A Quote by Lord Byron

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

Lord Byron

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Trust Good More Motive Myself Others Selfish Than Trust Myself

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Lord Byron
British - Poet
January 22, 1788 - April 19, 1824

I talk to groups studying the most advanced spiritual teachings and sometimes these people wonder why nothing is happening in their lives. Their motive is the attainment of inner peace for themselves - which of course is a selfish motive. You will not find it with this motive. The motive, if you are to find inner peace, must be an outgoing motive. Service, of course, service. Giving, not getting. Your motive must be good if your work is to have good effect. The secret of life is being of service.

Peace Pilgrim

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

Ramakrishna

When fear sets in, you don't trust others and when you don't trust anyone then you become selfish.

Aung San Suu Kyi

To exercise some sort of control over others is the secret motive of every selfish person.

Wallace D. Wattles

Trust is essential for our social wellbeing. Without trusting the good will of others we retreat into bureaucracy, rules and demands for more law and order. Trust is based on positive experiences with other people an it grows with use. We need to trust that others are going be basically reasonable beings.

Eva Cox

The profit motive, when it is the sole basis of an economic system, encourages a cutthroat competition and selfish ambition that inspires men to be more concerned about making a living than making a life.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

It is far more important to know myself and take care of myself than it is to look good to others.

Beverly Engel

Every noble action is selfish. Some selfish actions are nobler than others. But they are all selfish. And as such there can be no action purely noble anyway. Even the nobility in God's great philosophical intentions is bounded by his vanity.

Kedar Joshi

That's the trick of free market economic theory: it doesn't just ask you to only be selfish and not care about others. It tells you that by being selfish, you are helping others. And, in fact, by trying to directly help others, you will hurt them.

Naomi Klein

My best and most trustworthy friend is my husband. I trust him more than I trust myself.

Sushma Swaraj

You must trust yourself more than you trust others. Pay attention to your inner voice - it will tell you if how and in what you are investing is right for you.

Suze Orman

I trust my wife more than I trust myself.

Chris Paul

I learned always to trust my own deep sense of what I should do, and not just obediently trust the judgment of others - even others better than I am.

Barbara Deming

Where destruction is the motive, unity is dangerous. For example, if I have evil intent and I galvanize that evil intent with many others, the capacity to destroy is immense. Where goodness is the motive, unity is phenomenal and actually has some good issues to it.

Ravi Zacharias

The dictionary describes a selfish person as one who is 'concerned excessively or exclusively with oneself: seeking pleasure or well-being without regard for others.' May we add, a selfish person is often one who refers to 'I,' 'me,' and 'mine' rather than to 'we,' 'ours,' 'yours,' or 'theirs.' This person is anxious to be in the limelight, to be on center stage in life's little dramas. He or she may be a poor listener, or a conversation monopolizer. Selfishness is the great unknown sin. No selfish person ever thought himself to be selfish.