A man is called selfish not for pursuing his own good, but for neglecting his neighbor's.

Richard Whately
Some Similar Quotes
  1. Don’t sacrifice yourself too much, because if you sacrifice too much there’s nothing else you can give and nobody will care for you. - Karl Lagerfeld

  2. At first I did not love you, Jude; that I own. When I first knew you I merely wanted you to love me. I did not exactly flirt with you; but that inborn craving which undermines some women's morals almost more than unbridled passion--the craving... - Thomas Hardy

  3. I am awfully greedy; I want everything from life. I want to be a woman and to be a man, to have many friends and to have loneliness, to work much and write good books, to travel and enjoy myself, to be selfish and to... - Simone De Beauvoir

  4. War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things: the decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth a war, is much worse. When a people are used as mere human instruments for firing cannon or... - John Stuart Mill

  5. Selflessness. Humility. Truthfulness. These are the three marks of an honorable man. - Suzy Kassem

More Quotes By Richard Whately
  1. To know your ruling passion, examine your castles in the air.

  2. Never argue at the dinner table for the one who is not hungry always gets the best of the argument.

  3. He only is exempt from failures who makes no effort.

  4. A man is called selfish not for pursuing his own good but for neglecting his neighbor's.

  5. Lose an hour in the morning and you will be all day hunting for it.

Related Topics