To be selfish is to sacrifice the nobler for the meaner ends, and to be sordidly content..
I put all of my energy into building the game and giving women opportunities and, to put everything into it and then to be deemed selfish or not a go….
Compassion is an emotion of which we ought never to be ashamed. Graceful, particularly in youth, is the tear of sympathy, and the heart that melts at….
Off we skip like the most heartless things in the world, which is what children are, but so attractive; and we have an entirely selfish time, and the….
In Europe first and now in America, elected men have taken it upon themselves to indebt their people to create an atmosphere of dependency. And why? ….
I'm just being selfish..... I'm here on my own free will... I used to always cry and give up... I nearly went the wrong way... But you... You showed ….
There is no real happiness in having or getting, but only in giving..
Man's origin was as spirit, not a physical body. These souls projected themselves into matter, probably for their own diversion. Through the use of h….
Pleasure for others is the only pleasure possible to me. I assure you I'm quite selfish! - I'm greedy for the happiness of those I love - and if they….
At times, my parents said, "Let's get the child married," and I said a big no. Impossible. How could I be with a woman? I told them, "If you try to g….
I don't think there's such a thing as a selfish prayer. Prayer puts you in communication so you can talk about whatever you want to talk about..
I considered becoming a priest very seriously. I wanted to travel the world. By the time I turned 16, I realized I was only in it for selfish reasons….
If you look at Washington, you see permanently camped on the banks of the Potomac spread around in concentric circles an army representing thousands ….
I hate those TV shows where characters talk about one thing, such as their patient on the operation table (let's say they're a doctor), then you real….
The passion of love is essentially selfish, while motherhood widens the circle of our feelings..
The intelligent altruists, though less altruistic than unintelligent altruists, will be fitter than both unintelligent altruists and selfish individu….
Ridicule, which chiefly arises from pride, a selfish passion, is but at best a gross pleasure, too rough an entertainment for those who are highly po….
You are the patient one, Mademoiselle,' said Poirot to Miss Debenham. She shrugged her shoulders slightly. 'What else can one do?' You are a philosop….
Forgiveness, quite frankly, is the most selfish thing you can do. Because it is the greatest thing you can do for yourself..
Being selfish to me means that you have to look out for yourself and you don't have to sacrifice..
But the reality is we often become our kindest, most ethical selves only by seeing what it feels like to be a selfish jackass first..