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Selfishness  Quotes
These capitalists generally act harmoniously and in concert, to fleece the people”– –

—Abraham Lincoln

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LOVE YOURSELF” does not mean to do only what one feels or perceives is right, but the thing which is morally right for everyone.

—Anuj Somany

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I cannot calculate nor attempt to manage sacrifice, for to do so is to attempt to sacrifice comfortably. And it is in the attempt to sacrifice comfortably that I begin to realize that the desire...

—Craig D.

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It’s fallacious reasoning for the atheist to hate all religion due to men who manipulate religion to fit their own agendas. They are counterparts, therefore, if Truth is true, partners in crime. To believers, the...

—Criss Jami

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I am a beast until I love as God doth love.

—George MacDonald

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Galinda didn’t see the verdant world through the glass of the carriage; she saw her own reflection instead. She had the nearsightedness of youth. She reasoned that because she was beautiful she was significant, though...

—Gregory Maguire

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When the same qualities which we admire in ourselves are seen in others, even though they be superior, maliciously lower and carp at them.

—John Calvin

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I am a selfish, conceited, impudent little animal, it is true, but, after all, I am only one grand conglomeration of Wanting…

—Mary MacLane

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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.

—Nella Larsen

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The good turn will educate the boy out of the groove of selfishness.

—Sir Baden-Powell

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Selfish people tend to only be good to themselves… then are surprised when they are alone.

—Steve Maraboli

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Now, he’d loved money for money’s sake. He loved the feel of it, not only in his hands, but also in his heart.

—Steven J.

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One gains a profoundly personal, selfish joy from the mere existence of the person one loves. It is one’s own personal, selfish happiness that one seeks, earns and derives from love.

—Ayn Rand

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Some people want what they are not willing to give.

—Brenda Johnson Padgitt

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We all of us need to be toppled off the throne of self, my dear,” he said. “Perched up there the tears of others are never upon our own cheek.

—Elizabeth Goudge

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We are to give (and take) true love without falling into the narcissistic habit of only trying to take it in.

—Criss Jami

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Your corn is ripe today; mine will be so tomorrow. ‘Tis profitable for us both, that I should labour with you today, and that you should aid me tomorrow. I have no kindness for you,...

—David Hume

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Lovemaking takes time!It is a myth for lovemaking to be quick and smooth. To find pleasure in each other, both men and women need to take time to explore each other with their hands; their...

—J.F. Kelly

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I content myself with the fact that the general system of our trade is a system of selfishness, is not dictated by the high sentiments of human nature much less by the sentiments of love...

—Joshua Ferris

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Those who make hostility a daily manner are often left in the lurch at difficult times.

—Michael Bassey Johnson

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To love can mean ‘to love oneself,’ and often love is no more than a juxtaposition of two solitudes.

—Pope Paul

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But if you were any different you wouldn’t be human.

—Wu Ming-Yi

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God creates us free, free to be selfish, but He adds a mechanism that will penetrate our selfishness and wake us up to the presence of others in this world, and that mechanism is called...

—William Nicholson

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Perhaps what I am about to say will appear strange to you gentlemen, socialists, progressives, humanitarians as you are, but I never worry about my neighbor, I never try to protect society which does not...

—Alexandre Dumas

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The world is not fair, and often fools, cowards, liars and the selfish hide in high places. (p 57)

—Bryant McGill

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Indeed this gentleman’s stoicism was of that not uncommon kind, which enables a man to bear with exemplary fortitude the afflictions of his friends, but renders him, by way of counterpoise, rather selfish and sensitive...

—Charles Dickens

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Self-CenterednessSelfishnessSensitiveness
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Deceit for personal gain is one of history’s most recurring crimes. Man’s first step towards change would be thinking, counter-arguing, re-thinking, twisting, straightening, perfecting, then believing every original idea he intends to make public before...

—Criss Jami

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It all depends on what people you’re talking about helping. That’s the wonderful think about just about every religion on the planet – they’re all so incredibly selfish.

—Derek Landy

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There are some people that see the half full cup and get upset about where the other half of the cup went… With an attitude like that, they will never be happy. I see a...

—Daniel Prokop

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Ah, those foolish days, those foolish days when we were unselfish and pure-minded; those foolish days when our simple hearts were full of truth, and faith, and reverence! Ah, those foolish days of noble longings...

—Jerome K.

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Know the Self as Lord of the chariot, the body as the chariot itself, the discriminating intellect as the charioteer, and the mind as the reins. The senses, say the wise, are the horses; selfish...

—Katha Upanishad

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What are you really living for? It’s crucial to realize that you either glorify God, or you glorify something or someone else. You’re always making something look big. If you don’t glorify God when you’re...

—Ken Sande

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Choose altruism, because selfishism is a lonely, cold, dark hole.

—Richelle E.

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Almost every sinful action ever committed can be traced back to a selfish motive. It is a trait we hate in other people but justify in ourselves.

—Stephen Kendrick

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I don’t want you to leaveWhich is exactly why I should. But don’t worry. I’m essentially a selfish creature. I crave your company too much to do what I should.

—Stephenie Meyer

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Sometimes we realize that we are like facebook ,people using us for themselves , meeting each other via us , earning via us,taking all credits , even no one talking about us ,just using US...

—Akash Khialani

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SelfishSelfishnessStrong
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Nothing instills more fear and worry in one’s good heart than his burgeoning success as it devours his precious & pleasurable moments for self-introspection to make timely correction with an influx of a lot of...

—Anuj Somany

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If I give with the motive to get, regardless of the degree to which that motive besets me, I will walk away impoverished and I will leave those to whom I have given just as...

—Craig D.

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Man is not, by nature, deserving of all that he wants. When we think that we are automatically entitled to something, that is when we start walking all over others to get it.

—Criss Jami

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Most people are far too much occupied with themselves to be malicious.

—Friedrich Nietzsche

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

—frank jymz

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We hurt people, when we give ourselves more value than others.

—Junaid Raza

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Life is just a big game of Texas hold’em, unexpected things may arise that may suite you or destroy you. You gotta make the best of the cards your dealt, adjust accordingly, and always understand...

—Mustafa Said

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His Kingship, precisely because it is so broad, so total, is doomed to be rejected by anybody who is still into tribalism, or small belonging systems. We don’t really like the big Kingdom if it...

—Richard Rohr

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If there is to be any hope for the world, indeed if you really want to find satisfaction and happiness in your life, you must regard the return you will receive as a secondary consideration,...

—James Darlin

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More or less we are all Selfish. When it’s come to Friendship, I do think that fish cant jump onto the ship!

—Shah Moazzem

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We’re a society of brats, fighting over the same toys. That, for me, is the closest we come to be inherently evil as a people. It leads to selfishness, inflexibility, and impatience — among so...

—Trevor D.

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Avoiding pain causes endless suffering for you and others. Avoiding pain is really selfishness.

—Bryant McGill

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Selfishness Stops The Flow Of Blessings To You and Others

—Brenda Johnson Padgitt

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BlessingFlowOthers
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Those are who are selfish are rewarded for being nice. Those who truly care about others feel a smile in return is all the reward they need.

—Craig Mercier

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