Self interest Quote by Pindar Download Open image “Even wisdom has to yield to self-interest.” — Pindar ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.7 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Self interest Wisdom Yield
Wisdom is the talent of buying virtuous pleasures at the cheapest rate. — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
Clearly, wisdom requires using self-control to choose to do what is better. — Craig Williams Copy Share Image
Wisdom comes to those who diligently seek it. It is a wealth of knowledge and a spring of power. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Wisdom is corrupted by ambition, even when the quality of the ambition is intellectual. For ambition, even of this quality, is but a form… — Henry Taylor Copy Share Image
The next thing to having wisdom ourselves, is to profit by that of others. — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
Wisdom can only be absorbed and implied in your life when the mind is clear and willing to accept self is not perfect and… — Edward Shaylitsa Copy Share Image
Wisdom lies not in possessing knowledge - which quickly becomes outdated - but in perpetually seeking it. — Paul Johnson Copy Share Image
Wisdom may be the ultimate arbiter, but is seldom the immediate agent in human affairs. — James Fitzjames Stephen Copy Share Image
“War is sweet to those who have no experience of it. But the experienced man trembles exceedingly in his heart at its approach.” — Pindar Copy Share Image
“Custom is the lord of everything, of mortals and immortals king. High violence it justifies, with hand uplifted plundering.” — Pindar Copy Share Image
May God grant me love for that which has splendor; but in this time of my life let me strive for attainable things. — Pindar Copy Share Image
Every gift which is given, even though is be small, is in reality great, if it is given with affection — Pindar Copy Share Image
“There are indeed many wonders, and with regard to the stories people tell one another, it may be that such tales go beyond the… — Pindar Copy Share Image
[U]nless oppressed groups stick together, and on alliances of self interest rather than do-goodism; nothing can be accomplished in the long run to dismantle… — Shulamith Firestone Copy Share Image
A free society depends upon a high degree of mutual trust. The public will not give that trust to officials who are not seen… — Archibald Cox Copy Share Image
If it is written and read with serious attention, a novel, like a myth or any great work of art, can become an initiation… — Karen Armstrong Copy Share Image
When self-interest inclines a man to print, he should consider that the purchaser expects a pennyworth for his penny, and has reason to asperse… — William Shenstone Copy Share Image
I am not going to make any commitments to the teachers union to do anything until they do something that's other than in their… — Chris Christie Copy Share Image
Redtail was a brave warrior. His loyalty to ThunderClan could never be doubted. I always relied on his judgment, for it bore witness to… — Erin Hunter Copy Share Image
If my ruling disposition is self-interest, I perceive that everything that happens to me is always for or against my self-interest; if, on the… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
Every nation makes decisions based on self-interest and defends them on the basis of morality. — William Sloane Coffin Copy Share Image
Those who are successfully to lead their fellow-men, should have once possessed the nobler feelings. We have all known individuals whose magnanimity was not… — Arthur Helps Copy Share Image
What is required from members of Congress and the public alike is a new spirit of devotion to the national welfare beyond party or… — Evan Bayh Copy Share Image
[Former chief executives] come away thinking that America needs a strong, functioning presidency to succeed, and they become very protective of that office. Democrats… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
For the state by its nature claims sovereignty, the right to an unlimited development of power, determined only by self-interest. It is by nature… — Christian Lous Lange Copy Share Image
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