Disposition Quote by Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Self-interest is the enemy of all true affection.

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

self-interest usually brings injustice with it.

— Catherine the Great

Virtues lose themselves in self-interest, as rivers in the sea.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

“If you press people to identify the motives behind their self-interest it usually boils down to four items: money, power, status, and popularity.”

— Marshall Goldsmith

Some People can have there best interest in another person, the only problem with this is; some people don't have the best interest in…

— Emerah Marie

The approbation of others is a stimulus of which one must sometimes be wary. The feeling of one's own strength makes one modest.

— Paul Cezanne

“Having a low opinion of yourself is not 'modesty.' It's self-destruction. Holding your uniqueness in high regard is not 'egotism.' It's a necessary precondition…

— Bobbe Sommer

Modesty isn't always a virtue; it can be a hindrance; a careful measure of personal pride builds confidence and ensures success.

— Wayne Gerard Trotman

Pleasures that are in themselves innocent lose their power of pleasing if they become the sole or main object of pursuit.

— William Edward Hartpole Lecky

A modest person seldom fails to gain the goodwill of those he converses with, because nobody envies a man who does not appear to…

— Richard Steele

The name and pretense of virtue is as serviceable to self-interest as are real vices.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

The finest virtues can become deformed with age. The precise mind becomes finicky; the thrifty man, miserly; the cautious man, timorous; the man of…

— Andre Gide