Quotes on Selfish Motives

People are unreasonable, illogical and self-centered. Love them anyway.... Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable. Be honest and frank anyway.... What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight. Build anyway. .. Give the world the best you have and you'll get kicked in the teeth. Give the world the best you've got anyway.

Honesty and transparency make you vulnerable. Be honest and transparent anyway.

If efforts to do social work are couched in selfish motives, then they will die a premature death. Why would my efforts get politicised? I have values I inherited from my father. He helped many. Anyone, even a postman knocking on our door would get a glass of water and some sweets.

If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives. Do good anyway.

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

The Man who works for others, without any selfish motive, really does good to himself.