Evil Quote by Richard G. Scott Download Open image “Selfishness is the root of great evil.” — Richard G. Scott ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.9 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Evil Roots Selfishness
Selfishness is the root and source of all natural and moral evils. — Nathanael Emmons Copy Share Image
Selfishness, if but reasonably tempered with wisdom, is not such an evil trait. — Giovanni Ruffini Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Selfishness is the bedrock on which all moral behavior starts and it can be immoral only when it conflicts with a higher moral imperative. — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
Selfishness is that detestable vice which no one will forgive in others, and no one is without in himself — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Considering yourself selflessly selfish is a principle of all great thinkers — Phil Collins Copy Share Image
“I think it is in our nature to be selfish, and in our capacity to do a great many evil things.” — Danielle L. Jensen Copy Share Image
Attempt to be creative for the joy it brings… Select something like music, dance, sculpture, or poetry. Being creative will help you enjoy life.… — Richard G. Scott Copy Share Image
“Repeatedly I have been impressed to learn that to reach a goal never before attained, one must do things never before done.” — Richard G. Scott Copy Share Image
A knowledge of truth is of little value unless lived in full measure. — Richard G. Scott Copy Share Image
“How grateful am I personally that our Savior taught we should conclude our most urgent, deeply felt prayers, when we ask for that which… — Richard G. Scott Copy Share Image
What I am trying to teach is that when we keep the temple covenants we have made and when we live righteously in order… — Richard G. Scott Copy Share Image
The seminary programs will help you as a young man or woman to lay a foundation for happiness and success in life. — Richard G. Scott Copy Share Image
No enduring improvement can occur without righteous exercise of agency. Do not attempt to override agency. The Lord himself would not do that. Forced… — Richard G. Scott Copy Share Image
Some missionaries are giants in the Spirit and pygmies in skills in the Spirit. Work hard to develop a balance. Your leaders, and you,… — Richard G. Scott Copy Share Image
Who can justly measure the righteous influence of a mother's love? What enduring fruits result from the seeds of truth that a mother carefully… — Richard G. Scott Copy Share Image
Repentance is not punishment, it is the hope filled path to a more glorious future. — Richard G. Scott Copy Share Image
“I have…learned that one cannot demand love and respect or require that the bonds of friendship and appreciation be extended as an unearned right.… — Richard G. Scott Copy Share Image
Do not become so absorbed with trivial things that you miss learning the doctrine and teachings of the Lord. — Richard G. Scott Copy Share Image
I've always been fascinated by the idea that there's no such thing as evil; it's all in your point of view. To one group… — Eli Roth Copy Share Image
If ever I did a man any goodof course it was something exceptional and insignificant compared with the good or evil which I am… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Every action that helps us manifest our divine nature more and more is good; every action that retards it is evil. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
I do conscientiously and sincerely believe that the Order of Freemasonry, if not the greatest, is one of the greatest moral and political evils… — John Quincy Adams Copy Share Image
Let us remember that every worldview-not just Christianity's-must give an explanation or an answer for evil and suffering...this is not just a problem distinctive… — Ravi Zacharias Copy Share Image
Evil cannot be "treated" -- nor should it be. Evil has to [be] confronted and destroyed and it matters not why the evil is… — Bill O'Reilly Copy Share Image
The evil which does me no harm is like the good which in no wise avails me. — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
Attack the evil that is within yourself, rather than attacking the evil that is in others. — Confucius Copy Share Image
Somewhere somebody must have some sense. Men must see that force begets force, hate begets hate, toughness begets toughness. And it is all a… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
There is a spirit which I feel that delights to do no evil, nor to revenge any wrong, but delights to endure all things,… — James Nayler Copy Share Image
The politician attempts to remedy the evil by increasing the very thing that caused the evil in the first place: legal plunder. — Frederic Bastiat Copy Share Image
