Selfish Quotes

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Capitalism justified itself and was adopted as an economic principle on the express ground that it provides selfish motives for doing good, and that human… — George Bernard Shaw
I am giving you examples of the fact that this creature man, who in his own selfish affairs is a coward to the backbone, will… — George Bernard Shaw
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
Every noble action is selfish. Some selfish actions are nobler than others. But they are all selfish. And as such there can be no action… — Kedar Joshi
National progress is the sum of individual industry, energy, and uprightness, as national decay is of individual idleness, selfishness, and vice. — Samuel Smiles
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
Shall an invention be patented or donated to the public freely? I have known some well-meaning scientific men to look askance at the patenting of… — Elihu Thomson
When you do things in a selfish way, let alone a destructive way, then you are bound by that karma. Your state of mind will… — Frederick Lenz
Humans call animals 'dumb'... after they robbed their entire own precious world. They are intelligent beings in their own right, and thoroughly self-sufficient... if not… — Adela Popescu
It needs some intelligence to be truly selfish. The unintelligent can only be self-righteous. — Eric Hoffer
The yearning for an afterlife is the opposite of selfish: it is love and praise for the world that we are privileged, in this complex… — John Updike
It is one's own personal, selfish happiness that one seeks, earns, and derives from love. — Ayn Rand
People have become so selfish that they no longer care for others, or anything other than their own welfare. — Sathya Sai Baba
A Christian marriage is [not] one with no problems or even a marriage with fewer problems. (It may well mean more problems.) But it does… — Keith Miller
The selfish man cuts away the sand from under his own feet, he digs his own grave; and every time, from the beginning of the… — Charles Henry Fowler
If we let our friend become cold and selfish and exacting without a remonstrance, we are no true lover, no true friend. — Harriet Beecher Stowe
Self esteem is not the same as being self centered, self absorbed or selfish. Self esteem is also not complacency or overconfidence, both of which… — Glenn R. Schiraldi
The greatest moments in life are not concerned with selfish achievements, but rather with the things we do for others — Walt Disney
Those who oppose all reform will do well to remember that ruin in its worst form is inevitable if our national life brings us nothing… — Theodore Roosevelt
Meditation without selfless giving is not enough. You may go into very high states of consciousness but the rough edges will still be there -… — Frederick Lenz

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