Selfish Quotes

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Love . . . [is] a lack of personal selfishness. — Theodore M. Burton
A free society that allows each individual to seek his or her own selfish ends (without deliberately trying to harm anyone else) will produce a… — Stuart Kauffman
Yet one more item is needed to complete success, and that is the rendering of service to others in the community. Without this the mere… — Robert Baden-Powell
In contrast to the path of selfishness, there is no room for road rage on the straight and narrow way. — Neal A. Maxwell
We are vulnerable if we can be taken by a wave of emotion, invaded by an invidious impulse, roughed up by resentment, or engulfed by… — Neal A. Maxwell
The more our hearts and minds are turned to assisting others less fortunate than we, the more we will avoid the spiritually cankering effects that… — Joe J. Christensen
There will be selfishness and greed and corruption and narrowness and intolerance in the world tomorrow and tomorrow's tomorrow. But pray God we may have… — Harold Stassen
Education has now become the chief problem of the world, its one holy cause. The nations that see this will survive, and those that fail… — G. Stanley Hall
History down through the centuries has proved again and again that there can be but one outcome to a struggle for selfish power against forces… — Francis Bowes Sayre, Sr.
If you make a habit of sincere prayer, your life will be very noticeably and profoundly altered. Prayer stamps with its indelible mark our actions… — Alexis Carrel
Of all influences that cause men to choose wrong, selfishness is undoubtedly the strongest. Where it is, the Spirit is not. — William R. Bradford
All sin is selfish, whether it be lying, cheating, stealing, immorality, covetousness, or idleness. Sin is for one's own ends, not for another's-certainly not for… — Derek A. Cuthbert
There is no real happiness in having or getting, but only in giving. — Nathan Eldon Tanner
Ironically, brothers and sisters, the natural man who is so very selfish in so many ordinary ways is strangely unselfish in that he reaches for… — Neal A. Maxwell
...rise above selfishness. This includes spiritual selfishness, when one looks toward personal edification and strengthening and has no other interest than one's own salvation. To… — Hans B. Ringger
Think what a contribution selfish people of great talent could have made if their commitments had been made to Jesus Christ instead of to themselves!… — Vaughn J Featherstone
The most difficult thing for us seems to be to give of ourselves, to do away with selfishness. If we really love someone, nothing is… — Nathan Eldon Tanner
Every selfish man, strangely enough, becomes a self slayer — Sadhu Sundar Singh
Loyalty cannot be too liberally insisted upon. Altruism in nature remains an exception. It poses a puzzle, being in prima facie conflict with the survival… — Peter Birks
People always tend to chose what is best for them. They pretend to be unselfish, all so that they can feel good about themselves. Even… — Cheon Eunbi

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