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Everyone wants everyone to be perfect for them, but they don't want themselves to be perfect for others ... — Anonymous

Self-interest lies behind all that men do, forming the important motive for all their actions; this rule has never deceived me — Marquis De Sade

Why should God's perfection be based on having an unchanging nature?" I asked. "Isn't flexibility more perfect than stasis? — Sue Monk Kidd

Because, Richard, many people must be ruled to thrive. In their selfishness and greed, they see free people as their oppressors. — Terry Goodkind

We need people, Juliet, to show us our selfishness, to extract the ugliness that reveals itself in our hearts. — Rene Gutteridge

Selfish people tend to only be good to themselves ... then are surprised when they are alone. — Steve Maraboli

Adversity relieves people of vanity and egotism. It discourages selfishness by proving that no one can succeed without the cooperation of others. — Napoleon Hill

Most people are far too much occupied with themselves to be malicious. — Friedrich Nietzsche

There is just one exception to the FCC's no-throttling rule - if a company can prove that throttling is 'reasonable network management.' — Marvin Ammori

People don't want other people to be people. — Gene Wolfe

Childlessness doesn't make people selfish; selfishness makes people selfish. — Elizabeth Gilbert

The best way to detect the destructive element in someone is to watch closely their behavioural pattern when given authority over poverty. — Michael Bassey Johnson

Almost every sinful action ever committed can be traced back to a selfish motive. It is a trait we hate in other people but justify in ourselves. — Stephen Kendrick

I respect all the innocent souls because they are kind enough to forgive the selfish people around them. — Saurabh Sharma

Man is an extremely complex creature: he usually acts in an unselfish manner for selfish reasons. — Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Pain is a treasure, for it contains mercies. — Jalaluddin Rumi

When you have wit of your own, it's a pleasure to credit other people for theirs. — Criss Jami

I've got a big ego, I admit it; I'm ego-driven. — Eli Broad

Then he threw me another essential tool of demigod heroes - duct tape. — Rick Riordan

You shouldn't live for yourself alone but you must also learn to live the Christian life — Sunday Adelaja

The great arises out of small things that are honored and cared for. — Eckhart Tolle

People value you till they needs you. — Debolina Bhawal

Only in relatively recent times have people decided that "because I want to" is sufficient reason for annoying others. — Bill McKibben

Everyone wants a piece of you. The trick is what piece to give. — Solange Nicole

Democracy is threatened by the inertia of good people, by the selfishness of most people, and by the evil designs of a few people. — Stanley King

Is it wise to blow the whistle on a person's selfishness when selfishness itself is an important attribute for contentment? — L.D.R.

It's usually the stupid people that develop long illnesses. You need more than indolence and selfishness, you need endurance to make a good patient. — W. H. Auden

The tide seldom shifts in favor of a selfish individual. — Carlos Wallace

Everyone is selling something, if you can't see what people are selling, maybe you're the cart. — Aniekee Tochukwu Ezekiel

I said, 'The nice thing about Alzheimer's is you get to hide your own Easter eggs.' — John McCain

Nothing, absolutely nothing, happens 'till parents stop clenching their fists around precious things and people, let go, & trust God! — Gary Patton

Your self-confidence is directly connected to how much you feel you are making a difference in the world. — Brian Tracy

Some people want what they are not willing to give. — Brenda Johnson Padgitt

And people like my father are the problem. Instead of helping others, people use the worst-case scenarios to excuse their own selfishness and greed. — Colleen Hoover

WHAT IF we all treat other people as we wish to be treated? MORE happiness. LESS selfishness, crime, fraud, hatred, terrorism, wars ... — Phil Harding

Intensely selfish people are always very decided as to what they wish. They do not waste their energies in considering the good of others. — Ouida

There were people who occupied telephone booths as though they had rented them for the day. — Ursula Curtiss