Own Interest Quotes
53 quotes by 47 authors
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He who becomes a Muslim does so in his own interest.
— Abu Bakr
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I'll declare my own interest right here at the start and admit that, like the vast majority of people, I find youthful looks appealing.
— Julie Burchill
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Very often the opinion of the clients must be disregarded in their own interest.
— John Mercer Johnson
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It is alleged by men of loose principles , or defective views of the subject, that religion and morality are not necessary or important qualifications…
— Noah Webster
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The person giving the advice returns the confidence placed in him with a disinterested eagerness... and he is usually guided only by his own interest…
— Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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Where it is in his own interest, every organism may reasonably be expected to aid his fellows. Where he has no alternative, he submits to…
— Michael Ghiselin
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However, I must stress that my own interest is immediate and in the picture. What I am conscious of and what I feel is the…
— Aaron Siskind
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We have the self-evident right to regulate our trade according to our own will and our own interest . . . . This right can…
— James Madison
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The myths and folk tales of the whole world make clear that the refusal is essentially a refusal to give up what one takes to…
— Joseph Campbell
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It is the nature of ambition to make men liars and cheats, to hide the truth in their breasts, and show, like jugglers, another thing…
— Sallust
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I believe that the basic nature of human beings is gentle and compassionate. It is therefore in our own interest to encourage that nature, to…
— Dalai Lama
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It comes down to risk, again and again. If you risk coming out, if you risk making pictures that aren’t good, you might discover something…
— Joel Meyerowitz
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But the egoist has no ideals, for the knowledge that his ideals are only his ideals, frees him from their domination. He acts for his…
— John Buchanan Robinson
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The egoist is fooled by no ideals: he discards them or uses them, as may suit his own interest.
— John Buchanan Robinson
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My own interest in basic aspects of electron transfer between metal complexes became active only after I came to the University of Chicago in 1946.
— Henry Taube
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Unfortunately for ethical egoism, the claim that we will all be better off if every one of us does what is in his or her…
— Peter Singer
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Bailey might not have great intelligence or abilities, but his whole aim, thought and study was that of the born leader--to look out for himself;…
— James Gould Cozzens
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It’s in our interest to take care of others. Self-centrednes s is opposed to basic human nature. In our own interest as human beings we…
— Dalai Lama
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Every man is to be considered in two capacities, the private and public; as designed to pursue his own interest, and likewise to contribute to…
— Joseph Butler
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The best way of fulfilling your own interest is to take care of others.
— Dalai Lama
Who Wrote These Own Interest Quotes
47 authors contributed a total of 53 Own Interest Quotes, led by these top contributors: