In almost every marriage there is a selfish and an unselfish partner. A pattern is set up and soon becomes inflexible, of… — Iris Murdoch Copy Share Image
If you seek in the spirit of selfishness, to grasp all as your own, you shall lose all, and be driven out… — Jonathan Edwards Copy Share Image
“If it’s about me, I can be assured that there will be a bunch of empty chairs in the auditorium of my… — Craig D. Lounsbrough 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
I don't see anything wrong with telling someone that you are selfish with their love and that you can't stand sharing them… — Vic Fuentes Copy Share Image
Democracy is threatened by the inertia of good people, by the selfishness of most people, and by the evil designs of a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Gradually, I came to accept hunger as a constant companion. But this new hunger was different. It filled me with hatred, confusion,… — Mark Mathabane Copy Share Image
... we performers are monsters. We are a totally different, far-out race of people. I totally and completely admit, with no qualmsat… — Leontyne Price Copy Share Image
“Throughout the 1980's, we did hear too much about individual gain and the ethos of selfishness and greed. We did not hear… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Comrades!' he cried. 'You do not imagine, I hope, that we pigs are doing this in a spirit of selfishness and privilege?… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
Recently, I found out things about my friends which threw my life off balance. Though a self-proclaimed cynic, there are still some… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
To consider persons and events and situations only in the light of their effect on me is to live on the doorstep… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
“There are some upon this earth of yours who lay claim to know us, and who do their deeds of passion, pride,… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
“Parents are programmed to want the best for their kids, regardless of what they get in return. That's what love is supposed… — Jonathan Franzen Copy Share Image
“She also keeps talking about the Billie Holiday record she bought for me. And she says she wants to expose me to… — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
The practice of that which is ethically best-what we call goodness or virtue-involves a course of conduct which, in all respects, is… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
True happiness comes from having a sense of inner peace and contentment, which in turn must be achieved by cultivating altruism, love… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
“I realize the selfishness of children. We love them, and we revolve around their universe, but they don't revolve around ours.” — Brunonia Barry Copy Share Image
Most of the time, such selfishness only makes a person more depressed than ever. This is because when all you focus on… — Craig Williams Copy Share Image
Every man must decide whether he will walk in the creative light of altruism or the darkness of destructive selfishness. This is… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
If I had my mouth, I would bite; if I had my liberty, I would do my liking. In the meantime, let… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
The effect of capitalism is to steer human selfishness so that, through the invisible hand of competition, the energies of the capitalist… — Dinesh D'Souza Copy Share Image
Oh! If those selfish men, who are the cause of all one's misery, only knew what their poor slaves go through! What… — Queen Victoria Copy Share Image
“Philanthropy is almost the only virtue which is sufficiently appreciated by mankind. Nay, it is overrated; and it is our selfishness which… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Our enemies believed America was weak and materialistic, that we would splinter in fear and selfishness. They were as wrong as they… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
That we are selfish gives us the opportunity to gain the power so that, in time, we might be selfless. To give… — Margaret Cho Copy Share Image
Every noble action is selfish. Some selfish actions are nobler than others. But they are all selfish. And as such there can… — Kedar Joshi Copy Share Image
If there were more temple work done in the Church, there would be less of selfishness, less of contention, less of demeaning… — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
I was of course about winning but, at the same time, I definitely had some selfishness like a lot of players do.… — David Lee Copy Share Image
Empty me of the selfishness inside, every vain ambition and the poison of my pride, and any foolish thing my heart holds… — Chris Sligh 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
I know I'm not a selfish player. People around me know I'm not a selfish player. I do everything I can to… — Carmelo Anthony Copy Share Image
Leadership means firmness, not harshness or bullying; understanding, not weakness; justice, not irresponsible freedom; humaneness, not intolerance; generosity, not selfishness; pride, not… — Omar N. Bradley Copy Share Image
Let us have but one end in view, the welfare of humanity; and let us put aside all selfishness in consideration of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Life is full of tough decisions. Your character, in many cases, is defined by those decisions. Were they bases on selfishness or… — Luke Osborne Copy Share Image
“...We are truly human when we live for a purpose far above ourselves; but most people prefer to identify with an entity… — Janvier Chando Copy Share Image
Individual versus group selection results in a mix of altruism and selfishness, of virtue and sin, among the members of a society. — E. O. Wilson Copy Share Image
Despite those titles, power, and pelf, The wretch, concentred all in self, Living, shall forfeit fair renown, And, doubly dying, shall go… — Walter Scott Copy Share Image
People always tend to chose what is best for them. They pretend to be unselfish, all so that they can feel good… — Cheon Eunbi Copy Share Image
Maternity is on the face of it an unsociable experience. The selfishness that a woman has learned to stifle or to dissemble… — Emily James Smith Putnam Copy Share Image
