Identity Quote by Marshall Goldsmith

self-interest usually brings injustice with it.

— Catherine the Great

Self-interest is the most ingenious and persuasive of all the agents that deceive our consciences, while by means of it our unhappy and stubborn…

— William C. Bryant

I actually think that self-interest is overrated as an all-purpose guide to political motive. It leaves out something at least as powerful and immovable…

— George Packer

Self-interest, to be sure, is one of the most important, but we have many other motives - honesty, self-respect, altruism, love, sympathy, faith, sense…

— Ha-Joon Chang

“the capital commandments of self-interest, self-importance, self-enrichment, and self-perpetuation.”

— Mark Leibovich

“When a nation was faced with a choice between abstract principle or complete self-interest, it took self-interest every time.”

— Jack L. Chalker

Is self-interest a bad thing? We want our leaders to be pure and good, but at the same time we want them to be…

— Beau Willimon

The beginning of self-knowledge: recognizing that your motives are the same as other people's.

— Mason Cooley

Your influence is determined by how abundantly you place other people's interests first.

— Bob Burg

“Intrinsic motivation is of great importance for all economic activities. It is inconceivable that people are motivated solely or even mainly by external incentives.”

— Daniel H. Pink

“The three social influences that we have emphasized—information, peer pressure, and priming—can easily be enlisted by private and public nudgers. As we will see,…

— Richard H. Thaler

Self-interest, be it enlightened, works indirectly for the public good.

— William H. Prescott