820 Quotes About Selfishness

Selfish people try to keep or get things but they lose people.

I rigorously lament all of the many things that I don’t have. But in this self-imposed and rather lively pity-party to which I’ve invited myself, what I forget are the resources I do have that equip me to obtain what I don’t.

Beware:At war Or at peace,More people die Of unenlightened self-interestThan of any other disease.

The belief that unhappiness is selfless and happiness is selfish is misguided. It's more selfless to act happy. It takes energy, generosity, and discipline to be unfailingly lighthearted, yet everyone takes the happy person for granted. No one is careful of his feelings or tries to keep his spirits high. He seems self-sufficient; he becomes a cushion for others. And because happiness seems unforced, that person usually gets no credit.

If my prayers have devolved into being nothing more than reciting a list of things that I want, I might as well just go to the mall.

Most everything that I ‘need’ can be found in most everything that I threw away in my mad rush to get everything that I ‘wanted,’ for the eyes of greed are blind to the treasures of life.

In my impatience I become convinced that this desire of mine should have been fulfilled yesterday, when it belongs to a tomorrow that yesterday would have killed had I had my way.

When we're constantly thinking about ourselves, our world shrinks.

To be blessed and yet permit gluttony to blind me to the blessings is to banish myself to a life of unrelenting poverty even though I might be utterly engulfed in the embrace of a million marvelous blessings.