Selfishness Quotes

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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
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
...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
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
I will waste not even a precious second today in anger or hate or jealousy or selfishness. I know that the seeds I sow I… — Og Mandino
Maternity is on the face of it an unsociable experience. The selfishness that a woman has learned to stifle or to dissemble where she alone… — Unknown Author
I feel now, that Arabia could easily be evangelized within the next thirty years if it were not for the wicked selfishness of Christians. — Samuel Marinus Zwemer
Selfishness, when it is punished by the world, is mostly punished because it is connected with egotism. — Arthur Helps
Competition, which is the instinct of selfishness, is another word for dissipation of energy, while combination is the secret of efficient production. — Edward Bellamy
Selfishness, not love, is the actuating motive of the gallant. — Madame Roland
Let us have but one end in view, the welfare of humanity; and let us put aside all selfishness in consideration of language, nationality, or… — John Amos Comenius
To consider persons and events and situations only in the light of their effect on me is to live on the doorstep of hell. Selfishness… — Thomas Merton
When we accept Christ we enter into three new relationships: (1) We enter into a new relationship with God. The judge becomes the father; the… — William Barclay
You are my inspiration and my folly. You are my light across the sea, my million nameless joys, and my day's wage. You are my… — George Bernard Shaw
The dramatic threat of ecological breakdown is teaching us the extent to which greed and selfishness are contrary to the order of creation. ...A given… — Pope John Paul II
If there's anything I'd like to preach about, the loudest, other than the Gospel, it's selfishness. If there's anything I'd like to impress upon the… — Jack Hyles
It seems to me that there are two great enemies of peace - fear and selfishness. — Katherine Paterson
For the academic the rhetorical sense of superiority through the possession of knowledge is essential for facing the daily grind, turning again to the otherwise… — Robin Winks
Commerce has set the mark of selfishness, the signet of its all-enslaving power, upon a shining ore, and called it gold: before whose image bow… — Percy Bysshe Shelley

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