Quotes About Selfishness

The idiot is bound by his pride," he says. "It always has to be his way.

The Cleese Theory of Convenience. I think, roughly précised, it means that everyone will do only what's most convenient for them – and if you want things done your way you must not appear too agreeable or easy to please, or you will be the victim of other people's desire for convenience.

Avarice is a deadly sin.

I believe that the writers of Genesis had detected the inherent selfishness in human nature that I propose is in our genes, and invented the myth of original sin to account for it. It's an image. I am not acting as an exegete - I don't interpret scripture.

One of the biggest things we have to be able to do is to handle conflict and handle it correctly. We're able to look at our biases, look at our frustration, look at our sin in this area, our pride and our selfishness. It allows us to move forward.

Being single isn't all that bad, as you can be selfish and focus on yourself and your career.

I can eat two large pizzas and a tray of brownies in one sitting. I'm not sharing that. We can get another one, but I ain't sharing.

Instead of loving the Trinity of God (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit), we tend to love a different trinity: Me, myself, and I.

I have often noticed that spoiled, petted children, usually have very little love for their parents, or indeed for any one but themselves.

It was hard to love my wife and kids because I was all wrapped up in loving only myself. I did what I wanted, when I wanted, without any real concern for them.

Interest, ambition, fortune, time, temper, love, all kill friendship.

A man who loves others based solely on how they make him feel, or what they do for him, is really not loving others at all - but loving only himself.

Love is the selfishness of two persons.

...if all we mean by our love is a craving to be loved, we are in a very deplorable state.

Love of one is a piece of barbarism: for it is practised at the expense of all others. Love of God likewise.

The passion of love is essentially selfish, while motherhood widens the circle of our feelings.

No one thought of anything but themselves. My happiness, my future was the only thing you heard. Real love is to offer your life at the feet of another, and that's what people today are incapable of

Sometimes love makes you selfish. Sometimes it makes you stupid. Sometimes it reminds you why you love your gun.

The difficult part of love Is being selfish enough.

i hate leaving places i love i was never at one place long. am i selfish?

Amor deliria nervosa isn't a disease of love. It's a disease of selfishness.

The love of money is the source of an enormous amount of good; the fact that the good is a by-product of the selfish pursuit of riches has nothing to do with its indisputable value.

Love based upon indulgence of animal passion, is at best a selfish affair, and likely to snap under the slightest strain.

I didn't want to feel such love for someone else. I still wanted to be the object of that tidal wave.