“I discovered that I am not disciplined out of virtue but as a reaction to my negligence, that I am generous to… — Gabriel García Márquez Copy Share Image
Possessive parents rarely live long enough to see the fruits of their selfishness. — Alan Garner Copy Share Image
“Survival of the fittest" in the commonly used animal sense is not a theory or principle for a "time-binding" being. This theory… — Alfred Korzybski Copy Share Image
“Nearly everyone in the world has appetites and impulses, trigger emotions, islands of selfishness, lusts just beneath the surface.” — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
Selfishness is the making a man's self his own centre, the beginning and end of all he doeth. — John Owen Copy Share Image
“I always knew he was selfish and self-indulgent and kind of lazy; those are practically prerequisites for playing lead guitar.” — Rainbow Rowell Copy Share Image
“Human beings appear to be sufficiently selfish and calculating to be capable of indefinitely greater harmony and social homeostasis. This statement is… — Edward O. Wilson Copy Share Image
So, the first thing we should introspect - are we concerned about ourselves ? All the time do we think that we… — Nirmala Srivastava Copy Share Image
“Greedy people and power brokers mixing religion and politics to find advantage, trying to exploit good to build strength for themselves.” — D.C. Macey Copy Share Image
So it is the fear, weakness, selfishness, and cowardice of onlookers that permit evil behavior to persist. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A man is called selfish not for pursuing his own good, but for neglecting his neighbor's. — Richard Whately Copy Share Image
I gave my heart to the wrong person but through it all I became selfish, selfish enough to not give it all… — Kishma Foy Copy Share Image
Selfishness is not living your life as you wish to live it. Selfishness is wanting others to live their lives as you… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In the final analysis our greatest problem with holiness is not that our concepts of holiness are feeble, but that our hearts… — Floyd McClung Copy Share Image
“The best weapon for selfishness is selfishness for the cause of others.” — Enock Maregesi Copy Share Image
“Petty unselfishness,” she repeated. “I had got an idea that every one here spent their lives in making little sacrifices for objects… — E.M. Forster Copy Share Image
Many said selfishness was the flaw of our modern age; but then self-conceit emerged from a corner of the deepest hell to… — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
Our actual enemy is not any force exterior to ourselves, but our own crying weaknesses, our cowardice, our selfishness, our hypocrisy, our… — Sri Aurobindo Copy Share Image
Day and night, and every moment, there are voices about us. All the hours speak as they pass; and in every event… — William Mountford Copy Share Image
Manifest plainness, embrace simplicity, reduce selfishness, have few desires. — Lao Tzu Copy Share Image
The hardest work you and I will ever do is to put off our selfishness. It is heavy lifting! — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
“It is the grace of God that frees a soul from selfishness and empowers not just generosity, but sacrifice. And such sacrifice… — David Mathis Copy Share Image
