Being Selfish Quotes
79 Being Selfish quotes by 76 unique authors
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I learned a long time ago the wisest thing I can do is be on my own side, be an advocate for myself and others…
— Maya Angelou
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Money doesn't change men, it merely unmasks them. If a man is naturally selfish or arrogant or greedy, the money brings that out, that's all.
— Henry Ford
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Everybody makes such a big deal today about team play because there's such a scarcity of it. Greed is a reason. You have to understand…
— Pete Carril
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I don't think there's a specific route to take to make a relationship last a long time. And who knows what the future will bring.…
— Louise Redknapp
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A selfless act out of even the purest desire to do for others, will be selfish in the satisfaction and happiness it brings to one…
— Ashly Lorenzana
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You are still young, so you think only of your own self. You do not notice the tribulations that occur all around you, to other…
— Elizabeth Gilbert
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The number one thing on any team that will keep your players from being selfish is respect for the other players.
— Nick Saban
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My son's the most precious thing to me: He's changed me from being selfish to selfless.
— Ricardo Antonio Chavira
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I don't know if it's ever OK for someone to be selfish. Perhaps there's a time and place to be self-centered, but I think selfish…
— Jessica Capshaw
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The most DIFFICULT thing for individuals to do when they become part of a team is to sacrifice, it is much EASIER to be selfish.
— Pat Riley
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Marriage provides an ideal setting for overcoming any tendency to be selfish or self-centered. I think one of the reasons that we are counseled to…
— Richard G. Scott
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The dictionary describes a selfish person as one who is 'concerned excessively or exclusively with oneself: seeking pleasure or well-being without regard for others.' May…
— H. Burke Peterson
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We make music for a living. Like I've always said, if you like what you're doing, you're halfway there; if someone else likes it, that's…
— Eddie Van Halen
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I think I was righteous. I saw myself as the good guy in my own movie. I didn't get into many fights when I was…
— Jo Nesbo
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My mom can't defend herself to the world. She is such an amazing woman, with such an open heart. It's a real hard line, and…
— Nikki Reed
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You'll be a good parent when you're ready to no longer be selfish. Until I was about 35, it was all about me. I look…
— Lauren Holly
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Men tend to be selfish.
— Caprice Bourret
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In order to be able to give a girlfriend the amount of time she deserves, you would need time, and I just can't give her…
— Ryan Kwanten
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Fear-of not being loved, of abandonment, of being thought to be selfish-is the main thing that keeps us vulnerable and bound in the chains of…
— Sue Thoele
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The energy crisis has not yet overwhelmed us, but it will if we do not act quickly. It's a problem that we will not be…
— Jimmy Carter
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I played Lucifer once, which is sort of a difficult character to research. I thought to myself, "We all have the potential to be selfish,…
— Viggo Mortensen
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Selfishness is the greatest curse of the human race.
— William E. Gladstone
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Point me out the happy man and I will point you out either egotism, selfishness, evil - or else an absolute ignorance.
— Graham Greene
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It's enough to indulge and to be selfish but true happiness is really when you start giving back.
— Adrian Grenier
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From this it follows that con-sideration for other persons or for other living beings is very vital for goodness and want of consideration for other…
— Morarji Desai
Who Wrote These Being Selfish Quotes
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