Selfishness Quotes

693 Selfishness quotes by 476 unique authors

Every experiment, by multitudes or by individuals, that has a sensual and selfish aim, will fail. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Selfishness is one of the qualities apt to inspire love. — Nathaniel Hawthorne
Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness. — Napoleon Hill
Being sorry is the highest act of selfishness, seeing value only after discarding it. — Douglas Horton
What we won when all of our people united must not be lost in suspicion and distrust and selfishness and politics. Accordingly, I shall not… — Lyndon B. Johnson
Tyranny or slavery, born of selfishness, are the two educational methods of parents; all gradations of tyranny or slavery. — Franz Kafka
As selfishness and complaint pervert the mind, so love with its joy clears and sharpens the vision. — Helen Keller
Let us reject violence and selfishness which could destroy our country's unity. — Mwai Kibaki
Abortion and racism are both symptoms of a fundamental human error. The error is thinking that when someone stands in the way of our wants,… — Alveda King
Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Many seniors understand that Social Security is social insurance as opposed to a program where we put money aside for our own retirement. But most… — Richard Lamm
This idea of selfishness as a virtue, as opposed to generosity: That, to me, is unnatural. — Jessica Lange
I am confident that nobody... will accuse me of selfishness if I ask to spend time, while I am still in good health, with my… — Nelson Mandela
Being selfish to me means that you have to look out for yourself and you don't have to sacrifice. — Herbie Mann
Being stubborn has helped, being selfish is not a bad thing. — Herbie Mann
Modesty and unselfishness - these are the virtues which men praise - and pass by. — Andre Maurois
The rising sun can dispel the darkness of night, but it cannot banish the blackness of malice, hatred, bigotry, and selfishness from the hearts of… — David O. McKay
If selfishness is the key to being miserable, then selflessness must be the key to being happy! — Joyce Meyer
We can pay the ecological debt by changing economic models, and by giving up luxury consumption, setting aside selfishness and individualism, and thinking about the… — Evo Morales
Romance is alive and well in America, but the 50 percent who can't make it work fail because of selfishness. It gets down to that.… — Donny Osmond
If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness and fears. — Cesare Pavese
There is more selfishness and less principle among members of Congress than I had any conception of, before I became President of the U.S. — James K. Polk
Selfishness, narcissism, being uncomfortable in your own skin, not feeling connected to the world around you, feeling dislocated from family and youth, having a strange… — Jason Reitman
Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip. — Will Rogers
When a man is wrapped up in himself, he makes a pretty small package. — John Ruskin

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