Top Self Centered Quotes

Sacrifice of the self is sheer stupidity if sacrifice is not for the self.

A compass calibrated by my greed is a rather shrewd way to legitimize my agenda. However, true north on a compass such as this is a straight line to the edge of a really big cliff.

I pretend to give gifts that people pretend to be gifts so that I can pretend that I gave something that actually cost me something. And what pretending or this sort gives me is the gift of a pretend...

Greed is the fast-track to poverty.

The shortest short-term investment is to serve ourselves.

The eyes of love have 20/20 vision when focused on another, and become entirely blind when focused on ourselves.

One is not necessarily made self-centered because he is foolish, but one is very often made foolish because he is self-centered.

[H]e is a barbarian, and thinks that the customs of his tribe and island are the laws of nature.

The rich eat life, the poor eat death; so what is the problem they ask?

If I were to sit down and count them, how many of my prayers were tainted by the seduction of greed? None, simply because nothing of that sort is a prayer.

There are no happy endings, he knew, because nothing ends; and if there were any being dispensed, a great many worthier people would be in line for them long before Michael and Laura and himself. But...

At the point that it dawns on me that I am not God I have finally made room for God.

In one way or another, every mission that I have ever set out on to rescue myself is yet another mission that I end up needing to be rescued from. Hence, there is God.

Your love life is insignificant when it comes to raising your children to be respectable human beings. The moment you see them suffer or lower their standards because of your selfishness, is the day y...

Love in the service of self is greed in disguise.

Only a demon would prevent a person from saving lives or fulfilling their life mission. There is no reasoning with the devil. Stand with pride because your heart is filled with the goodness of helping...

I pretend to give gifts that people pretend to be gifts so that I can pretend that I gave something that actually cost me something. And what pretending of this sort gives me is the gift of a pretend...

I hurt myself deeply, though at the time I had no idea how deeply. I should have learned many things from that experience, but when I look back on it, all I gained was one single, undeniable fact. Tha...

It is not your beauty, success or money that should define you; neither should your church calling, your charitable contributions or talents. Humility is the cornerstone of character, by which God jud...

To embrace an attitude of humility is to free myself from myself. And that is likely the great liberation of all.