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selfish

«To be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost.»
«Wisdom ceases to be wisdom when it becomes too proud to weep, too grave to laugh, and too selfish to seek other than itself.»
«What a cage is to the wild beast, law is to the selfish man»
«To be successful you have to be selfish, or else you never achieve. And once you get to your highest level, then you have to be unselfish. Stay reachable. Stay in touch. Don't isolate.»
«When so many are lonely as seem to be lonely, it would be inexcusably selfish to be lonely alone.»
«To do a perfectly unselfish act for selfish motives»
Author: Elbert Hubbard | Keywords: motives, selfish

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