Quotes About Selfishness

A motto of the human race: Let me do as I like, and give me approval as well.

Behind every war stands those whom seek to gain from it.

No god save self, that is the way to live ...

He was a man, in short, who had arranged his own life to live comfortably, selfishly, and well on the personal side, so that he could give generously and impartially of his talents on the official side.

Forgiveness is the key that unlocks the door of resentment and the handcuffs of hatred. It is a power that breaks the chains of bitterness and the shackles of selfishness.

Forgiveness is the key which unlocks the door of resentment and the handcuffs of hatred. It breaks the chains of bitterness and the shackles of selfishness. The forgiveness of Jesus not only takes away our sins, it makes them as if they had never been.

I wanna be the girl with the most cake.

It turns out that speeding irresponsibly in a large truck, placing personal wealth ahead of the welfare of others, is one of the greatest sins in the Universe....

When you start to avoid what hurts you, what happens? Over time, your spiritual side grows stronger. And your selfish side starts to die.

And hoped to advance his own political career with a personal victory." "Like all true horse's asses, he hoped to go into politics.

Greed and ego are too often the downfall of mankind

Man is not, by nature, deserving of all that he wants. When we think that we are automatically entitled to something, that is when we start walking all over others to get it.

We knew from the outset and in a terribly selfish way that our interest lay only in each other.

politics is a dead game with no brother

Greed, like the love of comfort, is a kind of fear.

This leads us to discuss the strange anomaly of marriage—why is it that selfish wives nearly always have saintly husbands, and how is it that selfish husbands are usually provided with door-mat wives?

It's very true that you can be both selfless and selfish at the same time. What we tend towards, particularly in filmmaking, is this binary sort of, 'This is a good guy, this is a bad guy.' And I quite like the fact that life is a bit more complex than that.

There are no generalizations in American politics that vested selfishness cannot cut through.

Why do we cling to bigotry? Because bigotry, plainly, is convenient. It is a near-effortless way to both elevate one's stature and make a pity grab in this culture of victims that we have become.

My opinion of our Parliamentarians is shared by all of us who are victims of governors who have ruled over us selfishly.

He who acts with a constant view to his own advantage will be much murmured against.

Nonconformity is nothing but self-interest in disguise.

Let no one say that young love is generous. It is selfish and hungry. And

The ego tries to claim everything for itself, even subverting the soul's longing for Truth into another illusion.