Aside from higher considerations, charity often operates as a vastly wise and prudent principle-a great safeguard to its possessor. Men have committed… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
I shall not fear to say that the doctrine of self-interest rightly understood seems to me of all the philosophic theories the… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
You always need to have your best interest at heart. That doesn't mean become a selfish bitch. It means putting yourself first. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“We live in an age when selfinterest alone seems to determine all of man’s acts—and what empathy, what emotion, what enthusiasm can… — Anne-Louise-Germaine de Staël Copy Share Image
More things are left undone through neglect of duty than through neglect of self-interest. — Francois Alexandre Frederic, duc de la Rochefoucauld-Liancourt Copy Share Image
Whenever there is a conflict between universal principles and self-interest, self-interest is likely to prevail. — George Soros Copy Share Image
“Free enterprise runs on self interest. This is socialism and it runs on loyalty . . . if people were going to… — garrison keillor 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
Quite apart from the Church's financial self-interest in getting me out of the way, Baltimore is an overwhelmingly Catholic city and like… — Madalyn Murray O'Hair Copy Share Image
The acceptance of corporatism causes us to deny and undermine the legitimacy of the individual as citizen in a democracy. The result… — John Ralston Saul Copy Share Image
I suspect it is for one's self-interest that one looks at one's surroundings and one's self. This search is personally born and… — Lee Friedlander Copy Share Image
For as long as men and women have talked about war, they have talked about it in terms of right and wrong.… — Michael Walzer Copy Share Image
The name and pretense of virtue is as serviceable to self-interest as are real vices. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Friendship without self interest is one of the rare and beautiful things in life... — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The theory that everyone acts from self-interest, direct or indirect, is psychologically unsound. . . . Throughout history . . . there… — Corliss Lamont Copy Share Image
“But many people want to look upon God with the eyes with which they look upon a cow; they want to love… — Meister Eckhart Copy Share Image
These days it's important to be your own best friend. Have your own back, and ride for yourself. Fight for yourself and… — Sonya Parker Copy Share Image
In order to move on you need to stop focusing on their life, and you need to start focusing on your own… — Sonya Parker Copy Share Image
People who volunteer at the recycling center or soup kitchen through a church or neighborhood group can come to feel part of… — Arlie Russell Hochschild Copy Share Image
There is an ongoing battle between conscience and self-interest in which, at some point, we have to take sides. — Robert Breault Copy Share Image
Even today you can look through almost any consumer or professional publication and find headlines that possess not a single one of… — John Caples Copy Share Image
Love is reckless; not reason. Reason seeks a profit. Loves comes on strong, consuming herself unabashed. Yet in the midst of suffering… — Rumi 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
You are One with everything. When you are clear about this, your definition of self-interest will change. — Neale Donald Walsch Copy Share Image
