All men are idolators, some of fame, others of self-interest, most of pleasure. — Baltasar Gracian Copy Share Image
Happiness lies in making others happy, in forsaking self-interest to bring joy to others. — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
Altruism is masked self-interest. Aggressive self-interest is a masked urge to self-destruction. — Greg Bear Copy Share Image
Part of diplomacy is to open different definitions of self-interest. — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
A man's interest in the world is only an overflow from his interest in himself. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
We hope the world will act in the spirit of enlightened self-interest. — Atal Bihari Vajpayee Copy Share Image
I actually think that self-interest is overrated as an all-purpose guide to political motive. It leaves out something at least as powerful… — George Packer 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
Capitalism has destroyed our belief in any effective power but that of self interest backed by force. — George Bernard Shaw 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
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
The reason for forgiving your enemies is not for their benefit but for your own benefit. Holding grudges against other people doesn’t… — Brad Blanton Copy Share Image
The chief element in the art of statesmanship under modern conditions is the ability to elucidate the confused and clamorous interests which… — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
I am always someone who follows the research more than my self-interest. It certainly has not been in my self-interest to defend… — Warren Farrell Copy Share Image
The first beneficiary of compassion is always oneself. When compassion, or warmheartedness, arises in us and our focus shifts away from our… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Even if this advice to portfolio decision makers to drop dead is good advice, it obviously is not counsel that will be… — Paul Samuelson Copy Share Image
It's a civic virtue to be exposed to things that appear to be outside your interest. In a complex world, almost everything… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When the healthy pursuit of self-interest and self-realizatio n turns into self-absorption , other people can lose their intrinsic value in our… — Anonymous 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
Our capacity to think, except in the service of what we are dangerously deluded in supposing is our self-interest and in conformity… — R. D. Laing Copy Share Image
“Rest is good, but laziness is not. Labour is good, but slavery is not. Wine is good, but drunkenness is not. Food… — Matshona Dhliwayo Copy Share Image
“George Bernard Shaw once said: “Capitalism has destroyed our belief in any effective power but that of self interest backed by force.”… — Ziad K. Abdelnour Copy Share Image
That's what the leadership was teaching me, day by day: that the self-interest I was supposed to be looking for extended well… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
A free society depends upon a high degree of mutual trust. The public will not give that trust to officials who are… — Archibald Cox Copy Share Image
Never for a moment believe that the great body of the citizens of any State or States can deliberately intend to do… — Andrew Jackson Copy Share Image
Republics demanded virtue. Monarchies could rely on coercion and "dazzling splendor" to suppress self-interest or factions; republics relied on the goodness of… — James Monroe Copy Share Image
“There is an impulse in moments like this to appeal to self-interest. To say: These horrors you are allowing to happen, they… — Omar El Akkad 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
Any act of injury done from self-interest, whether amounting to killing or not, is doubtless himsa. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Loyalty is in most people only a ruse used by self-interest to attract confidence. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
There is a fine line between loving yourself and being an egotistical, self-centered individual. — Jayden Hayes Copy Share Image
Virtues lose themselves in self-interest, as rivers in the sea. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
