Self-interest is the enemy of all true affection.
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The greatest crimes do not arise from a want of feeling for others but from an over-sensibility for ourselves and an over-indulgence to our own desires
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We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we now know that it is bad economics.
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Deny Self for Self's sake
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People love others not for who they are but for how they make them feel
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Whatever we treasure for ourselves separates us from others; our possessions are our limitations.
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For business reasons, I must preserve the outward signs of sanity.
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People often say that this or that person has not yet found himself. But the self is not something one finds, it is something one creates.
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The name of the game is taking care of yourself, because you're going to live long enough to wish you had.
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By self-interest, Man has become gregarious, but in instinct he has remained to a great extent solitary; hence the need of religion and morality to reinforce self-interest
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Be yourself. Follow your instincts. Success depends, at least in part, on the ability to carry it off.
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We reproach people for talking about themselves but it is the subject they treat best
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I know what's best for me, after all I have been in the Claudette Colbert business longer than anybody.
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Neither fear nor self-interest can convert the soul. They may change the appearance, perhaps even the conduct, but never the object of supreme desire.. Fear is the motive which constrains the slave; greed binds the selfish man, by which he is tempted when he is drawn away by his own lust and enticed (James 1: 14). But neither fear nor self-interest is undefiled, nor can they convert the soul. Only charity can convert the soul, freeing it from unworthy motives.
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I'm convinced that most men don't know what they believe, rather, they only know what they wish to believe. How many people blame God for man's atrocities, but wouldn't dream of imprisoning a mother for her son's crime?
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Happiness is attained, not through self-interest, but through unconditional fidelity in endless love of eternal light.
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Democrats see our voluntary military supported by taxpayer dollars as their personal Salvation Army. Self-interested behavior, such as deploying troops to serve the nation, is considered boorish in Manhattan salons.
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Courage is a decision you make to act in a way that works through your own fear for the greater good as opposed to pure self-interest. Courage means putting at risk your immediate self-interest for what you believe is right.
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Strong leaders encourage you to do things for your own benefit, not just theirs.
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In a way she actually preferred Peter to other people because of this. He always acted out of intelligent self-interest.
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Look at the orators in our republics; as long as they are poor, both state and people can only praise their uprightness; but once they are fattened on the public funds, they conceive a hatred for justice, plan intrigues against the people and attack the democracy.
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The lesson I learned is that when you give someone authority, you must be conscious you are doing so and continue to ask yourself whether it is in your best interests.
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Being nice merely to be liked in return nullifies the point.
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