Selfish Quotes

The truth is, I think we are a self-less society, not a selfish society. Because we're so busy now.

In Europe first and now in America, elected men have taken it upon themselves to indebt their people...

Let us understand what our own selfish genes are up to because we may then at least have the chance ...

A man is called selfish not for pursuing his own good, but for neglecting his neighbor's.

In marriage, a man becomes slack and selfish, and undergoes a fatty degeneration of his moral being.

I always said if it gets to a point where I really want a child, I would adopt; kids are amazing, so...

Now I lay me down to sleep,I pray the Lord my soul to keep,And if I die before I wake,I pray the Lor...

I am awfully greedy; I want everything from life. I want to be a woman and to be a man, to have many...

If this is going to be a Christian nation that doesn't help the poor, either we have to pretend that...

At first I did not love you, Jude; that I own. When I first knew you I merely wanted you to love me....

I have nothing to do with others, I am only concerned with myself. I take advantage of the fact that...

Good-nature, or what is often considered as such, is the most selfish of all the virtues: it is nine...

Here I am going to say something which may come as a bit of a shock. God doesn't necessarily want us...

It is not because the truth is too difficult to see that we make mistakes... we make mistakes becaus...

It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their own ...

Americans today confuse freedom with not being asked to sacrifice. The fact that you can't have ever...

In selfish men caution is as secure an armour for their foes as for themselves.

I doubt if I have made the best use of all my calamities. Soft, amiable natures they would have refi...

All my big mistakes are when I try to second-guess or please an audience. My work is always stronger...

Young women especially have something invested in being nice people, and it's only when you have chi...

The sad thing is most people have to check with someone before they do the things that make them hap...

It's all your fault, Mother,' said Larry austerely; 'you shouldn't have brought us up to be so selfi...

She wanted to get some personal profit out of things, and she rejected as useless all that did not c...

In almost every marriage there is a selfish and an unselfish partner. A pattern is set up and soon b...

Being goal-oriented instead of self-oriented is crucial. I know so many people who want to be writer...

It disturbs me no more to find men base, unjust, or selfish than to see apes mischievous, wolves sav...

What you love is your own love. It's not love, it's selfishness. It's not me you think of, but what ...

War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things: the decayed and degraded state of moral and pat...

Don’t sacrifice yourself too much, because if you sacrifice too much there’s nothing else you can gi...

Wisdom ceases to be wisdom when it becomes too proud to weep, too grave to laugh, and too selfish to...

We are all selfish and I no more trust myself than others with a good motive.

I'm selfish, impatient, and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I'm out of control, and at times har...

No knowledge, however thorough and extensive, no brilliance and perspicuity, no dialectic sophistica...

These are the few ways we can practice humility:To speak as little as possible of one's self.To mind...