Self Interest Quotes

230 Self Interest quotes by 193 unique authors

Man—every man—is an end in himself, not a means to the ends of others; he must live for his own sake, neither sacrificing himself to… — Ayn Rand
There is no rest for the humble except in despising the great, whose only thought of the people is inspired by self-interest or sadism. — Louis-Ferdinand Celine
We have always known that heedless self interest was bad morals, we now know that it is bad economics. — Franklin D. Roosevelt
Our actions in this world, and our ability to rise above the limits of our own self-interest, live on far beyond us and play their… — Kent Nerburn
Because God is never cruel, there is a reason for all things. We must know the pain of loss; because if we never knew it,… — Dean Koontz
Beware At war Or at peace, More people die Of unenlightened self-interest Than of any other disease — Octavia Butler
That's what the leadership was teaching me, day by day: that the self-interest I was supposed to be looking for extended well beyond the immediacy… — Barack Obama
It turns out that one can perpetrate all manner of heinous villainy under a cloak of courtesy and good cheer. . .a man will forfeit… — Christopher Moore
I put my hand out and wiped the vomit from his lips, and cooed soothing words to him. It squeezed my heart to see him… — Aravind Adiga
That's how we slide, and while we slide we blame the world's problems on colonialism, imperialism, capitalism, corporatism, stupid white men, and America, but there's… — Steve Toltz
We probably have a greater love for those we support than for those who support us. Our vanity carries more weight than our self-interest. — Eric Hoffer
Cats are autocrats of naked self-interest. They are both amoral and immoral, consciously breaking rules. Their ''evil'' look at such times is no human projection:… — Camille Paglia
Redtail was a brave warrior. His loyalty to ThunderClan could never be doubted. I always relied on his judgment, for it bore witness to the… — Erin Hunter
She had never realized any love save love as passion. Such love, though it expends itself in generosity and thoughtfulness, though it give birth to… — Thornton Wilder
If it is written and read with serious attention, a novel, like a myth or any great work of art, can become an initiation that… — Karen Armstrong
Courage is a decision you make to act in a way that works through your own fear for the greater good as opposed to pure… — Derrick Bell
Love...no such thing. Whatever it is that binds families and married couples together, that's not love. That's stupidity or selfishness or fear. Love doesn't exist.… — Arthur Rimbaud
The warrior's nobility is like a prostitute's smile, the truth of which is self-interest. — Georges Bataille
Walter had never liked cats. They'd seemed to him the sociopaths of the pet world, a species domesticated as an evil necessary for the control… — Jonathan Franzen
Perhaps if we could popularise through the techniques of branding and consumerism, a different idea, a different narrative, perhaps the world can change. After all… — Russell Brand
We are all members of the same flawed species. Putting our moral vision into practice means imposing our will on others. The human lust for… — Steven Pinker
In a way she actually preferred Peter to other people because of this. He always acted out of intelligent self-interest. — Orson Scott Card
A spirit of harmony can only survive if each of us remembers, when bitterness and self-interest seem to prevail, that we share a common destiny. — Barbara Jordan
Happiness lies in making others happy, in forsaking self-interest to bring joy to others. — Paramahansa Yogananda
Since unhappiness excites interest, many, in order to render themselves interesting, feign unhappiness. — Philibert Joseph Roux

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