
Man is known to be a selfish, as well as a social being. —
James Madison

You shouldn't punish others for your own choices. —
Laurence J. Peter

And when someone accuses you of
being selfish, just remember that he's upset only because you aren't doing what he selfishly wants you to do. —
Harry Browne

Be weary of the selfish givers, those who do something for a hidden fee. —
Nikki Rowe

Alma: I rather suspect her of being in love with him. Martin: Her own husband? Monstrous! What a selfish woman! —
Lady Randolph Churchill

Independent? Bosh. That's just another word for selfish. It's stiff-backed people like you who end up being the biggest burdens. —
Anne Tyler

In marriage, a man becomes slack and selfish, and undergoes a fatty degeneration of his moral being. —
Robert Louis Stevenson

She was being a jealous, bitter and incredibly selfish friend, she knew that, but Holly needed to be selfish these days in order to survive. She —
Cecelia Ahern

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

I've indulged all my escapist dreams. I'm here, away from everyone, living it up. Being a selfish and antisocial git. —
Fennel Hudson

At times we just want to become selfish. —
Avijeet Das

A human being is happiest and most successful when dedicated to a cause outside his own individual, selfish satisfaction. —
Benjamin Spock

Those are who are selfish are rewarded for being nice. Those who truly care about others feel a smile in return is all the reward they need. —
Craig Mercier

I am too selfish to be a mother, I can barely tolerate being his lover at this point. I am selfish and I make no apology for that. ~Shannon~ —
A. Giannoccaro

It astounds us to come upon other egoists, as though we alone had the right to be selfish, and to be filled with eagerness to live. —
Jules Renard

My son's the most precious thing to me; he's changed me from
being selfish to selfless. —
Ricardo Antonio Chavira

When your kid is
being selfish or greedy and you want to help them not be that way, you have to find a way to articulate it and inspire them. —
Louis C.K.

People think if you look after yourself you're
being selfish, you know. —
Gisele Bundchen

Start thinking of your guilt as
being selfish, because guilt blocks opportunities from arriving for those you care about and for you. —
Bryant McGill

Outrageous ... that wilfully selfish tyranny of silence evolved by a crafty old ostrich of a world for its own well-being and comfort. —
Radclyffe Hall
Being selfish only benefits a few. Considering others benefits all of mankind. —
Terraine Francois

You can't worry about what people say, but ... People always harp on athletes
being selfish individualists. —
Chris Bosh

It would be a great misunderstanding of this doctrine to suppose that it is one of selfish indifference about the well-being of others'. —
John Stuart Mill

I didn't have any concept of Trainspotting being published. It was a selfish act. I did it for myself. —
Irvine Welsh

The selfish and self-centered have a hard time being kind, even though you and I know that kindness is a source of relief to the soul. —
Janvier Chouteu-Chando

It was selfish what I asked her to do, even if it wound up being the most unselfish thing I've ever done. —
Gayle Forman

Learning to not be selfish is what has changed in me the most since being married. —
Blake Shelton