Selfish Quotes

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We receive mixed messages about taking good care of ourselves. Love thy neighbor as thyself means to love thyself and thy neighbor. Yet, self-love often… — Jennifer James
If you're not selfish enough to want to feel good, then you can't connect with the energy that is your Source which does always feel… — Esther Hicks
A red rose is not selfish because it wants to be a red rose. It would be horribly selfish if it wanted all the other… — Oscar Wilde
...if the citizens neglect their Duty and place unprincipled men in office, the government will soon be corrupted; laws will be made, not for the… — Noah Webster
If workers struggle for higher wages, this is hailed as "social gains", if businessmen struggle for higher profits, this is damned as "selfish greed". — Ayn Rand
Neither evil tongues, rash judgments, nor the sneers of selfish men, nor greetings where no kindness is, nor all the dreary intercourse of daily life,… — William Wordsworth
To exercise some sort of control over others is the secret motive of every selfish person. — Wallace D. Wattles
The really great man is often considered selfish by a large group of people who are connected with him and who feel that he might… — Wallace D. Wattles
Nature may be as selfishly studied as trade. Astronomy to the selfish becomes astrology; psychology, mesmerism (with intent to show where aour spoons are gone);… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
I am convinced that the majority of people would be generous from selfish motives, if they had the opportunity. — Charles Dudley Warner
So plain that no one, high or low, ever does mistake it, except in a plainly selfish way; for although volume upon volume is written… — Abraham Lincoln
The truth is that male religious leaders have had - and still have - an option to interpret holy teachings either to exalt or subjugate… — Jimmy Carter
Compassion brings fulfillment to the heart. Selfish desires simply agitate the heart. — Radhanath Swami
For Astrid, no matter what challenges they go through, they are going to face each other. It's hard for a daughter to accept that her… — Alison Lohman
...this bill will require the creation of a Federal police force of mammoth proportions. It also bids fair to result in the development of an… — Barry Goldwater
A government regulating itself by what is wise and just for the many, uninfluenced by the local and selfish views of the few who direct… — Thomas Jefferson
It is better that I drink this beer and let their dreams come true than be selfish and worry about my liver. — Jack Handey
Our minds have been built by selfish genes, but they have been built to be social, trustworthy and cooperative. — Matt Ridley
Christianity is a lifestyle - a way of being in the world that is simple, non-violent, shared, and loving. However, we made it into an… — Richard Rohr
But the most important lesson I have learned in my twenty years or research on morality is that nearly all people are morally motivated. Selfishness… — Jonathan Haidt

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