Loyalty is in most people only a ruse used by self-interest to attract confidence. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Virtues lose themselves in self-interest, as rivers in the sea. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Scientists have long known that Darwinism is false. They have adhered to the myth out of self-interest and a zealous desire to… — Phillip E. Johnson Copy Share Image
For scholarship - if it is to be scholarship - requires, in addition to liberty, that the truth take precedence over all… — John Charles Polanyi Copy Share Image
That good disposition which boasts of being most tender is often stifled by the least urging of self-interest. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Capitalism has destroyed our belief in any effective power but that of self interest backed by force. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
In an ideal world, Adam Smith-like, individuals would recognize what they need to do in their own self-interest, and they will make… — John C. Bogle Copy Share Image
Drama is Drama. Bullying is Bullying. No matter what reasons people do it for, it will usually be out of self-interest or… — Isaiah Harden Copy Share Image
A man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights. Men are moved by only two mechanisms: fear and self-interest.… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Often, the pretexts for starting a war are not real shortages of land, food or fuel, but rather perceptions - like fear,… — Victor Davis Hanson Copy Share Image
An independent Ireland would see its own independence in jeopardy the moment it saw the independence of Britain seriously threatened. Mutual self-interest… — Eamon de Valera Copy Share Image
It seems to me that Sotheby's is very much like the British monarchy: an old and apparently very venerable institution which is… — Robert Lacey Copy Share Image
If my ruling disposition is self-interest, I perceive that everything that happens to me is always for or against my self-interest; if,… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
The true price of leadership is the willingness to place the needs of others above your own. Great leaders truly care about… — Simon Sinek Copy Share Image
The ruin of the human heart is self-interest, which the American merchant calls self-service. We have become a self-service populace, and all… — Edward Dahlberg Copy Share Image
Perhaps if we could popularise through the techniques of branding and consumerism, a different idea, a different narrative, perhaps the world can… — Russell Brand Copy Share Image
The genius of capitalism lies in its ability to make self-interest serve the wider interest. The potential of a big financial return… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Opportunism is self interest seeking with guile often involving subtle forms of deceit, especially calculated efforts to mislead, distort, disguise, obfuscate, or… — Oliver E. Williamson Copy Share Image
For many people, the mortgages they took out before 2008 are so high that they would be better off walking away from… — Michael Hudson Copy Share Image
The nature of men and of organized society dictates the maintenance in every field of action of the highest and purest standards… — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share Image
All too often, as we know from experience, people do not choose life; they do not accept the gospel of life, but… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
There is a fundamental moral difference between a man who sees his self-interest in production and a man who sees it in… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
There's nothing wrong with being proud of America, believing that America can do great things. America can do great things, it has… — Peter Beinart Copy Share Image
Still, even the most admirable of atheists is nothing more than a moral parasite, living his life based on borrowed ethics. This… — Theodore Beale Copy Share Image
“I belin to see how a post-money society would work in practice. When we are in paid employment, we are exchanging our… — Cliff James Copy Share Image
Unless we believe the gospel, we will be driven in all we do-whether obeying or disobeying-by pride ('self-love') or fear ('of damnation').… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
When all you focus on is yourself, you'll always want more, and you'll never be satisfied with what you have. — Craig Williams Copy Share Image
The cause of violence is not ignorance. It is self-interest. Only reverance can restrain violence - reverance for human life and the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Show me a man who has no interest in his own good, and I'll show you a man who is not in… — R. Alan Woods Copy Share Image
Self-interest is the most ingenious and persuasive of all the agents that deceive our consciences, while by means of it our unhappy… — William C. Bryant Copy Share Image
There is a self interest in voting for a society where there is health care for all, where there's a mental health… — Jeremy Corbyn Copy Share Image
For a company to excel, employees must be reassured that self-interest, not the company's, is their foremost priority. We believe an employee… — Ricardo Semler Copy Share Image
People acting in their own self-interest is the fuel for all the discovery, innovation, and prosperity that powers the world. — John Stossel Copy Share Image
When men organize themselves into groups, and they make rules based on common or self-interest, it's always tangled and political. — Andrew Dominik Copy Share Image
Charm might be described as enlightened self-interest, a development of one's best self. ... In the simplest possible terms, I think genuine… — Arlene Francis Copy Share Image
It's not selfish to love yourself, take care of yourself, and to make your happiness a priority. It's necessary. — Mandy Hale Copy Share Image
The [National Socialist] Party...is convinced that our nation can achieve permanent health only from within on the basis of the principle: The… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
We see considerable strain in Russia, and that's obviously a matter of concern to us. It's in the very strong self-interest of… — Warren Christopher Copy Share Image
When he has the power to see things detached from self-interest and from the insistent claims of the lust of the senses,… — Rabindranath Tagore Copy Share Image
Life is hard when you think everything is about you. The truth is, no matter who you are, it's not always about… — Senora Roy Copy Share Image
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