Quotes About Selfishness

La santa criatura ignoraba que donde empieza la ambición cesan los sentimientos ingenuos.

Los hombres de genio no tenían hermanos ni hermanas, ni padres ni madres; las grandes obras que habrían de crear les imponían un egoísmo aparente al obligarles a sacrificarlo todo a su grandeza.

I deliver her immortal true love and all I get is a snub. She's beautiful but selfish. Is that what eternal life does to a person? I think death makes life sweeter, and knowing how much I have to lose makes every day more valuable. As long as I'm here, I won't waste another day.

I've never heard my dad say a bad word about anybody. He always keeps his emotions in check and is a true gentleman. I was taught that losing it was indulgent, a selfish act.

Selfishness is neither good nor bad—it depends on the way we are selfish as to whether it nourishes or injures.

We are quick to stand up for our own rights and reputation and eager for everyone to think well of us. At the same time, we are slow, very slow, to put ourselves out for the sake of others or for the sake of God's reputation. We'd much rather hear God's name taken in vain than our own.

No te intereses por nadie, Rafael; es mejor ser cruel con los demás que no tener que sufrir después calvario, pasión y muerte.

Ayn Rand was the godmother of laissez faire capitalism, the Virgin Mary of Libertarianism. She died in 1982. She spent her life attempting to turn selfishness into a religion so that people could claim their greed was grounded in the nature of man. Her heinous ideas and crappy books have given politicians philosophical cover to promote their "greed is good" agenda for decades.

Greed harms you: generosity helps you. This is why it has been said: 'Greed is the mother of incapacity'.

If your desire for 'good' is based on greed, it is not good, but greed.

Virtually all organisations known to you work largely by means of your greed.

Virtually all organisations known to you work largely by means of your greed. They attract you because... they appeal to your greed.

La codicia os daña: la generosidad os ayuda. Por eso se ha dicho: "La codicia es la madre de la incapacidad".

If you want to nourish your stupidity, try a little avarice.

La codicia te daña: la generosidad te ayuda. Por eso se ha dicho: 'La codicia es la madre de la incapacidad'.

La codicia te daña: la generosidad te ayuda. Es por esto que se ha dicho: "La codicia es la madre de la incapacidad.

Virtualmente todas las organizaciones que conoces funcionan esencialmente gracias a tu codicia.

La independencia prematura es la hija de la vanidad

Si tu deseo de lo "bueno" está basado en la avidez, no es bueno, es avidez.

Recuerda que virtualmente todas las organizaciones que conoces funcionan gracias a tu codicia. Te atraen porque apelan a tu codicia.

Si tu deseo de lo 'bueno' está basado en la avidez, no es bueno, es avidez.

Si eres codicioso, eres un prisionero. Si eres avaro, nunca serás llenado.

Si quieres alimentar tu estupidez, intenta un poco de avaricia.

Si quieres alimentar tu estupidez, intenta con un poquito de avaricia.