Selfishness Quotes · Page 37

Let a man once overcome his selfish terror at his own finitude, and his finitude itself is, in one sense, overcome.

— George Santayana

Let us try to teach generosity and altruism, because we are born selfish.

— Richard Dawkins

Selfish interest is one of the most common obstructions to the advance of truth.

— William Jennings Bryan

“Why do so many ...settle for so little? I don't understand why they're not greedy for what's inside them”

— Jack Gilbert

Of all influences that cause men to choose wrong, selfishness is undoubtedly the strongest. Where it is, the Spirit is not.

— William R. Bradford

People think if you look after yourself you're being selfish, you know.

— Gisele Bundchen

“Do the right thing, put up with unfairness, selfishness, stay true to yourself...one day it all works out.”

— Abraham Verghese

Next to the very young, I suppose the very old are the most selfish.

— William Makepeace Thackeray

Don't be SELFISH! If your intentions aren't to give them the love that they DESERVE let them go so they can find…

— Sonya Parker Pla

“We have the power to defy the selfish genes of our birth and, if necessary, the selfish memes of our indoctrination. .…

— Richard Dawkins

“You realize how selfish you were to wish that your wife survived you. It was your selfishness that made you deny that…

— Kyung-Sook Shin

I don't think there's any need to have essays advocating selfishness among human beings; I don't know what your impression has been,…

— Christopher Hitchens

Someone told me that people change like seasons, but I don't believe it, there is a big difference, seasons never change for…

— Senora Roy

Selfishness does not mean only to do things for one's self. One may do things, affecting others, for his own pleasure and…

— Ayn Rand

“I must be very selfish...for I want to set nothing and no one right; all I want is to be left in…

— Josephine Leslie

I'm not a person or a selfish player, but we have to move the ball more, and we have to look further…

— Pau Gasol

I knew by the way he looked at her that he held her in a higher regard than he held even himself.…

— Veronica Roth

Selfishness is the most constant of human motives. Patriotism, humanity, or the love of God may lead to sporadic outbursts sweep away…

— Charles W. Chesnutt

It is not up to us to particularize, but rather to deduce that the concepts of human rights originated from the divine…

— Chico Xavier

Apart from selfish reasons, such as fear of punishments, fear of blame, of dishonour, etc, there remains only two motives that can…

— African Spir

“I discovered that I am not disciplined out of virtue but as a reaction to my negligence, that I am generous to…

— Gabriel García Márquez

I've learned that the universe doesn't care what our motives are, only our actions. So we should do things that will bring…

— Wendy Mass

“Unless we recognize a higher power to whom we are responsible and who observes and knows our actions, we will not transcend…

— Daniel Friedmann

“It is warm, I am alive, I am calm and sad, I hardly know why. In this existence so even, so tranquil,…

— George Sand

Maybe coming clean is the ultimate selfish act. A way to absolve yourself by hurting someone who doesn't deserve to be hurt.

— Cindy Chupack

I thought they were selfish, but in the end, it turns out it was I who thought they were selfish. -Bender

— Futurama

You fueled my obession, even encouraged it and your selfishness ruined my life

— Novala Takemoto

“Who was it who said that following your heart is a good thing? It is pure egotism, a selfishness to conquer all.”

— Paula Hawkins

“That liberty [is pure] which is to go to all, and not to the few or the rich alone. (to Horatio Gates, 1798)”

— Thomas Jefferson

“Selfish is when you have a gift and refuse to share it with the world.”

— Danesha Little

“We are good to others only because we think that that is, or will be, good for us.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Ubaguzi ni ubinafsi lakini hakuna ubinafsi mbaya kama ubaguzi.”

— Enock Maregesi

“Children of the new morning, criminal minds. Selfish and greedy and loveless and blind.”

— Tony Kushner

I love it when greedy people on deal or no deal loose everything.

— Anonymous

There is only one person in this everchanging and selfish world who will never let you down. ' Yourself'

— Anurag Prakash Ray

Selfishness in art, as in other things, is sensibility kept at home.

— Washington Allston

Selfish people only see what they do for other people and are lovers of self...

— Anonymous

Love for the beauty of simply giving your all and getting someone's all in return. You all are too selfish.

— Anonymous

“The best weapon for selfishness is selfishness for the cause of others.”

— Enock Maregesi

All sympathy not consistent with acknowledged virtue is but disguised selfishness.

— Samuel Taylor Coleridge