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title: "7 Act Selfishness Quotes by 7 authors"
description: "Browse 7 Act Selfishness quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Act Selfishness sayings and thoughts."
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> [Being sorry is the highest act of selfishness, seeing value only after discarding it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-horton/being-sorry-is-the-highest-act-of-selfishness-seeing-value-only-after/)

[Douglas Horton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-horton/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2dc/douglas-horton-11608_seeing_being-sorry-is-the-highest-act-of-selfis_64302.png)

> [“He asked me not to kill myself - asked, not told. His wife had done that, he told me, and it was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-balogh/he-asked-me-not-to-kill-myself-asked-not-told-his-wife-had-done-that/)

[Mary Balogh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-balogh/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/840/mary-balogh-914_left-behind_he-asked-me-not-to-kill-myself-asked-not_280731.jpg)

> [Failing to hold someone accountable is ultimately an act of selfishness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-lencioni/failing-to-hold-someone-accountable-is-ultimately-an-act-of/)

[Patrick Lencioni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-lencioni/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e6d/patrick-lencioni-1969_accountable_failing-to-hold-someone-accountable-is-u_304860.png)

> [Getting enough of what you want without depriving anyone else is the ultimate act of selfishness and sanity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joy-browne/getting-enough-of-what-you-want-without-depriving-anyone-else-is-the/)

[Joy Browne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joy-browne/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74f/joy-browne-21825_depriving_getting-enough-of-what-you-want-without_571317.png)

> [Deeds that seemed unimportant at the time would prove to have been momentous; a tiny act of selfishness and unkindness or, conversely,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-armstrong/deeds-that-seemed-unimportant-at-the-time-would-prove-to-have-been/)

[Karen Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-armstrong/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b91/karen-armstrong-1053_deeds_deeds-that-seemed-unimportant-at-the-tim_2592498.jpg)

> [Suicide to them is an act of selfishness. Someone who is truly selfless does not think of himself often enough to desire…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/veronica-roth/suicide-to-them-is-an-act-of-selfishness-someone-who-is-truly/)

[Veronica Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/veronica-roth/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c1d/veronica-roth-66_death_suicide-to-them-is-an-act-of-selfishness_2663787.png)

> [The desire of gratitude for helping others, taints the entire act with selfishness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-jay-taylor/the-desire-of-gratitude-for-helping-others-taints-the-entire-act-with/)

[T Jay Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-jay-taylor/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/505/t-jay-taylor-5289_gratitude_the-desire-of-gratitude-for-helping-othe_3066944.jpg)

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