Selfishness Quotes · Page 25

I think we all have a selfish gene which rises to the top, sometimes. But then we're also all capable of a…

— Jim Broadbent

We should awaken feelings of respect for each other. In other words, awaken the desire to kill selfishness.

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

“We're all selfish. It's an age thing. We go spotty, disobedient and daft. But most of all, we go selfish”

— Ruth Hamilton

“Bravery is not an act of intelligence; it is just selfishness and stupidity.”

— M.F. Moonzajer

“Never stand in the way of letting God use people’s actions, in order to solve a greater issue in the world.”

— Shannon L. Alder

I am not a greedy person except about flowers and plants, and then I become fanatically greedy.

— May Sarton

Selfishness is the grand moving principle of nine-tenths of our actions.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

“A motto of many politicians, public servants and money bags: Ask not 'What can I do for you?' but 'What can I…

— H.M. Forester

“When I left home in the morning, I believed the world was driven by selfishness. But it turns out, it’s filled with…

— Bhuwan Thapaliya

Everything I had been taught to regard as a vice - and I still regard them as vices - under Thatcherism was…

— Glenda Jackson

If people are innately saddled with certain sins and flaws, like selfishness, prejudice, sort-sightedness, and self-deception, then political reform would seem to…

— Steven Pinker

“What did I get in return? Coldness and emotional detachment. You are selfish and bitter and you wouldn’t know a good thing…

— Tarryn Fisher

We don't have to be that greedy generation that just continued to take down the underpinnings of what makes the planet work…

— Sylvia Earle

Selfish men make the best lovers. They're prepared to invest in the women's pleasures so that they can collect an even bigger…

— J. G. Ballard

Enough of self, that darling luscious theme, O'er which philosophers in raptures dream; Of which with seeming disregard they write Then prizing…

— Charles Churchill

I gave my heart to the wrong person but through it all I became selfish, selfish enough to not give it all…

— Kishma Foy

“We tend to have a limited concept of spiritual death as saying no only to things we want or covet -- our…

— Nancy Pearcey

“I’ll do whatever it takes. Humans are selfish and care only for themselves and their families. Am I any different?… Not only…

— Hyeonseo Lee

We cannot doubt that self-interest is the mainspring of human nature. It must be clearly understood that this word is used here…

— Frederic Bastiat

There is no structural organization of society which can bring about the coming of the Kingdom of God on earth since all…

— William Temple

“We are violating every aspect of life by turning everything into a ripoff because we have adopted the view that insatiable individualistic…

— Carroll Quigley

So, the first thing we should introspect - are we concerned about ourselves ? All the time do we think that we…

— Nirmala Srivastava

“A permanent possibility of selfishness arises from the mere fact of having a self, and not from any accidents of education or…

— G.K. Chesterton

“See, I thought I had figured out what I could do to make this whole thing right. ... But then I got…

— Charlotte Stein

Most human beings know only the language of exploitation. Due to their selfishness, they are unable to consider others.

— Mata Amritanandamayi

Selfishness alone is sufficient to bring apocalypse upon a nation.

— Khem Veasna

Amor deliria nervosa isn't a disease of love. It's a disease of selfishness.

— Lauren Oliver

Caring for our own hearts isn't selfishness; it's how we begin to love.

— John Eldredge

“When our minds are clouded by hatred, selfishness, jealousy, and anger, we lose not only control but also our judgment.”

— Dalai Lama XIV

It's good to be selfish. But not so self-centered that you never listen to other people.

— Hugh Hefner

I'm a big believer in persistence, don't be greedy and, above all, work hard. It's what keeps me going.

— Caprice Bourret

There is not much difference between a greedy person and a pauper.

— Vikrant Parsai

“Everyone might think Lizzie's an angel, but I knew better. She was selfish, and she was going to pay.”

— Michelle Madow

Go to the cross of Christ, all you that want to be delivered from the power of selfishness.

— J. C. Ryle

Selfishness beats altruism within groups. Altruistic groups beat selfish groups. Everything else is commentary.

— Anonymous

“Act as if you don't know me, and i will make it seem as though you don't exist.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

“As selfishness and complaint pervert and cloud the mind, so sex with its joy clears and sharpens the vision.”

— Helen Keller

The only way you can be a mark is if you want something for nothing. If you're greedy, you're set up.

— Maya Angelou

Art of selfishness. I would like, my wife always to be happy, so can give their husband happiness.

— Mak_786

The truly greedy, it seems to me, are those who think they've a right to live well at the expense of others.

— Jack Kelly