Quotes of: Being-selfish Keyword

Human nature must have come much nearer perfection than it is now, or will be in many generations, to exclude from such a control prejudice, selfishness, ambition, and injustice.

Elihu Root

People have evolved into something selfish, greedy and intolerant. People are unaccepting, because of religion, race, gender, sexual orientation... I've seen it in punk clubs, and I've seen it in the world.

Gerard Way

In almost every marriage there is a selfish and an unselfish partner. A pattern is set up and soon becomes inflexible, of one person always making the demands and one person always giving way.

Iris Murdoch

The selfish thing about an athlete is you always look at the side of things where you say I could've done that better.

Andy Roddick

I want to speak directly to the audience, to say, 'I'm like you - I'm frustrated, I'm not an expert, I don't have a manual on parenting, I make mistakes, I'm selfish too.'

Bernie Mac

When feels that someone puts you aside, sometimes thinks in an act of selfishness but always its really to have afraid of something worst.

Life

Boys, be ambitious. Be ambitious not for money, not for selfish aggrandizement, not for the evanescent thing which men call fame. Be ambitious for the attainment of all that a man can be.

William Clark

Socialism proposes no adequate substitute for the motive of enlightened selfishness that today is at the basis of all human labor and effort, enterprise and new activity.

William Howard Taft

But Nita had always seen having a child as selfish. Why bring another soul into this world, she'd say, when there are so many out there that need our help?

Crux

Lust, anger, attachment, greed, over pride be, Jealousy, selfishness, injustice, cruelty, ego truly; - 153 -

Devi Mahatmayam in English Rhyme

To be stupid, and selfish, and to have good health are the three requirements for happiness - though if stupidity is lacking, the others are useless.

Flaubert's Parrot

Everyone is out for himself. Not everyone will say so but everyone so. And those that don't say so often behave in an even more grossly selfish way.

The Bachelors

Selfishness keeps man blind through life.

The Bowl of Saki: Thoughts for Daily Contemplation from the Sayings and Teachings of Hazrat Inayat Khan

People can be cruel, deadly, heartless, selfish, disrespectful. They can be vice-ridden and lack any basic empathy toward their fellow man.

Blue Notes

When a leader replaces the value of selfless service with selfish ambition they have officially regressed back into a boss.

44 Days of Leadership

I love them, they are so nice and selfish. Dogs are TOO good and unselfish. They make me feel uncomfortable. But cats are gloriously human.

Anne of the Island

Courage, I realised, was not the absence of fear: it was the absence of selfishness; putting someone else's interest before one's own.

The Almond Tree

You're terribly selfish, you know. I've loved you so long, and it was never dear or precious to you. I might as well have not loved you at all.

The Replacement

As you can see marriage is about putting away selfishness and taking on the concept of teamwork.

A Man After God's Own Heart

Are you willing to nourish your heart with love; then your selfishness will starve to death.

Love Poems: Love Conquers All

The bedrock of corruption is the attitude of selfishness. Nations are ruined when politicians think for themselves first before thinking about anyone else!

Leaders' Watchwords