--- title: "14 Selfish Interests Quotes by 13 authors" description: "Browse 14 Selfish Interests quotes by 13 authors. Discover the best Selfish Interests sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/daf/peace-pilgrim-1191_endless_you-have-endless-energy-only-when-you-ar_1818397.png" --- > [You have endless energy only when you are working for the good of the whole - you have to stop working for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peace-pilgrim/you-have-endless-energy-only-when-you-are-working-for-the-good-of-the/) [Peace Pilgrim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peace-pilgrim/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/daf/peace-pilgrim-1191_endless_you-have-endless-energy-only-when-you-ar_1818397.png) > [Advertising is the place where the selfish interests of the manufacturer coincide with the interests of society.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-ogilvy/advertising-is-the-place-where-the-selfish-interests-of-the/) [David Ogilvy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-ogilvy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a21/david-ogilvy-1326_advertising_advertising-is-the-place-where-the-selfi_1974083.png) > [It can be rebuilt if other countries with selfish interests will not meddle, as has been done in the past.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bulent-ecevit/it-can-be-rebuilt-if-other-countries-with-selfish-interests-will-not/) [Bulent Ecevit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bulent-ecevit/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/834/bulent-ecevit-28162_country_it-can-be-rebuilt-if-other-countries-wit_1224515.png) > [“Adam Smith expanded on this notion by saying that a person pursing his own selfish interests may be “led by an invisible…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sean-masaki-flynn/adam-smith-expanded-on-this-notion-by-saying-that-a-person-pursing/) [Sean Masaki Flynn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sean-masaki-flynn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/215/sean-masaki-flynn-276879_invisible-hand_adam-smith-expanded-on-this-notion-by-sa_701323.jpg) > [If your actions are motivated by selfish interests rather than God, you are mortgaging tomorrow's joy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-b-joshua/if-your-actions-are-motivated-by-selfish-interests-rather-than-god/) [T. B. Joshua](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-b-joshua/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4eb/t-b-joshua-2272_action_if-your-actions-are-motivated-by-selfish_70588.png) > [The marketplace obliges men, whether they will or not, in pursuing their own selfish interests, to connect the general good with their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edmund-burke/the-marketplace-obliges-men-whether-they-will-or-not-in-pursuing/) [Edmund Burke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edmund-burke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b6/edmund-burke-400_individual_the-marketplace-obliges-men-whether-they_698417.jpg) > [How soon the labor of men would make a paradise of the earth were it not for misgovernment and a diversion of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/how-soon-the-labor-of-men-would-make-a-paradise-of-the-earth-were-it/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3bb/thomas-jefferson-43_diversion_how-soon-the-labor-of-men-would-make-a-p_1565152.jpg) > [Our Savior gave Himself in unselfish service. He taught that each of us should follow Him by denying ourselves of selfish interests…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dallin-h-oaks/our-savior-gave-himself-in-unselfish-service-he-taught-that-each-of/) [Dallin H. Oaks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dallin-h-oaks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/657/dallin-h-oaks-2042_interest_our-savior-gave-himself-in-unselfish-ser_1828522.png) > [I think it's good to have your own selfish interests, whether it's liking chocolate ice cream or wanting a new car. It's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/les-wexner/i-think-it-s-good-to-have-your-own-selfish-interests-whether-it-s/) [Les Wexner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/les-wexner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/490/les-wexner-14249_car_i-think-it-s-good-to-have-your-own-selfi_1600461.jpg) > [Economics is haunted by more fallacies than any other study known to man. This is no accident. The inherent difficulties of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-hazlitt/economics-is-haunted-by-more-fallacies-than-any-other-study-known-to/) [Henry Hazlitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-hazlitt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e16/henry-hazlitt-2839_accidents_economics-is-haunted-by-more-fallacies-t_835439.jpg) > [“Problems in 21st Century – 1 Well educated and rapidly communicated, looks as smart gentleman but practices the least Morals. 2 Globally…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dr-t-v-rao-md/problems-in-21st-century-1-well-educated-and-rapidly-communicated/) [Dr.T.V.Rao MD](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dr-t-v-rao-md/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b60/dr-t-v-rao-md-25586_character_problems-in-21st-century-1-well-educated_688884.jpg) > [“To those who have neither public nor private affections, the excitements of life are much curtailed, and in any case dwindle in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-stuart-mill/to-those-who-have-neither-public-nor-private-affections-the/) [John Stuart Mill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-stuart-mill/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/413/john-stuart-mill-477_affections_to-those-who-have-neither-public-nor-pri_2805265.jpg) > [“Economics is haunted by more fallacies than any other study known to man. This is no accident. The inherent difficulties of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-hazlitt/economics-is-haunted-by-more-fallacies-than-any-other-study-known-to-3/) [Henry Hazlitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-hazlitt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e9/henry-hazlitt-2839_clear-thinking_economics-is-haunted-by-more-fallacies-t_2763138.jpg) > [“Across the centuries the moral systems from medival chivalry to Bruce Springsteen love anthems have worked the same basic way. They take…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/across-the-centuries-the-moral-systems-from-medival-chivalry-to-bruce/) [david brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0cf/david-brooks-644_character_across-the-centuries-the-moral-systems-f_1251010.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/selfish-interests/#itemlist", "name": "Selfish Interests Quotes", "numberOfItems": 14, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You have endless energy only when you are working for the good of the whole - you have to stop working for your little selfish interests. That's the secret of it. 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This is no accident. The inherent difficulties of the subject would be great enough in any case, but they are multiplied a thousandfold by a factor that is insignificant in, say, physics, mathematics or medicine - the special pleading of selfish interests. While every group has certain economic interests identical with those of all groups, every group has also, as we shall see, interests antagonistic to those of all other groups. While certain public policies would in the long run benefit everybody, other policies would benefit one group only at the expense of all other groups. The group that would benefit by such policies, having such a direct interest in them, will argue for them plausibly and persistently. It will hire the best buyable minds to devote their whole time to presenting its case. And it will finally either convince the general public that its case is sound, or so befuddle it that clear thinking on the subject becomes next to impossible. In addition to these endless pleadings of self-interest, there is a second main factor that spawns new economic fallacies every day. This is the persistent tendency of man to see only the immediate effects of a given policy, or its effects only on a special group, and to neglect to inquire what the long-run effects of that policy will be not only on that special group but on all groups. 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People once lived within a pattern of being, which educated the emotions, guided the temporary toward the permanent and linked everyday urges to higher things. The accumulated wisdom of the community steered couples as they tried to earn each other's commitment. Today there are fewer norms that guide that way. Today's technology seems to threaten the sort of recurring and stable reciprocity that is the building block of trust.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "david brooks" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/across-the-centuries-the-moral-systems-from-medival-chivalry-to-bruce/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0cf/david-brooks-644_character_across-the-centuries-the-moral-systems-f_1251010.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0cf/david-brooks-644_character_across-the-centuries-the-moral-systems-f_1251010.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0cf/david-brooks-644_character_across-the-centuries-the-moral-systems-f_1251010.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Across the centuries the moral systems from medival chivalry to Bruce Springsteen love anthems have worked…” — david brooks", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/selfish-interests/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/selfish-interests/", "name": "Selfish Interests Quotes", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/selfish-interests/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/daf/peace-pilgrim-1191_endless_you-have-endless-energy-only-when-you-ar_1818397.png" }, "description": "Browse 14 Selfish Interests quotes by 13 authors. 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