Selfishness Quotes - Page 4

A true generous heart can never revolve majorly with monetary skills nor business acumen nor cunning mind.

Wars come from egotism and selfishness. Every macrocosmic or world war has its origin in microcosmic wars going on inside millions and millions of individuals.

As long as greed is the root of all evil, there will not be peace.
Get rid of selfishness and greed too will disappear.

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.

Nobody knows you as well as our spouse. And that means no one will be quicker to recognize a change when you deliberately start sacrificing your wants and wishes to make sure his or her needs are met.

Maybe you receive pain selfishly - thinking only of yourself. The cycle of pain wounds every participant.

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

You don't build a family by tearing down another one.

After our loved one dies: we cry, not because they left; but because they left us.

Being a 'good' parent is more about the parent, and, less about the 'supposedly-could-have-been-bad' child.

He had the blue kite in his hands; that was the first thing I saw. And I can't lie now and say my eyes didn't scan it for any rips.

Contrary to popular opinion, we are all a vast brotherhood of human beings whose very survival hinges not on what we keep, but on what we give. And it is in the giving that we not only survive to live another day, but we thrive to celebrate another day.

Oh, mankind, race of crocodiles! How well I recognize you down there, and how worthy you are of yourselves!

Self-interest lies behind all that men do, forming the important motive for all their actions; this rule has never deceived me

People don't want other people to be people.

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

It's way too easy to see the real face of a person. They're amiable and full of pretense when they want something from you, but the minute you don't give in, back away or put yourself first (like they do) is the minute they show you who they really are.

Because of the value placed on individual materialistic success in our society, we are surrounded by people primarily interested in getting something from others. Their attitudes are characterised by selfishness and a lack of empathy for others.

What you withhold in this life will be withheld from you in the next.

Maskini mwenye pesa nyingi ni tajiri bahili. Tajiri mwenye mifuko iliyotoboka ni tajiri badhiri.