The idea of strictly minding our own business is moldy rubbish. Who could be so selfish? — Ritu Copy Share Image
“the selfish gladly consoled themselves with the thought that though it was merciful at least it was not liberal;” — Karl Polanyi Copy Share Image
It is strange people should be so greedy, when they are alone in the world. — Emily Bronte Copy Share Image
Possessive parents rarely live long enough to see the fruits of their selfishness. — Alan Garner Copy Share Image
“Being selfish only benefits a few. Considering others benefits all of mankind.” — Terraine Francois Copy Share Image
Sure love is cruel and selfish and totally obtuse-- at least, blinded by the light, young love is. — William Carlos Williams Copy Share Image
This America has been the country of greed rather than the country of need. — Ariel Dorfman Copy Share Image
Love is the most ethically consistent experience, because selfishness and altruism no longer seem opposed or in conflict. — Peter Breggin Copy Share Image
Thorough selfishness destroys or paralyzes enjoyment. A heart made selfish by the contest for wealth is like a citadel stormed in war,… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Why fight the 'natural' (oh, weaselly word!) order of things? Why? Because of this--one fine day, a purely predatory world shall consume… — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
“Being in love , it's good to be selfish at times for your own happiness but one have to be careful that… — Ayaan Basu Copy Share Image
“At the root of every form of ungodliness, injustice, nepotism, selfishness, every rivalry and competitive jealousy, is the monster called greed.” — Sunday Adelaja Copy Share Image
The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places. If you cannot do great things, do small things… — Napoleon Hill Copy Share Image
“When she was a child her mother had once told her shyness was almost a form of selfishness. “You see, when you… — Liane Moriarty Copy Share Image
I've never been a selfish player. I've never been able to just say I am going as well. I've always thought about… — Jermaine Jenas Copy Share Image
“Wars come from egotism and selfishness. Every macrocosmic or world war has its origin in microcosmic wars going on inside millions and… — Fulton J. Sheen Copy Share Image
Every ignoramus imagines that all that exists, exists with a view to his individual sake; it is as if there were nothing… — Maimonides Copy Share Image
“The world is a cruel mother, a matron of darkness, selfishness, greed, and misery. For most, their time suckling at her breast… — Ed McDonald Copy Share Image
“For it is in selfishness & greed most choose to walk. In hate we choose to be. Yes even the words of… — Robert Vanleeuwen Copy Share Image
The dramatic threat of ecological breakdown is teaching us the extent to which greed and selfishness are contrary to the order of… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
I had no companions to quarrel with, nobody to assist, and nobody to thank... the evil consequence of all this was not,… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
“The creation of man is evidence for the love of God, the preservation of man is evidence for the patience of God,… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
There are minerals called hydrophanous, which are not transparent till they are immersed in water, when they become so; as the hydrophane,… — Roswell Dwight Hitchcock Copy Share Image
“In private life do we not see hypocrisy, servility, selfishness, folly, and impudence succeed, while modesty shrinks from the encounter, and merit… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
U're not a Dad because of what u DID, U're a Dad because of what u DO~ — DeAngelo Stokes Copy Share Image
“In every class of society, gratitude is the rarest of all human virtues.” — Wilkie Collins Copy Share Image
“The first sentiment of man was that of his existence, his first care that of preserving it.” — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
Call me selfish. But you're one of the blessings that I dont want to share with anyone else. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“this was a consequence of increasing prosperity, which, curiously enough, just seemed to bring out greed and selfishness.” — Alexander McCall Smith Copy Share Image
What a selfish, hopeless, callous heel of a cad I've been. Blind to the needs of society's lowly unloved. -Charlie — All Dogs Go To Heaven Copy Share Image
Selfishness, if but reasonably tempered with wisdom, is not such an evil trait. — Giovanni Ruffini 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
Lazy people often whine that they don't make more money. Selfish people complain that they don't have more friends. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
People think that you are a nasty, selfish person if you don't want to have children. — Janeane Garofalo Copy Share Image
There is only one force stronger than selfishness, and that is stupidity. — Ellen Glasgow Copy Share Image
Selfishness is that detestable vice which no one will forgive in others, and no one is without in himself — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
There are no generalizations in American politics that vested selfishness cannot cut through. — John Gunther Copy Share Image
Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
The greatest comforts and lasting peace are obtained, when one eradicates selfishness from within. — Guru Gobind Singh Copy Share Image
