Self-Interest Quotes

101 quotes by 88 authors

Even wisdom has to yield to self-interest. — Pindar
Often, the pretexts for starting a war are not real shortages of land, food or fuel, but rather perceptions - like fear, honor and perceived… — Victor Davis Hanson
A person only likes his friend to the degree he or she relates and connects to his character. — Unknown Author
We have an obligation to spread amateur baseball both at home and abroad. Building up the game at all levels - Little League, Babe Ruth… — A. Bartlett Giamatti
By dismantling the narrow politics of racial identity and selective self-interest, by going beyond 'black' and 'white,' we may construct new values, new institutions and… — Manning Marable
Enlightened self-interest from those involved in hydrocarbons should lead to the support of technologies enabling the clean use of hydrocarbons, such as carbon capture and… — Nicholas Stern
What is required from members of Congress and the public alike is a new spirit of devotion to the national welfare beyond party or self-interest. — Evan Bayh
Democracy actually requires that the whole public be able to see common problems and address them and step outside of their own sort of narrow… — Eli Pariser
By self-interest, Man has become gregarious, but in instinct he has remained to a great extent solitary; hence the need of religion and morality to… — Bertrand Russell
It's not a choice between war and peace. It's a choice between war and endless war. It's not appeasement. I think it's better even to… — Michael Scheuer
We reproach people for talking about themselves; but it is the subject they treat best. — Anatole France
Is it really true that political self-interest is nobler somehow than economic self-interest? — Milton Friedman
It certainly has not been in my self-interest to defend men. — Warren Farrell
The one important thing I have learned over the years is the difference between taking one's work seriously and taking one's self seriously. The first… — Margot Fonteyn
My commitment to the security and future of Israel is based upon basic morality as well as enlightened self-interest. Our role in supporting Israel honors… — Gerald R. Ford
I am supporting David Cameron purely out of cynical self-interest. — Boris Johnson
A culture in which guilt is automatically assumed to be neurotic and unhealthy has devised a remarkably clever way of protecting its self-interest. — Jonathan Kozol
I was induced to establish several orders of merit, from conviction that emulation, well directed, becomes a useful servant; and, that the latent genius of… — Joseph Lancaster
Perhaps the most powerful lesson other brands can learn from Nike is the need to act in accordance with the reality of the world we… — Simon Mainwaring
We must keep on trying to solve problems, one by one, stage by stage, if not on the basis of confidence and cooperation, at least… — Lester B. Pearson

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