Selfishness Quotes - Page 15

• Did any man at his death ever regret his conflicts with himself, his victories over appetite, his scorn of impure pleasure, or his sufferings for righteousness' sake?

  William Ellery Channing

  Regret, Men, Suffering

  William Ellery Channing, George Channing (1849). “(407 p.)”, p.121

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• So long as selfishness makes government needful at all, it must make every government corrupt, save one in which all men are represented.

  Herbert Spencer

  Men, Government, Long

  Herbert Spencer (1883). “Social Statics, Or, The Conditions Essential to Human Happiness Specified, and the First of Them Developed”

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• Look into the world--how often do you behold a sordid wretch, whose straight heart is open to no man's affliction, taking shelterbehind an appearance of piety, and putting on the garb of religion, which none but the merciful and compassionate have a title to wear.

  Laurence Sterne

  Heart, Men, Hypocrisy

  Laurence Sterne, Melvyn New, Geoffrey Day (2006). “A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy: And, Continuation of the Bramine's Journal : with Related Texts”, p.234, Hackett Publishing

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• Judeo-Christian conservatism overcomes natural selfishness.

  Jim DeMint

  Christian, Overcoming, Natural

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• The State must act as the guardian of a millennial future in the face of which the wishes and the selfishness of the individual must appear as nothing and submit.

  Adolf Hitler

  Wish, Millennials, Faces

  Adolf Hitler (1971). “Mein Kampf”, Mariner Books

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• Our German language has a word which in a magnificent way denotes conduct based on this spirit: doing one's duty [Pflichterfüllung]-which means serving the community instead of contenting oneself. We have a word for the basic disposition which underlies conduct of this kind in contrast to egoism and selfishness-idealism. By 'idealism' we mean only the ability of the individual to sacrifice himself for the whole, for his fellow men.

  Adolf Hitler

  Mean, Sacrifice, Men

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• For Silicon Valley and its idols, innovation is the new selfishness.

  Evgeny Morozov

  Idols, Innovation, Valleys

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• The difficult part of love
  Is being selfish enough.

  Philip Larkin

  Love, Selfish, Enough

  Philip Larkin (2012). “Required Writing: Miscellaneous Pieces 1955-1982”, p.48, Faber & Faber

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• The traveler may feel assured, he will meet with no difficulties or dangers, excepting in rare cases, nearly so bad as he beforehand anticipates. In a moral point of view, the effect ought to be, to teach him good-humored patience, freedom from selfishness, the habit of acting for himself, and of making the best of every occurrence.

  Charles Darwin

  Views, Acting, May

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• Every single one of the major world faiths, whether we're talking about Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Darwinism, Judaism, Christianity and Islam, have all come to the conclusion that what holds us back from our better self is ego, selfishness, greed, unkindness, hatred. And it all springs from a sense of thwarted ego.

  Karen Armstrong

  Spring, Buddhism, Talking

  "Big Think Interview With Karen Armstrong". Interview with Austin Allen, bigthink.com. November 16, 2009.

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• Having kids is a full-time job. And I don't know any woman who isn't constantly fighting between the exquisite selfishness required to be an artist and this exquisite selflessness that's required to be a parent.

  Liz W. Garcia

  Jobs, Kids, Fighting

  Source: blogs.indiewire.com

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• If you seek in the spirit of selfishness, to grasp all as your own, you shall lose all, and be driven out of the world, at last, naked and forlorn, to everlasting poverty and contempt.

  Jonathan Edwards

  Naked, World, Lasts

  Jonathan Edwards (1874). “Christian Love: As Manifested in the Heart and Life”, p.266

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• Many said selfishness was the flaw of our modern age; but then self-conceit emerged from a corner of the deepest hell to join selfishness.

  Franz Grillparzer

  Self, Arrogance, Age

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• I'm self-centered, inconsiderate, and what was the third adjective? Oh, yes, and I have this infantile fantasy that one day I'll amount to something as an actress.

  Jay Presson Allen

  Self, One Day, Adjectives

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• There was no such thing as luck.  Luck was a word idiots used to explain the consequences of their own rashness, and selfishness, and stupidity.  More often than not bad luck meant bad plans.

  Joe Abercrombie

  Stupidity, Luck, Idiot

  Joe Abercrombie (2009). “Before They Are Hanged: The First Law: Book Two”, p.361, Hachette UK

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• We need leadership that can elevate religion and morality to their position of paramount importance and thus eliminate growing selfishness, immorality and materialism.

  George W. Romney

  Needs, Growing, Morality

  "Congressional Quarterly Weekly Report", Volume 25, Part 3, p. 2388, 1967.

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• Selfishness is the controlling force of sinful living. It is this motive which pulsates through the natural mind, emotions and will - self-pleasing, self-serving, living for self.

  Walter J Chantry

  Self, Mind, Emotion

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• In the final analysis our greatest problem with holiness is not that our concepts of holiness are feeble, but that our hearts are rebellious. We are selfish , that's our problem. And the fact that we often won't admit our selfishness shows how deep the pride goes.

  Floyd McClung

  Selfish, Heart, Pride

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• By developing a sense of respect for others and a concern for their welfare, we reduce our own selfishness, which is the source of all problems, and enhance our sense of kindness, which is a natural source of goodness.

  Dalai Lama

  Kindness, Problem, Welfare

  "Ahimsa : The Yoga of Non-Injury Will Set You Free" by Ed and Deb Shapiro, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 19, 2011.

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• Desire is the root of selfishness; clear your heart of desire and be selfless. Selflessness is the key to inner peace.

  Christofer Drew

  Heart, Roots, Keys

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• Mighty is the force of motherhood! It transforms all things by its vital heat; it turns timidity into fierce courage, and dreadless defiance into tremulous submission; it turns thoughtlessness into foresight, and yet stills all anxiety into calm content; it makes selfishness become self-denial, and gives even to hard vanity the glance of admiring love.

  George Eliot

  Motherhood, Vanity, Self

  George Eliot (1876). “Scenes of clerical life”, p.267

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• If I had my mouth, I would bite; if I had my liberty, I would do my liking. In the meantime, let me be that I am, and seek not toalter me.

  William Shakespeare

  Freedom, Liberty, Mouths

  William Shakespeare (2013). “Much Ado About Nothing Simplified!: Includes Study Guide, Biography, and Modern Retelling”, p.98, BookCaps Study Guides

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• Excessive competitiveness, anxiety, hostility, suspiciousness, all originate in the nursery years. That is why, if we want a world of peace and not violence, love and not hate, cooperation and not murder, justice and not selfishness, we have to learn how to make childhood more happy. No nobler task could be pursued by our generation.

  Joshua L. Liebman

  Hate, Our Generation, Years

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• The basis of all sin is selfishness.

  David O. McKay

  Sin, Bases

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• My best quality is that I'm a big hearted person. I'm resilient, too. My worst quality is selfishness, although everyone is guilty of that to an extent. Everyone should be, I think - you need to respect yourself.

  Matthew McConaughey

  Thinking, Quality, Needs

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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