I have never kept diaries. I just remember a lot and am more self-centered than most people. — Alice Munro Copy Share Image
Don't go thinking you are the man of steel just because you had rust stains in your underwear. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“[H]e is a barbarian, and thinks that the customs of his tribe and island are the laws of nature.” — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
Careful obedience to God’s law may serve as a strategy for rebelling against God — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
The emptiest people on this planet are usually the ones full of themselves. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The more self-centered and egotistical a guy is, the better ballplayer he's going to be. — Bill Lee Copy Share Image
We live in a culture where people are self-centered and careerist and everybody seems to think they have too much on their… — Marc Maron Copy Share Image
“A compass calibrated by my greed is a rather shrewd way to legitimize my agenda. However, true north on a compass such… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
One of the ridiculous aspects of being a poet is the huge gulf between how seriously we take ourselves and how generally… — Billy Collins Copy Share Image
Listen, life is not all about you! self centered people are always depressed, angry & confused. They believe they are always owed something. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“That’s the primary difference between mission and purpose—the former is self-centered and the latter is stakeholder-centric.” — Russ Stoddard Copy Share Image
Too much self-centered attitude, you see, brings, you see, isolation. Result: loneliness, fear, anger. The extreme self-centered attitude is the source of… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
“Everyone lives a self-centered life...whether its trivial like what's for breakfast, or more ambitious, like achieving some lofty goal, a person is… — T.M. Goeglein Copy Share Image
I think I'm a better collaborator, in seeing the bigger picture and trying to just help that, and not be so self-centered… — Ray McKinnon Copy Share Image
If we adopt a self-centered approach to life, by which we attempt to use others for our own self interest, we might… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
The sense of an entailed disadvantage - the deformed foot doubtfully hidden by the shoe, makes a restlessly active spiritual yeast, and… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
In my last relationship I realized that my partner was self-centered, self-serving, arrogant, ignorant, unfaithful, hypercritical, abusive, an under-achiever, and an alcoholic.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We are what we think about. When we stay fixed on one person, thought or situation, we get caught in the grip… — Brenda Shoshanna Copy Share Image
It suits my own attitude toward the world and its people to believe that the Raven is this completely self-centered, uninvolved bringer… — Bill Reid Copy Share Image
Every person in the world, including yourself, will encounter various trials throughout life. Satan seeks to defeat you by tempting you to… — John C. Broger Copy Share Image
We learn by watching. That's what concerns me a little about the society we're in now because so much of what we're… — Laura Benanti Copy Share Image
In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities; in the expert's mind there are few… In the beginner's mind there is no… — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
People are often unreasonable, irrational, and self-centered. Forgive them anyway. If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The essayist is a self-liberated man, sustained by the childish belief that everything he thinks about, everything that happens to him, is… — E. B. White Copy Share Image
We can work on inner peace and world peace at the same time. On one hand, people have found inner peace by… — Peace Pilgrim Copy Share Image
“5. Concentrate every minute like a Roman—like a man—on doing what’s in front of you with precise and genuine seriousness, tenderly, willingly,… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
“There are no happy endings, he knew, because nothing ends; and if there were any being dispensed, a great many worthier people… — Peter S. Beagle Copy Share Image
It is in a way a mystery that, instead of demanding that their governments give primary attention to their own needs and… — J. William Fulbright Copy Share Image
As blacks, we need not be afraid that encouraging moraldevelopment, a conscience and guilt will prevent social action. Black children without the… — James P Comer Copy Share Image
The parent who loves his child dearly but asks for nothing in return might qualify as a saint, but he will not… — Selma Fraiberg Copy Share Image
I am forever impressed with the numer of self centered people in the world! — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Half the time he seems self-centered, the other half it's like he lives solely for Ben.” — Jay Bell Copy Share Image
A self-centered life will have a tendency to confuse its selfish desire with Gods will. — Santanu Mishra Copy Share Image