Selfishness Quotes

693 Selfishness quotes by 476 unique authors

Happiness begins when selfishness ends. — John Wooden
The greatest comforts and lasting peace are obtained, when one eradicates selfishness from within. — Guru Gobind Singh
Some, like Ebenezer Scrooge in Dickens's A Christmas Carol, have a hard time loving anyone, even themselves, because of their selfishness. Love seeks to give… — James E. Faust
If we do not cling to riches, selfishness or greed-then I believe we are getting closer to God. — Daniel Ortega
As Jesus explained, the right things have to die so the right things can live--we die to selfishness, greed, power, accumulation, prestige, and self-preservation, giving… — Jen Hatmaker
[The seers call him wise] whose every attempt is free, without any desire for gain, without any selfishness. — Swami Vivekananda
Sometimes a fog will settle over a vessel's deck and yet leave the topmast clear. Then a sailor goes up aloft and gets a lookout… — Charles Spurgeon
By obliging men to turn their attention to other affairs than their own, it rubs off that private selfishness which is the rust of society. — Alexis de Tocqueville
Anyone who recognizes this regime [Israel] because of the pressure of the World oppressor, or because of naiveté or selfishness, will be eternally disgraced and… — Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
The squirrel hoards nuts and the bee gathers honey, without knowing what they do, and they are thus provided for without selfishness or disgrace. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Was it hardness, was it selfishness, that she should ask me to risk my life for her own glorification? Such thoughts may come to middle… — Arthur Conan Doyle
Every moral act of love, of mercy, and of sacrifice brings to pass the end of the world where hatred, cruelty, and selfishness reign supreme. — Nikolai Berdyaev
At no time and in no circumstances should a Communist place his personal interests first; he should subordinate them to the interests of the nation… — Mao Zedong
The Holy Spirit is the immediate source of all holiness. He is entirely sincere, and perfect in love. He is generous. He is pure in… — Griffith John
No universal selfishness can bring social good to all, — W. E. B. Du Bois
Broader and deeper we must write our annals, from an ethical reformation, from an influx of the ever new, ever sanative conscience, if we would… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Selfishness is the making a man's self his own centre, the beginning and end of all he doeth. — John Owen
Selfishness so often is the basis of money problems, which are a very serious and real factor affecting the stability of family life. Selfishness is… — Gordon B. Hinckley
The dictionary describes a selfish person as one who is 'concerned excessively or exclusively with oneself: seeking pleasure or well-being without regard for others.' May… — H. Burke Peterson
In a word, most bad attitudes are the result of selfishness. — John C. Maxwell
Selfishness at the expense of others happiness is demonism. — Henry Ward Beecher
The man who lives by himself and for himself is likely to be corrupted by the company he keeps. — Charles Henry Parkhurst
Take the selfishness out of this world and there would be more happiness than we should know what to do with. — Josh Billings
Those who do not hate their own selfishness and regard themselves as more important than the rest of the world are blind because the truth… — Blaise Pascal
Selfishness is much more than an ordinary problem because it activates all the cardinal sins! It is the detonator in the breaking of the Ten… — Neal A. Maxwell

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