Quotes with self-interest

Quotes 561 till 580 of 886.

  • Henry Louis Mencken Self-respect: the secure feeling that no one, as yet, is suspicious.
    Henry Louis Mencken
    American journalist and critic (1880 - 1956)
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  • Alfred Lord Tennyson Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control; these three alone lead one to sovereign power.
    Alfred Lord Tennyson
    English poet (1809 - 1892)
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  • George Bernard Shaw Self-sacrifice enables us to sacrifice other people without blushing.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Margaret Deland Self-sacrifice which denies common sense is not a virtue. It's a spiritual dissipation.
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  • W. Clement Stone Self-suggestion makes you master of yourself.
    W. Clement Stone
    American businessman and author (1902 - 2002)
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  • Aeschylus Self-will in the man who does not reckon wisely is by itself the weakest of all things.
    Aeschylus
    Greek dramatist (525 - 456)
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  • Richard Cecil Self-will so ardent and active that it will break a world to pieces to make a stool to sit on.
    Richard Cecil
    British Evangelical Anglican priest (1748 - 1810)
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  • Wayne Dyer Self-worth comes from one thing - thinking that you are worthy.
    Wayne Dyer
    American philosopher, self-help author, and a motivational speaker. (1940 - 2015)
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  • Christian Nevell Bovee Sensitiveness is closely allied to egotism; and excessive sensibility is only another name for morbid self-consciousness. The cure for tender sensibilities is to make more of our objects and less of our selves.
    Christian Nevell Bovee
    American writer
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  • Bliss Carman Set me a task in which I can put something of my very self, and it is a task no longer. It is joy and art.
    Bliss Carman
    Canadian poet (1861 - 1929)
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  • George F. Will She is so totally absorbed in a vocation - both a gift and a mastering passion - that she has no time to be absorbed with the self's worries about itself. And that is the moral of the story: You can pursue happiness by wearing a torn jersey. You can catch it by being good at something you love.
    George F. Will
    American columnist (1941 - )
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  • Bo Bennett Show interest in all people, not just those from whom you want something. Making people feel important and good about themselves is just the right thing to do.
    Bo Bennett
    American author (1972 - )
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  • Eric Butterworth SIN: Self-Inflicted Nonsense
    Eric Butterworth
    American minister, author, and radio personality
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  • Bill Sienkiewicz So I look at a lot of stuff now that I did and some of it looks tame to me, but my interest in terms of what I want to say with it is a little different.
    Bill Sienkiewicz
    American artist (1958 - )
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  • Henri-Frédéric Amiel So long as a person is capable of self-renewal they are a living being.
    Henri-Frédéric Amiel
    Swiss philosopher and poet (1821 - 1881)
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  • Alan Watts So then, the relationship of self to other is the complete realization that loving yourself is impossible without loving everything defined as other than yourself.
    Alan Watts
    English philosopher, priest and writer (1915 - 1973)
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  • Henry David Thoreau Sobriety, severity, and self-respect are the foundations of all true sociality.
    Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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  • Ben Rattray Social networking technology didn't really exist until 2004-2005. I had the idea to use this technology to bridge this gap between a general interest in addressing social issues and the practical action.
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  • P. J. O'Rourke Social Security is a government program with a constituency made up of the old, the near old and those who hope or fear to grow old. After 215 years of trying, we have finally discovered a special interest that includes 100 percent of the population. Now we can vote ourselves rich.
    P. J. O'Rourke
    American journalist (1947 - )
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  • Bernie S. Siegel Society should see parenting as a public health issue and help parents to bring their children up feeling loved. We have birthing classes, but no parenting classes. The latter is desperately needed if we are to avoid self-destruction.
    Bernie S. Siegel
    American writer and pediatric surgeon (1932 - )
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