Selfishness Quotes

693 Selfishness quotes by 476 unique authors

There are some frauds so well conducted that it would be stupidity not to be deceived by them. — Charles Caleb Colton
Selfishness comes from poverty in the heart, from the belief that love is not abundant. — Miguel Angel Ruiz
Do not be too quick to condemn the man who no longer believes in God: for it is perhaps your own coldness and avarice and… — Thomas Merton
When a teacher of the future comes to point out to the youth of America how the highest rewards of intellect and devotion can be… — Elihu Root
Every major horror of history was committed in the name of an altruistic motive. Has any act of selfishness ever equalled the carnage perpetrated by… — Ayn Rand
A liking for truth at any cost is a passion that spares nothing and that nothing resists. It's a vice, at times a comfort, or… — Albert Camus
The act of love . . . is a confession. Selfishness screams aloud, vanity shows off, or else true generosity reveals itself. — Albert Camus
We are all making a crown for Jesus out of these daily lives of ours, either a crown of golden, divine love, studded with gems… — Aimee Semple McPherson
It is selfishness which is the cause of most of our misery. — Gordon B. Hinckley
Satan had two conditions [to his plan]: the first was the denial of agency, and the second, that he would have the honor. In other… — James E. Faust
Let it never be said by future generations that indifference, cynicism or selfishness made us fail to live up to the ideals of humanism which… — Nelson Mandela
Individualism is rather like innocence: There must be something unconscious about it. — Louis Kronenberger
One of the unseen benefits of having children is that they deliver you from your own selfishness. There's no going back. — Martin Amis
And sometimes it's the very otherness of a stranger, someone who doesn't belong to our ethnic or ideological or religious group, an otherness that can… — Karen Armstrong
Declare your jihad on thirteen enemies you cannot see - Egoism, Arrogance, Conceit, Selfishness, Greed, Lust, Intolerance, Anger, Lying, Cheating, Gossiping and Slandering. If you… — Al-Ghazali
We must learn that to enjoy happiness we must conscientiously and continuously seek to spread happiness. Selfishness is suicidal to happiness. — B. C. Forbes
Selfishness is the root and source of all natural and moral evils. — Nathanael Emmons
There is an honesty which is but decided selfishness in disguise. The person who will not refrain from expressing his or her sentiments and manifesting… — Arthur Helps
How sick one gets of being "good," how much I should respect myself if I could burst out and make everyone wretched for twenty-four hours;… — Alice James
We receive mixed messages about taking good care of ourselves. Love thy neighbor as thyself means to love thyself and thy neighbor. Yet, self-love often… — Jennifer James
If faith is lacking, it is because there is too much selfishness, too much concern for personal gain. For faith to be true, it has… — Mother Teresa
A red rose is not selfish because it wants to be a red rose. It would be horribly selfish if it wanted all the other… — Oscar Wilde
We cannot doubt that self-interest is the mainspring of human nature. It must be clearly understood that this word is used here to designate a… — Frederic Bastiat
Self-interest is not myopic selfishness. It is whatever it is that interests the participants, whatever they value, whatever goals they pursue. The scientist seeking to… — Milton Friedman
The greatest productive force is human selfishness. — Robert A. Heinlein

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