(326 quotes found)
“Never self-possessed, or prudent, love is all abandonment.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
“The spirit of our American radicalism is destructive and aimless; it is not loving; it has no ulterior and divine ends; but is destructive only out of hatred and selfishness.”
“We started to get selfish and we started taking quick shots, and they feed off of that. We go in spurts like that throughout the year where everybody gets selfish.”
Nic Wise
“All sensible people are selfish, and nature is tugging at every contract to make the terms of it fair.”
“I'm not selfish and I don't want to come across that way, I just want to know how I'll be used at both schools.”
Brandon Warren
“He could have been selfish, but yeah, he's a hero.”
Amy Johnson
“You have to be selfish at this point. You're all pulling for each other, but they can't do anything for you out there. You're all by yourself.”
Adam Walters
“Beware of men who cry. It's true that men who cry are sensitive to and in touch with feelings, but the only feelings they tend to be sensitive to and in touch with are their own.”
Nora Ephron
“You cannot feel real compassion when you have selfish love. embrace the real love by daring to let go.”
Lenny Hidayat
“... among higher echelons of society there is a perception that leaders are increasingly selfish, and not helping those in need. We've called it a leadership pathology.”
Paul Bickley