Almost every sinful action ever committed can be traced back to a selfish motive. It is a trait we hate in other… — Stephen Kendrick Copy Share Image
You seem cynical because you're always talking about that selfish behavior that's dressed up as altruism. It doesn't mean there isn't altruism.… — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
Wisdom ceases to be wisdom when it becomes too proud to weep, too grave to laugh, and too selfish to seek other… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Celebrations have now become too selfish and I don't like it. When I used to score I was happy to celebrate with… — Gianluca Vialli Copy Share Image
We cannot love ourselves unless we love others, and we cannot love others unless we love ourselves. But a selfish love of… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
It might be a selfish choice, but I find it quite difficult to design for individuals and prefer the distance of larger… — John Rocha Copy Share Image
I step naked into the shower of truth - whole-hearted, bloody-minded, utterly selfish, no longer even pretending to enjoy or understand anything. — Selima Hill Copy Share Image
Being unselfish can be a real pain in the ass sometimes. How I wish I could go back in time and be… — Núñez Copy Share Image
“Listen, kiddo,” he said. “I’m a selfish prick, and I want to be the greatest fuck of your life and ruin you… — Cara McKenna Copy Share Image
“The main shift, you see, is from placing self at the center of our thoughts to putting others there. It is-what do… — David Michie Copy Share Image
When you're the younger guy, you're kind of only looking after yourself. Obviously you have to be a bit selfish in terms… — DeAndre Yedlin Copy Share Image
Off we skip like the most heartless things in the world, which is what children are, but so attractive; and we have… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I think Jughead is a pretty trustworthy character - not only a narrator. I think he might be selfish, but he's obviously… — Cole Sprouse Copy Share Image
I knew that suffering did not enoble; it degraded. It made men selfish, petty and suspicious. It absorbed them in small things...it… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
After a lifetime's independence– yes, selfish independence as my daughter would rightly claim – I am terrified of being reduced to childhood… — Rosie Thomas Copy Share Image
If the Irish once find out that there are any circumstances in which they can get free government grants, we shall have… — Charles Trevelyan Copy Share Image
But the bottom line is that, as humans, we are by nature selfish creatures. The only way we care about anything, really,… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“If not to shape me into a better man; a better husband, a better father, a better son, a better brother, a… — Steve Maraboli Copy Share Image
To read is to withdraw.To make oneself unavailable. One would feel easier about it if the pursuit inself were less...selfish. — Alan Bennett Copy Share Image
“What I did not know was that I loved him, too. That was what I had found, what had been there all… — Melanie Benjamin Copy Share Image
“In my impatience I become convinced that this desire of mine should have been fulfilled yesterday, when it belongs to a tomorrow… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
Don't you go getting married, don't you go get engaged. I know you're getting older, don't have no time to waste. I… — Drake Copy Share Image
I believe that women are many different types of people. There are brave women, there are cowardly women, there are altruistic women,… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
“Cassie, I love you more than life itself. I always have. I just went through a period of time where I was… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Although our emotions sometimes behave like spoiled, selfish children, unfortunately we cannot send them to their room or tell them to stop… — Jonathan Carroll Copy Share Image
Most of the time, the things that really change the world exist for something fundamentally selfish and then the world-changing ends up… — Andrew Mason Copy Share Image
“We pick the people who populate our personal lives as much for who they make us as for who they are. I… — Zack Love Copy Share Image
“Confession is for the confessor. It makes you feel good; it ruins the lives of everyone else. It’s a selfish thing to… — Jake Adelstein Copy Share Image
You have endless energy only when you are working for the good of the whole - you have to stop working for… — Peace Pilgrim Copy Share Image
“I said 'okay' because those are valid reasons, and I'm not going to push you if you want to pretend this pull… — Amy Noelle Copy Share Image
There is a delicate balance of putting yourself last and not being a doormat and thinking of yourself first and not coming… — Cindy L Teachey Copy Share Image
Where art and business intersect is a challenging hurdle for a lot of people, reconciling the fact that not everyone is going… — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share Image
I can be selfish, you're so impatient. sometimes I feel like Marilyn Monroe. I'm insecure, yeah, I make mistakes. sometimes I feel… — Nicki Minaj Copy Share Image
The Buddha's teaching leads us to the realization that we must always strive to harm no sentient being, human or nonhuman, whether… — Norm Phelps Copy Share Image
All of the things that the bible warns you of being: jealous, covetous, murderous, selfish, etc., that's kind of how humans are. — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
“This was selfish and wasteful. Cowardly. Nobody should voluntarily give up on life. If it was your time to die, death would… — Darren Shan Copy Share Image
We should say to God as we mingle with our dear ones each day, "God, give them each Thy blessing. They need… — Ole Hallesby Copy Share Image
“women who are willing to be involved with married men are selfish. Shallow. Destroying a family is a terrible thing to do.… — Nancy Mehl Copy Share Image
I'm pretty selfish, I think. I'm probably a terrible dad. I don't do too much with my kids. Obviously I love them… — Allan Holdsworth Copy Share Image
Boys, be ambitious. Be ambitious not for money, not for selfish aggrandizement, not for the evanescent thing which men call fame. Be… — William Clark Copy Share Image
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