Best Selfish Motives Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

“Selfish acts will only lead to your own destruction.”

“Capitalism justified itself and was adopted as an economic principle on the express ground that it provides selfish motives for doing good, and that human beings will do nothing except for selfish motives”

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Author:George Bernard Shaw

“The moment there is suspicion about a person's motives, everything he does becomes tainted.”

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Book:Young India

Source: Young India

“Meditation without selfless giving is not enough. You may go into very high states of consciousness but the rough edges will still be there - there may be lots of selfish motives lurking within the self - that you don't see.”

“Sri Yukteswar used to poke gentle fun at the commonly inadequate conceptions of renunciation."A beggar cannot renounce wealth," Master would say. "If a man laments: 'My business has failed; my wife has left me; I will renounce all and enter a monastery,' to what worldly sacrifice is he referring? He did not renounce wealth and love; they renounced him!"Saints like Gandhi, on the other hand, have made not only tangible material sacrifices, but also the more difficult renunciation of selfish motive and private goal, merging their inmost being in the stream of humanity as a whole.”

Source: Autobiography of a Yogi

“Wisdom ceases to be wisdom when it becomes too proud to weep, too grave to laugh, and too selfish to seek other than itself.”

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Author:Khalil Gibran

“Every selfish motive therefore, every family attachment, ought to recommend such a system of policy as would provide no less carefully for the rights and happiness of the lowest than of the highest orders of Citizens.”

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Author:George Mason

“I talk to groups studying the most advanced spiritual teachings and sometimes these people wonder why nothing is happening in their lives. Their motive is the attainment of inner peace for themselves - which of course is a selfish motive. You will not find it with this motive. The motive, if you are to find inner peace, must be an outgoing motive. Service, of course, service. Giving, not getting. Your motive must be good if your work is to have good effect. The secret of life is being of service.”

Source: Peace Pilgrim: Her Life and Work in Her Own Words

“Those who joined us for selfish personal reasons, for a career or other motives will be the ones to leave.”

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Author:Janos Kadar

“Do not ever say that the desire to 'do good' by force is a good motive. Neither power-lust nor stupidity are good motives.”

“If efforts to do social work are couched in selfish motives, then they will die a premature death. Why would my efforts get politicised? I have values I inherited from my father. He helped many. Anyone, even a postman knocking on our door would get a glass of water and some sweets.”

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Author:Sachin Tendulkar

“People are unrealistic, illogical, and self-centered. Love them anyway.”

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Author:Mother Teresa

“The Man who works for others, without any selfish motive, really does good to himself.”

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Book:The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna

Source: The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna

“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.”

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Book:The Love Dare

Source: The Love Dare

“What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight; build it anyway.”

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Author:Mother Teresa

“We are all selfish and I no more trust myself than others with a good motive.”

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Author:Lord Byron

“If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives: Be kind anyway. If you are successful you will win some false friends and true enemies: Succeed anyway. If you are honest and frank people will try to cheat you: Be honest anyway. What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight: Build anyway. If you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous of you: Be happy anyway. The good you do today, will often be forgotten by tomorrow: Do good anyway. Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough: Give your best anyway.”

“If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives. Do good anyway.”

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Book:A Simple Path-Open Market

Source: A Simple Path-Open Market

“The good you do today may be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway.”

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Author:Mother Teresa

“Honesty and transparency make you vulnerable. Be honest and transparent anyway.”

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Author:Mother Teresa

“I am convinced that the majority of people would be generous from selfish motives, if they had the opportunity.”

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Book:My Summer in a Garden: Easyread Comfort Edition

Source: My Summer in a Garden: Easyread Comfort Edition

“Selfishness, not love, is the actuating motive of the gallant.”

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Author:Madame Roland

“Give the world the best you have and you may get hurt. Give the world your best anyway.”

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Author:Mother Teresa

“Be careful of selfish motives. You can mistake them for principles and end up dying for them.”

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Author:Robert Breault

“People are unreasonable, illogical and self-centered. Love them anyway.... Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable. Be honest and frank anyway.... What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight. Build anyway. .. Give the world the best you have and you'll get kicked in the teeth. Give the world the best you've got anyway.”

“People who really want help may attack you if you help them. Help them anyway.”

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Author:Mother Teresa

“If you are kind, people may accuse you of ulterior motives. Be kind anyway.”

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Author:Mother Teresa

“If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you; Be honest and frank anyway.”

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Author:Mother Teresa

“The trouble with selfish motives is that they harden into principles, and you end up sending your kids to war for them.”

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Author:Robert Breault

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