Quotes about selfish
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 indulge-in giving
It's enough to indulge and to be selfish but true happiness is really when you start giving back. Adrian Grenier
selfish adversity light
The money power preys on the nation in times of peace, and conspires against it in times of adversity. It is more despotic than monarchy, more insolent than autocracy, more selfish than bureaucracy. It denounces, as public enemies, all who question its methods or throw light upon its crimes. Abraham Lincoln
selfish acting consuming
Acting can be very selfish and all-consuming. Alessandro Nivola
selfish mistake emotion
It is not because the truth is too difficult to see that we make mistakes... we make mistakes because the easiest and most comfortable course for us is to seek insight where it accords with our emotions - especially selfish ones. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
selfish love-is ideas
Love is a virtue; it grows stronger and purer and less selfish by applying it to what it loathes; but theft is a vice involving the slave-idea that one's neighbor is superior to oneself. Aleister Crowley
selfish feelings religion
... a person who is religiously enlightened appears to me to be one who has, to the best of his ability, liberated himself from the fetters of his selfish desires and is preoccupied with thoughts, feelings, and aspirations to which he clings because of their superpersonal value. Albert Einstein
selfish acceptance boss
I would be a billionaire if I was looking to be a selfish boss. That's not me. Alfred North Whitehead
selfish careers would-be
My life, in some ways, has been a half-measure. I didn't commit myself all the way to my marriage and family, because I would have given up more. And I didn't go all the way with just being completely selfish. I always wonder where my career would be if I was more selfish. Alec Baldwin
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 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 winning groups
Competing is intense among humans, and within a group, selfish individuals always win. But in contests between groups, groups of altruists always beat groups of selfish individuals. E. O. Wilson
selfish men giving
Of all forms of government and society, those of free men and women are in many respects the most brittle. They give the fullest freedom for activities of private persons and groups who often identify their own interests, essentially selfish, with the general welfare. Dorothy Thompson
selfish winning years
In my final years in Green Bay, when I wasn't getting the ball, people would ask me why I never complained. 'Because these guys are my family,' I would say. 'I'm not selfish. It's not about me. It's about these guys, my family, and winning championships together. Donald Driver
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.