Selfishness Quotes · Page 34

“Arrogance and selfishness are not the only reasons behind our loneliness, but most often we used to be alone because of them.”

— M.F. Moonzajer

Selfish people, with no heart to speak of, have the best time of it.

— Josh Billings

“When it comes to misfortune, we are all selfish at heart, offering up the same prayers: not me, not mine. Not yet.”

— Simon Beckett

I hate selfish/self centered people. I hate stubborn people. And I hate how people can't be trusted.

— Anonymous

Selfishness and greed, individual or national, cause most of our troubles.

— Harry S. Truman

Some say I'm selfish. My approach is the complete opposite of selfishness.

— Joey Votto

Aggression is the first step on the slippery slope to selfishness and chaos.

— Anne Campbell

“Selfishness must always be forgiven you know, because there is no hope of a cure.” (Jane Austen)”

— Jane Austen

“Very quickly I begin to understand the selfishness of my love, the inappropriateness of my relationships, when I realise that every time…

— Luke Davies

Only by realizing what selfishness and lack of generosity really are can the delicious fragrance of true love and effective generosity, which…

— Samael Aun Weor

I'm self-centered, inconsiderate, and what was the third adjective? Oh, yes, and I have this infantile fantasy that one day I'll amount…

— Jay Presson Allen

Relationships are great when it is we instead of me being used.. but when you continually hear the word, I . I…

— George Kincses

“I must be very selfish...for I want to set nothing and no one right; all I want is to be left in…

— Josephine Leslie

I enjoyed my own nature to the fullest, and we all know there lies happiness, although, to soothe one another mutually, we…

— Albert Camus

I'm not a person or a selfish player, but we have to move the ball more, and we have to look further…

— Pau Gasol

I don't think there's any need to have essays advocating selfishness among human beings; I don't know what your impression has been,…

— Christopher Hitchens

Collectivists would have you believe that individualism is merely another word for selfishness, because individualists oppose welfare and other forms of coercive…

— G. Edward Griffin

“You & I, the moneyed, the privileged, the fortunate, shall not fare so badly in this world, provided our luck holds. What…

— David Mitchell

As early as 1776, [John Adams] expressed his doubts about America's capacity for virtue. "I have seen all along my Life, Such…

— Gordon S. Wood

“Your love life is insignificant when it comes to raising your children to be respectable human beings. The moment you see them…

— Shannon L. Alder

“For those who suffer disposal, the cost is their very lives. For those of us who survive, there is a creeping indifference…

— Michael D. O'Brien

“Random acts of kindness are essential to our wellbeing, as they liberate us from self-obsession, selfishness, and isolation; they are the result…

— Ed & Deb Shapiro

It's a very selfish time. When I'm here at home, my responsibilities are far greater. I'm forced to be way more selfless.…

— Gavin Rossdale

In order to help usher in the golden age we must see the good in people. We must know it is there,…

— Peace Pilgrim

Sorry sweethearts, but I'm not a candle. I won't burn myself just to let you see through the darkness and then blow…

— Anonymous

I'm a greedy old man. Life's been good to me, and I want some more of it.

— John Wayne

Success is not greedy, as people think, but insignificant. That is why it satisfies nobody.

— Anonymous

Posthumous charities are the very essence of selfishness when bequeathed by those who, even alive, would part with nothing.

— Charles Caleb Colton

“Be fearful when others are greedy, and greedy when others are fearful.”6”

— Charles R. Morris

“Greedy is the one who is disappointed when he finds silver in gold mine!”

— Mehmet Murat ildan

“Selfishness is not an option, even when it comes to a cell’s own survival.”

— Deepak Chopra

If you want to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness and fear.

— Glenn Clark

The truth is, I think we are a self-less society, not a selfish society. Because we're so busy now.

— Phil McGraw

Opinions are like orgasms. Mine's the most important and I really don't care about yours.

— Anonymous

We got to mediate our greedy levels, Cause the lust of currency can have us sleepin with the devil.

— Q-Tip

Be careful of selfish motives. You can mistake them for principles and end up dying for them.

— Robert Breault

“It's a horrible thing to try and understand how someone can kill and take things just because they want to.”

— Kara Timmins

Like everybody else, I am naturally selfish, and so I'm going to think about myself.

— Kirk Cousins

There are points in your life, especially if you have creative ambitions, where selfishness is necessary.

— Kris Kristofferson

Selfishness is the root and source of all natural and moral evils.

— Nathanael Emmons