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

We all of us need to be toppled off the throne of self, my dear," he said. "Perched up there the tears of others are never upon our own cheek.

pretending to be good might be the same with pretending to be right, its just you are selfish on your own because you think only for yourself..

The difference between DREAM and DESIRE is that the dream is what we build for the team and the desire is what we aspire to build for ourselves.

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.

But selfish isn't necessarily a bad thing. It only means you take care of yourself and you have to do that to be able to take care of others.

The only gift I have to give, is the ability to receive. If giving is a gift, and it surely is, then my gift to you is to allow you to give to me.

A person creating a space in his life for something that he doesn’t deserve at all gets readily someone whom he doesn’t desire in all.

It is in fact the height of selfishness to merely consume what others create and to retreat into a shell of limited goals and immediate pleasures.

...I committed a sin the day I refused you - I discovered metal inside me where my heart should be - forgive me, Love, for acting on principles...

Vivien thought how ugly adults could be, how weak. So used to getting what they wanted that they didn't know the first thing about being brave.

Confession is for the confessor. It makes you feel good; it ruins the lives of everyone else. It’s a selfish thing to do. Don’t confess.

I have always found it quaint and rather touching that there is a movement [Libertarians] in the US that thinks Americans are not yet selfish enough.

Just because you have stolen someone's heart, luckily owned and occupied as a home, doesn't give you the audacity to enforce hurtful policies.

There seemed to be three choices: to give up trying to love anyone, to stop being selfish, or to learn to love a person while continuing to be selfish.