I am a greedy, selfish bastard. I want the fact that I existed to mean something. — Harry Chapin Copy Share Image
If your prayer is selfish, the answer will be something that will rebuke your selfishness. You may not recognize it as having… — William Temple Copy Share Image
I was neurotic for years. I was anxious and depressed and selfish. Everyone kept telling me to change. I resented them and… — Anthony de Mello Copy Share Image
I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle. — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Left to themselves people are noble, generous, uncorrupted, they'd create a completely new kind of society if only people weren't so blind,… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
I am suffering incessant temptations to uncharitable thoughts at present; one of those black moods in which nearly all one's friends seem… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
People who write for reward by way of recognition or monetary gain don't know what they're doing. They're in the category of… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
Before our eyes we have the results of ideologies such as Marxism, Nazism and fascism, and also of myths like racial superiority,… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
Once the process [of conversion] is begun and continues...you are continually turning inward toward God and away from your own egocentricity...you have… — Flannery O'Connor Copy Share Image
It is an occult law moreover, that no man can rise superior to his individual failings without lifting, be it ever so… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The craziest, most selfish act is to commit suicide. When you kill yourself, you kill others. — Jenny Joseph Copy Share Image
What was so brilliant about 'Girls' was that they allowed their characters to be ludicrous and selfish and faulted but didn't shy… — Corey Stoll Copy Share Image
But I would encourage anyone who has a crush on my character to watch it again and examine how selfish he is. — Joseph Gordon-Levitt Copy Share Image
Survival," I said softly. "It's selfish, and it's dark, and we've always been a species willing to do anything to satisfy our… — Rachel Caine 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
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
We all know what feminists are. They are shrill, overly aggressive, man-hating, ball-busting, selfish, hairy, extremist, deliberately unattractive women with absolutely no… — Susan J. Douglas Copy Share Image
It is easy to be proud & harsh & selfish - so easy. But we have been created for better things. — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
“If I put others first, I will never find myself being last.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
.. the voice of nature and experience seems plainly to oppose the selfish theory. — David Hume Copy Share Image
I know too much; I've seen people at their worst, at their most desperate and selfish, and this knowledge makes me wary.… — Christina Baker Kline Copy Share Image
The goal of our life should not be to find joy in marriage, but to bring more love and truth into the… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image