Selfishness Quotes

693 Selfishness quotes by 476 unique authors

Selfish, adj. Devoid of consideration for the selfishness of others. — Ambrose Bierce
Selfish— a judgment readily passed by those who have never tested their own power of sacrifice. — George Eliot
Scientists have discovered that the small brave act of cooperating with another person, of choosing trust over cynicism, generosity over selfishness, makes the brain light… — Natalie Angier
All love is expansion, all selfishness is contraction. Love is therefore the only law of life. He who loves lives, he who is selfish is… — Swami Vivekananda
I enjoyed my own nature to the fullest, and we all know there lies happiness, although, to soothe one another mutually, we occasionally pretend to… — Albert Camus
We can also allow our Soulmate to pass us by,without accepting him or her,or even noticing. Then we will need another incarnation in order to… — Paulo Coelho
Without the protection of surliness and levity, all children would be crushed by the past—the past of others, loaded onto their shoulders. Selfishness is their… — Margaret Atwood
Here and there, human nature may be great in times of trial, but generally speaking it is its weakness and not its strength that appears… — Jane Austen
We can surely no longer pretend that our children are growing up into a peaceful, secure, and civilized world. We've come to the point where… — Madeleine L'Engle
It often turns out on closer inspection that acts of apparent altruism are really selfishness in disguise. — Richard Dawkins
You will find as you grow older that the first thing needful to make the world a tolerable place to live in is to recognize… — W. Somerset Maugham
Thus worshiping, serving, studying, praying, each in its own way squeezes selfishness out of us; pushes aside our preoccupations with the things of the world. — Neal A. Maxwell
Don't we forgive everything of a lover? We forgive selfishness, desire, guile. As long as we are the motive for it...There are some European words… — Michael Ondaatje
I did not believe him capable of love. That is an emotion in which tenderness is an essential part, but Strickland had no tenderness either… — W. Somerset Maugham
Nothing resembles selfishness more closely than self-respect — George Sand
And when you sense a faint potentiality for happiness after such dark times you must grab onto the ankles of that happiness and not let… — Elizabeth Gilbert
There are some upon this earth of yours,' returned the Spirit, 'who lay claim to know us, and who do their deeds of passion, pride,… — Charles Dickens
many people must be ruled to thrive. In their selfishness and greed, they see free people as their oppressors. They wish to have a leader… — Terry Goodkind
Begin each day by telling yourself: Today I shall be meeting with interference, ingratitude, insolence, disloyalty, ill-will, and selfishness – all of them due to… — Marcus Aurelius
But thoughtless ingratitude is the armour of the young; without it, how would they ever get through life? The old wish the young well, but… — Margaret Atwood
Arriving late was a way of saying that your own time was more valuable than the time of the person who waited for you. — Karen Joy Fowler
Although the human heart is selfish and arrogant, so many struggle against their selfishness and learn humility; because of them, as long as there is… — Dean Koontz
Happiness begins where selfishness ends. — John Wooden
We make allowance for a certain degree of selfishness in men; because we know it to be inseparable from human nature, and inherent in our… — David Hume
Greed and selfishness do seem to be central motivators of mankind. — Raymond Khoury

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