Continuity Quote by Charles Horton Cooley

The force of selfishness is as inevitable and as calculable as the force of gravitation.

— George Stillman Hillard

Nothing resembles selfishness more closely than self-respect

— George Sand

Selfishness is weakness. But loving and caring for others is a position of power beyond anything we can possibly imagine.

— Joel Osteen

“What we traditionally call ‘selfish tendencies’ is only a narrow interpretation of what self-serving behaviour entails, wherein human characteristics are perceived through the flawed…

— Athene's Theory of Everything

Capricious, wanton, bold, and brutal Lust Is meanly selfish; when resisted, cruel; And, like the blast of Pestilential Winds, Taints the sweet bloom of…

— John Milton

To one degree or another we all struggle with selfishness. Since it is so common, why worry about selfishness anyway? Because selfishness is really…

— Neal A. Maxwell

To be selfish is to sacrifice the nobler for the meaner ends, and to be sordidly content.

— Hugh Reginald Haweis

This idea of selfishness as a virtue, as opposed to generosity: That, to me, is unnatural.

— Jessica Lange

Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.

— Tacitus

Selfishness is a quality and not necessarily a bad thing.

— Arjen Robben

Selfishness corrodes. Unselfishness ennobles, satisfies. Don't put off the joy derivable from doing helpful, kindly things for others.

— B. C. Forbes