Quotes About Selfishness

The corrupted mind has no true friend and whatever he does it will be only to his own benefit.

The majority of African leaders, past and present, have fallen in love with the seat of the presidency. They are unwilling to leave their personal interests outside the door.

There is a touch of selfishness in everyone. Everyone wants only the best for themselves, in this world or in the hereafter.

Those who are blessed with the natural resources wish to keep all the wealth to themselves only.

A man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights.

Men take only their needs into consideration - never their abilities.

A cowardly act! What do I care about that? You may be sure that I should never fear to commit one if it were to my advantage.

War grows out of the desire of the individual to gain advantage at the expense of his fellow man.

We're all born with selfish desires, so we can all relate to those feelings in others. But kindness is something made individually by each person...so it's easy to misunderstand when others are trying to be kind to you.

The living mourn the dead for a time but they forget about them as days pass. The living are so selfish, so spoilt, so taken with the very act of living that they don't remember long.

Even the early droplets of selfish decisions suggest a direction. Then the little inflecting rivulets come, merging into small brooks and soon into larger streams; finally one is swept along by a vast river which flows into the "gulf of misery and endless wo" (Hel. 5:12).

It takes faith, too, and obedience, to conquer selfishness, that unsubmissive characteristic which, if unchecked, produces profound personal melancholy and solitariness. Selfishness is a form of self-worship, and we have been told, "Thou shalt have no other Gods before me" (Exodus 20:3).

Never have so many been schooled so much as to their rights while, at the same time, being taught that there are no behavioral wrongs. If we can but realize that Satan is selfishness at the end of its journey, then we can see where our selfish society is headed.

That sounded a lot more appetizing than my aging cynicism, complete lack of interest in others, and lifetime of enthusiastic immersion in a culture that encourages you to look out for number one. Clearly, my best self was miles down the road.

How people pervert religious doctrine to serve their own needs.

The trouble with Clare was, not only that she wanted to have her cake and eat it too, but that she wanted to nibble at the cakes of other folk as well.

I am confident that nobody... will accuse me of selfishness if I ask to spend time, while I am still in good health, with my family, my friends and also with myself.

THE DESIRE FOR PRIVACY is strong; vanity is stronger.

You can't live your life for other people. You've got to do what's right for you, even if it hurts some people you love.

En este siglo toda empresa colectiva edifica prisiones. Sólo el egoísmo nos impide colaborar en vilezas. Hoy los copartícipes terminan en cómplices.

People who invariably put themselves first will find that others tend to put them last.

a person acting selfishly is overly sanguine, and has too much blood; this is remedied by cutting down on meat, or by making small cuts into the veins to release blood.

We are all basically selfish, driven by fear of death and the hope of personal gain

My mom can't defend herself to the world. She is such an amazing woman, with such an open heart. It's a real hard line, and I crossed it. I took everyone's life story and assumed it would be a great thing to put on screen. I was being selfish and I feel so horrible about it. I feel so guilty.