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
About This Quote

This quote speaks to the idea that almost every sin that is committed can be traced back to a selfish motive. Therefore, it doesn’t matter if you are acting out of selfishness or not. We all have selfish motivations. The difference between us and the people we hate is that they usually do their selfish things on purpose while we act out of selfishness without realizing it.

Source: The Love Dare

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