Selfishness Quotes

693 Selfishness quotes by 476 unique authors

One thing is clear to me, that no indulgence of passion destroys the spiritual nature so much as respectable selfishness. — George MacDonald
It is almost impossible to overestimate the value of true humility and its power in the spiritual life. For the beginning of humility is the… — Thomas Merton
What is 'grace'? It is God's own life, shared by us. God's life is love. Deus caritas est. By grace we are able to share… — Thomas Merton
All men who live only according to their five senses, and seek nothing beyond the gratification of their natural appetites for pleasure and reputation and… — Thomas Merton
To one degree or another we all struggle with selfishness. Since it is so common, why worry about selfishness anyway? Because selfishness is really self-destruction… — Neal A. Maxwell
Now is the time to set your life's goals. Now is the time to set your standards firmly and then hold to them throughout your… — Spencer W. Kimball
Stubborn selfishness leads otherwise good people to fight over herds, patches of sand, and strippings of milk. All this results from what the Lord calls… — Neal A. Maxwell
On a selfish basis, I really enjoy sports and activity. — Alan Thicke
I think it all comes back to being very selfish as an artist. I mean, I really do just write and record what interests me… — David Bowie
The abortionist I worked for, he's a very greedy man, a selfish man. — Norma McCorvey
It can be rebuilt if other countries with selfish interests will not meddle, as has been done in the past. — Bulent Ecevit
Individualism has come in for an enormous amount of criticism over the years. It still does. It is widely assumed to be synonymous with selfishness...But… — Margaret Thatcher
We live in a world of transgressions and selfishness, and no pictures that represent us otherwise can be true; though happily for human nature, gleamings… — James F. Cooper
I have learned, by some experience, that virtue and patriotism, vice and selfishness, are found in all parties, and that they differ less in their… — William H. Seward
Failing to hold someone accountable is ultimately an act of selfishness. — Patrick Lencioni
In short, selfishness is the opposite of love. — Tim LaHaye
Satanism represents a form of controlled selfishness. — Anton Szandor LaVey
We're all basically made of the same stuff: generosity and selfishness, goodness and greed. — Madeleine M. Kunin
The Civilizedâ€¦ murder their children by producing too many of them without being able to provide for their well-being. Morality or theories of false virtue… — Charles Fourier
To the end, I will remain a child of Europe, of worry and of shame. I have no message of hope to deliver. For the… — Michel Houellebecq

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