#selfish

Here I am going to say something which may come as a bit of a shock. God doesn't necessarily want us to be happy. He wants us to be lovable. Worthy of love. Able to be loved by Him. We don't start off being all that lovable, if we're honest. What makes people hard to love? Isn't it what is commonly called selfishness? Selfish people are hard to love because so little love comes out of them. ↗

— William Nicholson

#god #happy #love #selfish #selfishness

It can be rebuilt if other countries with selfish interests will not meddle, as has been done in the past. ↗

— Bulent Ecevit

#countries #done #in the past #interests #meddle

The scrupulous and the just, the noble, humane, and devoted natures; the unselfish and the intelligent may begin a movement - but it passes away from them. They are not the leaders of a revolution. They are its victims. ↗

— Joseph Conrad

#begin #devoted #humane #intelligent #just

The real evil with which we have to contend is not the physical evil of the Famine, but the moral evil of the selfish, perverse and turbulent character of the people. ↗

— Charles Trevelyan

#contend #evil #famine #moral #moral evil

I am convinced that the majority of people would be generous from selfish motives, if they had the opportunity. ↗

— Charles Dudley Warner

#convinced #generous #had #i #i am

A man is called selfish not for pursuing his own good, but for neglecting his neighbor's. ↗

— Richard Whately

#called #his #man #neglecting #neighbor

I would be a billionaire if I was looking to be a selfish boss. That's not me. ↗

— Alfred North Whitehead

#boss #i #looking #me #selfish

It is the woman - nearly always - in spite of all the advances of modern feminism, who still takes responsibility for the bulk of the chores, as well as doing her paid job. This is true even in households where men try to be unselfish and to do their share. ↗

— A. N. Wilson

#always #bulk #chores #doing #even

Individual versus group selection results in a mix of altruism and selfishness, of virtue and sin, among the members of a society. ↗

— E. O. Wilson

#among #group #individual #members #mix

Golf is something I do selfishly for myself. ↗

— Tiger Woods

#i #i do #myself #selfishly #something