---
title: "3 Selfish Aims Quotes by 3 authors"
description: "Browse 3 Selfish Aims quotes by 3 authors. Discover the best Selfish Aims sayings and thoughts."
image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c2/munir-butt-72185_aim_politics-these-days-is-a-disgusting-game_374430.jpg"
---

> [Politics these days is a disgusting game of mud-slinging, filled with selfish people with selfish aims. I'm very glad I've retired away…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/munir-butt/politics-these-days-is-a-disgusting-game-of-mud-slinging-filled-with/)

[Munir Butt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/munir-butt/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c2/munir-butt-72185_aim_politics-these-days-is-a-disgusting-game_374430.jpg)

> [All who strive to live for something beyond mere selfish aims find their capacities for doing good very inadequate to their aspirations.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lydia-m-child/all-who-strive-to-live-for-something-beyond-mere-selfish-aims-find/)

[Lydia M. Child](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lydia-m-child/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/822/lydia-m-child-9261_aim_all-who-strive-to-live-for-something-bey_1819860.png)

> [All who strive to live for something beyond mere selfish aims find their capacities for doing good veryinadequate to their aspirations. They…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lydia-m-child-2/all-who-strive-to-live-for-something-beyond-mere-selfish-aims-find-2/)

[Lydia M Child](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lydia-m-child-2/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9dc/lydia-m-child-2-102198_aspirations_all-who-strive-to-live-for-something-bey_2809381.jpg)

```json
{
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@graph": [
        {
            "@type": "ItemList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/selfish-aims/#itemlist",
            "name": "Selfish Aims Quotes",
            "numberOfItems": 3,
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "Politics these days is a disgusting game of mud-slinging, filled with selfish people with selfish aims. I'm very glad I've retired away from the hustle and bustle of Whitehall.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Munir Butt"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/munir-butt/politics-these-days-is-a-disgusting-game-of-mud-slinging-filled-with/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c2/munir-butt-72185_aim_politics-these-days-is-a-disgusting-game_374430.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c2/munir-butt-72185_aim_politics-these-days-is-a-disgusting-game_374430.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c2/munir-butt-72185_aim_politics-these-days-is-a-disgusting-game_374430.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“Politics these days is a disgusting game of mud-slinging, filled with selfish people with selfish aims. I'm…” — Munir Butt",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 2,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "All who strive to live for something beyond mere selfish aims find their capacities for doing good very inadequate to their aspirations. They do so much less than they want to do, and so much less than they, at the outset, expected to do, that their lives, viewed retrospectively, inevitably look like failure.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Lydia M. Child"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lydia-m-child/all-who-strive-to-live-for-something-beyond-mere-selfish-aims-find/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/822/lydia-m-child-9261_aim_all-who-strive-to-live-for-something-bey_1819860.png",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/822/lydia-m-child-9261_aim_all-who-strive-to-live-for-something-bey_1819860.png",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/822/lydia-m-child-9261_aim_all-who-strive-to-live-for-something-bey_1819860.png",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“All who strive to live for something beyond mere selfish aims find their capacities for doing good very…” — Lydia M. Child",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 3,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "All who strive to live for something beyond mere selfish aims find their capacities for doing good veryinadequate to their aspirations. They do so much less than they want to do, andso much less than they, at the outset, expected to do, that their lives, viewed retrospectively, inevitably look like failure.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Lydia M Child"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lydia-m-child-2/all-who-strive-to-live-for-something-beyond-mere-selfish-aims-find-2/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9dc/lydia-m-child-2-102198_aspirations_all-who-strive-to-live-for-something-bey_2809381.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9dc/lydia-m-child-2-102198_aspirations_all-who-strive-to-live-for-something-bey_2809381.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9dc/lydia-m-child-2-102198_aspirations_all-who-strive-to-live-for-something-bey_2809381.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“All who strive to live for something beyond mere selfish aims find their capacities for doing good…” — Lydia M Child",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "CollectionPage",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/selfish-aims/#webpage",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/selfish-aims/",
            "name": "Selfish Aims Quotes",
            "isPartOf": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website"
            },
            "mainEntity": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/selfish-aims/#itemlist"
            },
            "primaryImageOfPage": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c2/munir-butt-72185_aim_politics-these-days-is-a-disgusting-game_374430.jpg"
            },
            "description": "Browse 3 Selfish Aims quotes by 3 authors. Discover the best Selfish Aims sayings and thoughts.",
            "breadcrumb": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/selfish-aims/#breadcrumb"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "BreadcrumbList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/selfish-aims/#breadcrumb",
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "name": "Home",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 2,
                    "name": "Quotes",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 3,
                    "name": "Topics",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/categories/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 4,
                    "name": "Selfish Aims Quotes",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/selfish-aims/"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "WebSite",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "publisher": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "Organization",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "logo": {
                "@type": "ImageObject",
                "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png",
                "width": 512,
                "height": 512
            }
        }
    ]
}
```