Top 1200 I Am Selfish Quotes & Sayings - Page 6

Customs are generally unselfish. Habits are nearly always selfish.

It's true that being in an individual sport, you have to be a little bit selfish.

Gambling makes boys selfish and cruel as well as men.

It is the liberal philosophy, not the conservative one, that views humans as selfish automatons.

All men are selfish, brutal and inconsiderate--and I wish I could find one.

Even if I'm being selfish, but I want you to only look at me.

I'm not a selfish actor. I believe that it's a team effort. You're not in a scene by yourself.

I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle.

In a church, I am a saint. In a public place, I am a lady. In my own home, I am a devil....My house is where I can do as I please, scream and yell and dance and fall on the floor if I like. I am myself when I am in my home.

He who knows his soul knows this truth: " I am beyond everything finite; I I now see that the Spirit, alone in a space with Its ever-new joy, has expressed Itself as the vast body of nature. I am the stars, I am the waves, I am the Life of all, I am the laughter within all hearts, I am the smile on the faces of the flowers and in each soul. I am the Wisdom and Power that sustain all creation. "

The one thing I've learned about this sport is that it's OK to be selfish at times.

Next to the young, I suppose the very old are the most selfish.

If you want to be a generous giver, you have to watch out for selfish takers.

You speak of sacrifice, but it is not my sacrifice I offer. It is yours I ask of you," he went on. "I can offer you my life, but it is a short life; I can offer you my heart, though I have no idea how many more beats it shall sustain. But I love you enough to hope that you will not care that I am being selfish in trying to make the rest of my life--whatever its length--happy, by spending it with you. I want to be married to you, Tessa. I want it more than I have ever wanted anything else in my life.

This is the true joy in life: Being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one, being a force of nature instead of a feverish, selfish little clod of ailments and grievances, complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy. I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the whole community and as long as I live, it is my privilege to do for it what I can. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got hold of for the moment and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations.

Selfish people are in a way terribly capable of great loves.

You can be pretty selfish as tennis players, being an individual sport.

"I am Sa’kagé a lord of shadows. I claim the shadows that the Shadow may not." [...] "I am the strong arm of deliverance. I am Shadowstrider. I am the Scales of Justice. I am He-Who-Guards-Unseen. I am Shadowslayer. I am Nameless." [...] "The coranti shall not go unpunished." [...] "My way is hard but I serve unbroken. In ignobility, nobility. In shame, honor. In darkness, light. I will do justice and love mercy."

Richard Dawkins's The Selfish Gene is a classic example of science fiction.

Some say I'm selfish. My approach is the complete opposite of selfishness.

Idiot! Lunatic! Moron! Jackass! Selfish irresponsible fool!

Humans are incredibly selfish. And in parents, flaws become hyper focused.

To be stupid, and selfish, and to have good health are the three requirements for happiness.

To be selfish is to sacrifice the nobler for the meaner ends, and to be sordidly content.

An artist has to be selfish; otherwise, he's not true to his own art.

I am mean; I'm nasty at times. I don't feel like talking to people at times. When I am in a bad mood and have had a really awful day, don't come in my face because I am not tolerant and I am not a goddess; I can't handle it after a point. I am going to get up, and I am going to scream, and I am going to say bad things to you.

Selfish interest is one of the most common obstructions to the advance of truth.

When women say no, they are immediately seen as selfish and not team players.

We, alone on earth, can rebel against the tyranny of the selfish replicators.

Self-care isn't selfish (it is a gift to all concerned). You can't serve from an empty vessel.

She didn't know there were things worse than selfish.

You can't be faulted for being selfish if you're going to get better because of it.

I always felt too young and selfish to have children of my own.

Only you could love such a vile, selfish peacock, Evie.

Sometimes you have to be selfish to get what you want and move forward in life.

The butterfly in a caterpillar: the eagle in an egg; the saint in a selfish human being.

It would be selfish to believe that we are the only intelligent life in the universe.

As long as everything is happy at home, I can be totally selfish at work.

I understand almost everything in English. I am just not 100 per cent on numbers, so when I am out I am comfortable ordering food but when I am paying, I have to make sure I am paying the right amount!

You’re selfish and you’re cold, and I’m tired of getting frostbite when I touch you. (Acheron)

I just don't like greedy, indifferent, selfish lawyers. And there are not that many of them.

I never made a decision in my life that wasn't one hundred per cent selfish.

The world is so competitive, aggressive, consumive, selfish and during the time we spend here we must be all but that.

Sympathizing and selfish people are alike, both given to tears.

That's the point of music, to not be selfish and to help other people, I think.

And, selfish and scared, I wonder how much more he has to give.

I think that people who don't like animals tend to be selfish, but I'm biased.

Outside of Christ, I am only a sinner, but in Christ, I am saved. Outside of Christ, I am empty; in Christ, I am full. Outside of Christ, I am weak; in Christ, I am strong. Outside of Christ, I cannot; in Christ, I am more than able. Outside of Christ, I have been defeated; in Christ, I am already victorious. How meaningful are the words, "in Christ."

People believe I am what they see Me as, rather than what they do not see. But I am the Great Unseen, not what I cause Myself to be in any particular moment. In a sense, I am what I am not. It is from the Am-notness that I come, and to it I always return.

People think that you are a nasty, selfish person if you don`t want to have children.

My voice is who I am, who I was when I was 3, and who I am going to be when I am 90 years old. When I hit the stage and people do not know who I am, they automatically assume, before I open my mouth, I am going to sing a Bob Marley song!

Why would we want to do an experimental album? That's just selfish.

When you go out there and do the things you're supposed to do, people view you as selfish.

The endeavor to change universal power by selfish supplication I do not believe in.

Statement of Being. There is one Mind, and I AM that Mind. That Mind is eternal, and it is Life. I am that Mind, and I am ETERNAL LIFE. That Mind knows no disease; I am that Mind, and I am HEALTH. That Mind is the source of all Power, and cannot know doubt nor fear; I am that M ind, and I am POW ER and PEACE. That M ind knows only Truth and knows ALL truth; I am that M ind, and I am KNOW LEDGE and WISDOM . All things created and uncreated, are in that Mind; I am that Mind, and I am WEALTH and PLENTY. I am the WAY, and the TRUTH, and the LIFE; the LIGHT in me shines out to bless the world.

I am not a man. I am not a human being inside. I am not that. I don't know what I am, but I am not that.

Self-care is not selfish. You cannot serve from an empty vessel.

I do not suffer; I cannot suffer because I am not an object. Of course there is suffering. But do you realize what this suffering is? I am the suffering. Whatever is manifested, I am the functioning. Whatever is perceptible I am the perceiving of it. Whatever is done I am the doing of it; I am the doer of it, and, understand this, I am also that which is done. In fact, I am the total functioning.

Considering yourself selflessly selfish is a principle of all great thinkers

I am a spark from the Infinite. I am not flesh and bones. I am light. In helping others to succeed I shall find my own prosperity. In the welfare of others I shall find my own well-being. I am infinite. I am spaceless, I am tireless; I am beyond body thought, and utterance; beyond all matter and mind. I am endless bliss.