Citadels Quote by Henry Ward Beecher

Thus suicidal selfishness, that blights The fairest feelings of the opening heart, Is destined to decay, whilst from the soil Shall spring all virtue,…

— Percy Bysshe Shelley

Selfishness comes from poverty in the heart, from the belief that love is not abundant.

— Miguel Angel Ruiz

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

— Hugh Reginald Haweis

Selfishness can be a virtue. Selfishness is essential to survival, and without survival we cannot protect those whom we love more than ourselves.

— Duke Ellington

Selfish— a judgment readily passed by those who have never tested their own power of sacrifice.

— George Eliot

“Selfishness creates greed and greed destroys the soul.”

— Zarina Bibi

The selfish man suffers more from his selfishness than he from whom that selfishness withholds some important benefit.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Caring for our own hearts isn't selfishness; it's how we begin to love.

— John Eldredge

Selfishness is one of the qualities apt to inspire love.

— Nathaniel Hawthorne

The heart of our problem is the selfishness in our heart. The human spirit soars with hope when lifted by an encouraging word. The…

— Pierre de Coubertin

“Selfishness is self-absorption, self-seeking behaviour that either disregards the rights and needs of others or tramples them deliberately in favour of personal gain.”

— Adelyn Birch

Selfishness is one of the principal fruits of the corruption of human nature; and it is obvious that selfishness disposes us to over-rate our…

— William Wilberforce