfully indulges in the selfish pursuit of more and more material possessions while ignoring the Bible on caring for the poor? The difference is that one involves a social taboo in the church and the other involves the social norm in the church. David Platt
selfish creativity ideas
Negativity is the enemy of creativity. For instance if you're filled with depression, you can hardly even get out of bed, let alone feel like creating something. If you are filled with bitter, selfish anger, this occupies the mind and leaves little room for creative ideas. David Lynch
selfish meditation world
Meditation is not a selfish thing. Even though you're diving in and experiencing the Self, you're not closing yourself off from the world. You're strengthening yourself, so that you can be more effective when you go back into the world.
selfish government names
Most Americans are aware of the brutality and injustice used to maintain the excesses of their selfish consumer society and empire. Yet I suspect...they do not care. They don’t want to see what is done in their name. They do not want to look at the rows of flag-draped coffins, the horribly maimed bodies and faces of veterans, or the human suffering in the blighted and deserted former manufacturing centers. It is too upsetting. Government and corporate censorship is therefore welcomed and appreciated. Curtis White
selfishness today serious
Along with selfishness, anger is one of the most serious problems facing the world today Dalai Lama
selfish human-nature critics
Some critics accuse capitalism of being a selfish system, but the selfishness is not in capitalism - it is in human nature. Dinesh D'Souza
selfish responsibility thinking
If you think taking care of yourself is selfish, change your mind. If you don't, you're simply ducking your responsibilities. Ann Richards
selfish stupid tired
They mustn't know my despair, I can't let them see the wounds which they have caused, I couldn't bear their sympathy and their kind-hearted jokes, it would only make me want to scream all the more. If I talk, everyone thinks I'm showing off; when I'm silent they think I'm ridiculous; rude if I answer, sly if I get a good idea, lazy if I'm tired, selfish if I eat a mouthful more than I should, stupid, cowardly, crafty, etc. etc. Anne Frank
selfish tired thinking
Everyone thinks I'm showing off when I talk, ridiculous when I'm silent, insolent when I answer, cunning when I have a good idea, lazy when I'm tired, selfish when I eat one bite more than I should.
selfish mean leaving
Right now, I wish I’d stayed because I want you at my side. That sounds pretty selfish, but I don’t mean it that way. You just never needed me that way; I said it to you once as I was leaving—that you love me, but you don’t need me. You don’t lean. But I admire that about you, and I could use some of your strength right now. Ann Aguirre
selfishness slippery-slope firsts
Aggression is the first step on the slippery slope to selfishness and chaos.
selfish cutting giving
Conservatives need to figure out a way to motivate by reason and persuade through emotion. Meaning that when they talk about our issues, it can't come from a selfish place - "Give me a tax cut. Where's my tax cut." We have to get back to that "shining city on the hill." Andrea Tantaros
selfish live-your-life demand
Live your life as you see fit. That's not selfish. Selfish is to demand that others live their lives as you see fit. Anthony de Mello
selfish book butterfly
A writer arrived at the monastery to write a book about the Master. "People say you are a genius . Are you?" he asked. "You might say so." said the Master, none too modestly. "And what makes one a genius?" "The ability to recognize." "Recognize what?" "The butterfly in a caterpillar: the eagle in an egg; the saint in a selfish human being.
selfish butterfly eagles
The butterfly in a caterpillar: the eagle in an egg; the saint in a selfish human being.
selfish heaven soul
Heaven would be Hell in no time if every cruel, selfish, vicious soul went to Heaven. Anne Rice
selfish mirrors doe
My main concern is theater, and theater does not reflect or mirror society. It has been stingy and selfish, and it has to do better. Anna Deavere Smith
selfish reason selfish-reasons
It is best to marry for purely selfish reasons. Anita Brookner
selfish ideas decision
You have no idea how promising the world begins to look once you have decided to have it all for yourself. And how much healthier your decisions are once they become entirely selfish.
selfish men religion
One of the worst things sin did for man was to make him selfish, for selfishness cannot love. Andy Murray
selfish selfishness consideration
Selfish, adj. Devoid of consideration for the selfishness of others. Ambrose Bierce
selfish attention constant-love
It was because all we wanted was each other's constant love and attention and for no one else to receive that love and attention, which is a selfish and difficult place to be in a relationship. We were emotionally retarded, and that was the best we could do at the time. Anthony Kiedis
selfish thinking littles
I think I'm still figuring out how to be a little less selfish.
selfish real moving
Not that I say,"Oh,I'm not going to associate with certain people.," but I have my world,and I only want to be around people who I feel stimulated by. I have to be honest I do have a new quest: I want to meet more vegetarians,people who are more like minded. There's something real neat about that feeling. It makes you feel so settled to know there's somebody else sitting right there,being so passionate about what I'm passionate about. I don't want to be around selfish people. I try to keep myself surrounded by deep people who will move me. Alicia Silverstone
selfish heart winning
When you win, you often lose, that's just a fact. There's no currency to straighten a warped spirit, or open a closed heart, a selfish heart... Abraham Verghese