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title: "35 Selfish Self Quotes by 31 authors"
description: "Browse 35 Selfish Self quotes by 31 authors. Discover the best Selfish Self sayings and thoughts."
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> [“Blame is a human concept, one of its blackest and most selfish and self-binding.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-ness/blame-is-a-human-concept-one-of-its-blackest-and-most-selfish-and/)

[Patrick Ness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-ness/)

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> [Facebook is fulled with a bunch of selfish self centered people!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/facebook-is-fulled-with-a-bunch-of-selfish-self-centered-people/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [Once you conquer your selfish self, all your darkness will change to light.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rumi/once-you-conquer-your-selfish-self-all-your-darkness-will-change-to/)

[Rumi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rumi/)

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> [Self care isn't selfish. It's self esteem.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ashley-judd/self-care-isn-t-selfish-it-s-self-esteem/)

[Ashley Judd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ashley-judd/)

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> [Through recognizing and realizing the empty essence, instead of being selfish and self-centered, one feels very open and free](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tsoknyi-rinpoche/through-recognizing-and-realizing-the-empty-essence-instead-of-being/)

[Tsoknyi Rinpoche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tsoknyi-rinpoche/)

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> [If you look at the people in Hollywood who are heavy partiers, they're selfish, self-centered and egotistical.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danny-trejo/if-you-look-at-the-people-in-hollywood-who-are-heavy-partiers-they-re/)

[Danny Trejo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danny-trejo/)

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> [Our life purpose is to build an everlasting relationship with ourself. To fall deeply in love with precious us. This isnt self-centered…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/senoraroy/our-life-purpose-is-to-build-an-everlasting-relationship-with-ourself/)

[Senoraroy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/senoraroy/)

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> [Racing is a very selfish, self-centred, self-glorifying thing. My wife's life for 14 years was centered around me. It was all about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-lemond/racing-is-a-very-selfish-self-centred-self-glorifying-thing-my-wife-s/)

[Greg LeMond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-lemond/)

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> [It's good to be selfish. But not so self-centered that you never listen to other people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-hefner/it-s-good-to-be-selfish-but-not-so-self-centered-that-you-never/)

[Hugh Hefner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-hefner/)

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> [I hate selfish/self centered people. I hate stubborn people. And I hate how people can't be trusted.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-hate-selfish-self-centered-people-i-hate-stubborn-people-and-i-hate/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [People do things with terrible motivations and those motivations are selfish and self-interested and financially driven.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-schur/people-do-things-with-terrible-motivations-and-those-motivations-are/)

[Michael Schur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-schur/)

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> [ Artists are the worst \[people\]. They are selfish, self-centred; they don't care what happens. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ai-weiwei/artists-are-the-worst-people-they-are-selfish-self-centred-they-don-t/)

[Ai Weiwei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ai-weiwei/)

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> [They don’t think “I care,” “I hurt,” or “I have feelings.” It just seems like I’m always “wrong,” always “selfish,” always “self-centered”…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beatrice-sparks/they-don-t-think-i-care-i-hurt-or-i-have-feelings-it-just-seems-like/)

[Beatrice Sparks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beatrice-sparks/)

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> [If people weren't so selfish, self-centered and actually cared about others I believe this world would be an amazing place. But naw…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justin-lee-riner/if-people-weren-t-so-selfish-self-centered-and-actually-cared-about/)

[Justin Lee Riner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/justin-lee-riner/)

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> [I’m a fan of the word selfish. Self. Ish. When I say I have gotten a lot more self-ish, I mean I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-mcconaughey/i-m-a-fan-of-the-word-selfish-self-ish-when-i-say-i-have-gotten-a-lot/)

[Matthew McConaughey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-mcconaughey/)

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> [“The notion of loving oneself has gotten an undeservedly bad rap, which goes something like this: self-love is narcissistic, selfish, self-indulgent, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-salzberg/the-notion-of-loving-oneself-has-gotten-an-undeservedly-bad-rap-which/)

[Sharon Salzberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-salzberg/)

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> [Marriage provides an ideal setting for overcoming any tendency to be selfish or self-centered. I think one of the reasons that we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-g-scott/marriage-provides-an-ideal-setting-for-overcoming-any-tendency-to-be/)

[Richard G. Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-g-scott/)

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> [When I read the Bible, I see that we should have victory in our life and be overcomers, and I can't even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joyce-meyer/when-i-read-the-bible-i-see-that-we-should-have-victory-in-our-life/)

[Joyce Meyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joyce-meyer/)

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> [“But then she thinks, feels, reaches out, and knowing exactly what blame is - a human construct, one of its blackest and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-ness/but-then-she-thinks-feels-reaches-out-and-knowing-exactly-what-blame/)

[Patrick Ness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-ness/)

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> [“A depressed person is selfish because her self, the very core of who she is, will not leave her alone, and she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stacy-pershall/a-depressed-person-is-selfish-because-her-self-the-very-core-of-who/)

[Stacy Pershall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stacy-pershall/)

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> [Many Christians still at bottom look upon God as one of the most selfish, self-absorbed Beings in the universe, far more selfish…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hannah-whitall-smith/many-christians-still-at-bottom-look-upon-god-as-one-of-the-most/)

[Hannah Whitall Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hannah-whitall-smith/)

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> [“When Big Eddie left, I only worried about how it affected me. I didn't worry about the others. I was selfish. Self-centred.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-j-klune/when-big-eddie-left-i-only-worried-about-how-it-affected-me-i-didn-t/)

[T.J. Klune](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-j-klune/)

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> [For what can be more noble than to slay oneself? Not literally. Not with a blade in the guts. But to extinguish…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-pressfield/for-what-can-be-more-noble-than-to-slay-oneself-not-literally-not/)

[Steven Pressfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-pressfield/)

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> [Some might say that looking inside of ourselves for spiritual truths is egocentric and selfish, and that egolessness and selflessness lie in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tarthang-tulku/some-might-say-that-looking-inside-of-ourselves-for-spiritual-truths/)

[Tarthang Tulku](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tarthang-tulku/)

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> [I have learned to go fully in the face of my dreams. I would recommend you do the same. Now is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julianna-margulies/i-have-learned-to-go-fully-in-the-face-of-my-dreams-i-would-recommend/)

[Julianna Margulies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julianna-margulies/)

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> [“Nobody would commit suicide if the pain of being inside herself, the agony of the sleepless, tortured hours spent watching the world…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stacy-pershall/nobody-would-commit-suicide-if-the-pain-of-being-inside-herself-the/)

[Stacy Pershall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stacy-pershall/)

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> [“This is why I feel frustrated now when I hear people referring to suicide as a self-centered act: of course it is.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stacy-pershall/this-is-why-i-feel-frustrated-now-when-i-hear-people-referring-to/)

[Stacy Pershall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stacy-pershall/)

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> [I tend to be sympathetic and very patient with people's lack of knowledge of things and neva thought to express myself this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-mccarty/i-tend-to-be-sympathetic-and-very-patient-with-people-s-lack-of/)

[Kevin McCarty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-mccarty/)

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> [“I always knew he was selfish and self-indulgent and kind of lazy; those are practically prerequisites for playing lead guitar.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rainbow-rowell/i-always-knew-he-was-selfish-and-self-indulgent-and-kind-of-lazy/)

[Rainbow Rowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rainbow-rowell/)

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> [When you're younger, you're more selfish, because there's so much self-exploration, you're in your own mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miley-cyrus/when-you-re-younger-you-re-more-selfish-because-there-s-so-much-self/)

[Miley Cyrus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miley-cyrus/)

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> [Loving yourself has nothing to do with being selfish, self-centered or self-engrossed. It means that you accept yourself for what you are.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/iyanla-vanzant/loving-yourself-has-nothing-to-do-with-being-selfish-self-centered-or/)

[Iyanla Vanzant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/iyanla-vanzant/)

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> [“Isn't it wonderful when people do that, when you put all your faith in their being selfish and self -centered and not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-frances-turner/isn-t-it-wonderful-when-people-do-that-when-you-put-all-your-faith-in/)

[Joan Frances Turner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-frances-turner/)

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> [I was brought up not to be selfish or self-centered. So if you play somebody who isn't so lovable, you can play…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julie-kavner/i-was-brought-up-not-to-be-selfish-or-self-centered-so-if-you-play/)

[Julie Kavner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julie-kavner/)

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> [“Why were there no words that spoke positively about being concerned about the self? Why was there only negative connotation in terms…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-j-dalton/why-were-there-no-words-that-spoke-positively-about-being-concerned/)

[A.J. Dalton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-j-dalton/)

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> [money appears to motivate only our interest in ourselves, making us selfish and self-centered...Money makes people feel self-sufficient, which also means they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-heffernan/money-appears-to-motivate-only-our-interest-in-ourselves-making-us/)

[Margaret Heffernan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-heffernan/)

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                        "text": "For what can be more noble than to slay oneself? Not literally. Not with a blade in the guts. But to extinguish the selfish self within, that part which looks only to its own preservation, to save its own skin. That, I saw, was the victory you Spartans had gained over yourselves. That was the glue. It was what you had learned and it made me stay, to learn it too.",
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                        "text": "Some might say that looking inside of ourselves for spiritual truths is egocentric and selfish, and that egolessness and selflessness lie in working for others in the world. But until we find our inner truth, our work in the world will always revolve around our 'selves'. As long as we think about the world in terms of 'self' and 'others', our actions will be selfish. Our 'self' follows us wherever we go, so positive results will be limited.",
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                        "text": "I have learned to go fully in the face of my dreams. I would recommend you do the same. Now is the time in your life to be selfish. To explore. To take chances. Remember being selfish is not the same as being self-indulgent. You have the gift of time. Use it to do what you love. Believe anything is possible and then work like hell to make it happen.",
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                        "text": "I tend to be sympathetic and very patient with people's lack of knowledge of things and neva thought to express myself this way, but unfortunately this time if you talked about others behind them. who would u be? Thats not courage, more like hypocrites who don't have anything else to do but to criticize another one. Envious judged without knowing my name and think only the same without ponder the consequences of their actions... So unpleasant, selfish put your self. in the sight of God .. No one is free of sins and no one should be judging each other , all of us have our shortcomings and mistakes and that's you learn to be better. Please to those talking shit without any reason, life is lived with moral principles that we instilled from our parents, not prejudice, false appearances, and false promises. My money, my life, my taste, living my way not perhaps the best, but I try to do the right thing. And that's all we can ask?",
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                        "text": "“I always knew he was selfish and self-indulgent and kind of lazy; those are practically prerequisites for playing lead guitar.”",
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                        "text": "“Why were there no words that spoke positively about being concerned about the self? Why was there only negative connotation in terms like \"selfish\", \"self-interested\", \"self-centred\", \"self-obsessed\" and so on? Why was it so much better to be without a self: \"selfless\", \"self-sacrificing\", \"self-effacing\", etc?”",
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                        "text": "money appears to motivate only our interest in ourselves, making us selfish and self-centered...Money makes people feel self-sufficient, which also means they don't need or care about others; it's each man for himself",
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