Quotes About Selfishness

An immature Christian is selfish, self-centered, and finds it difficult to be happy unless he is getting what he wants in life.

These two forces of love, one selfish and self-seeking, the other charitable ( caritas ) and loving, continue to struggle with one another for domination in a man's soul.

Confrontation is one of the highest expressions of love. When done in love and compassion, confrontation is one the kindest things you can do for another person. A refusal to confront when needed, is one of the most selfish things you can do.

he is never named because he could have been any one of a number of candidates, or all of them. Because if you have seen one pharaoh, you have seen them all. They all act the same way in their greedy, uncaring, violent self-sufficiency.

Algunas personas, cuando le dicen al otro que ya no lo quieren, aprovechan para lavarse las manos: «¡Te dejo porque no te amo y tú tienes la culpa!». Doble golpe. Como quien dice, es hacer leña del árbol caído

Ambition breaks the ties of blood, and forgets the obligations of gratitude.

The wretch, concentred all in self, Living, shall forfeit fair renown, And, doubly dying, shall go down To the vile dust, from whence he sprung, Unwept, unhonored, and unsung.

Why are you unhappy? Because 99.9 percent of everything you think, and of everything you do, is for yourself—and there isn't one.

Why are you unhappy? Because 99.9 per cent of everything you do is for yourself And there isn't one.

Honor isn't about other people, it's about what you want to be," Louise said. "A hero does the good and noble thing. The villain allows fear or envy or selfishness to let him ignore what is right.

Les gens qui aiment retirer la nourriture des lèvres des autres ne veulent jamais nourrir les gens par la suite. Il en est de même pour ceux qui veulent que les autres abandonnent leurs rêves pour leur plaire ou répondre à leurs besoins, ils n'ont jamais de meilleur rêve à offrir.

People who like to remove food from other people's lips never want to feed the people afterwards. It's the same for those who want other people to give up on their dreams to please them or fit their needs, they never have a better dream to offer.

Everybody wants to eat at the government's table, but nobody wants to do the dishes.

Money-primed people become more independent than they would be without the associative trigger. They persevered almost twice as long in trying to solve a very difficult problem before they asked the experimenter for help, a crisp demonstration of increased self-reliance. Money-primed people are also more selfish: they were much less willing to spend time helping another student who pretended to be confused about an experimental task.

To a psychologist, it is self-evident that people are neither fully rational nor completely selfish, and that their tastes are anything but stable.

To a psychologist, it is self-evident that people are neither fully rational nor completely selfish, and that their tastes are anything but stable. Our two disciplines seemed to be studying different species, which the behavioral economist Richard Thaler later dubbed Econs and Humans.

La gente que está cognitivamente ocupada3 es más probable que haga elecciones egoístas, use un lenguaje sexista y emita juicios superficiales en situaciones sociales.

People who are cognitively busy are also more likely to make selfish choices, use sexist language, and make superficial judgments in social situations. Memorizing

To be read in context!!!) People who are "cognitively busy" are also more likely to make selfish choices, use sexist language, and make superficial judgments in social situations. Memorizing and repeating digits loosens the hold of System 2 on behavior, but if course cognitive load is not the only cause of weakened self-control.

You know the old Russian proverb, Allon. What's mine is mine, and what's yours is mine.

There will always be a way getting involved to make profit at everybodys expense.

By spending years and years living entirely for yourself, thinking only about yourself, and having responsibility to no one but yourself, you end up inadvertently extending the introverted existence of a teenager deep into middle age.

Otela mi je, Igore brate, moju sebi?nost, moje remekdelo!

Everyone has determination - it's a question of how you use it. Hers is based on power and success and conquering she doesn't care what she has to do or who gets hurt in the process. In that way we're very, very different.