“ Those who make hostility a daily manner are often left in the lurch at difficult times. Michael Bassey Johnson
“ Betrayal is advancing myself at the expense of the one who I committed myself to advance. Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ Just because you have stolen someone's heart, luckily owned and occupied as a home, doesn't give you the audacity to enforce hurtful policies. Michael Bassey Johnson
“ Stay away from lazy parasites, who perch on you just to satisfy their needs, they do not come to alleviate your burdens, hence, their mission is to distract, detract and extract, and make you live in… Michael Bassey Johnson
“ International big business has made revolutions before now to safeguard its interests. At one time it made them … in the name of Liberty, Equality and Fraternity. Now, with Socialism to fight, it make… Eric Ambler
“ Neither fear nor self-interest can convert the soul. They may change the appearance, perhaps even the conduct, but never the object of supreme desire... Fear is the motive which constrains the slave;… Bernard of Clairvaux
“ A true generous heart can never revolve majorly with monetary skills nor business acumen nor cunning mind. Angelica Hopes
“ Happiness is attained, not through self-interest, but through unconditional fidelity in endless love of eternal light. Aaron Cohen
“ Oh, tell me, who first declared, who first proclaimed that man only does nasty things because he does not know his own real interests; and that if he were enlightened, if his eyes were opened to his r… Fyodor Dostoyevsky
“ Democrats see our voluntary military supported by taxpayer dollars as their personal Salvation Army. Self-interested behavior, such as deploying troops to serve the nation, is considered boorish in Ma… Ann Coulter
“ I mean what does a democracy depend on? A democracy depends on the individual voter making an intelligent and rational choice for what he regards as his enlightened self-interest, in any given circums… Aldous Huxley
“ The immediate result of abandoned idealism is an embittered and drained man, whether he realizes it or not, whether he likes it or not. He is capable of acting in his own interest, but only to the ext… Mike Klepper
“ In a way she actually preferred Peter to other people because of this. He always acted out of intelligent self-interest. Orson Scott Card
“ Self-interest is not myopic selfishness. It is whatever it is that interests the participants, whatever they value, whatever goals they pursue. The scientist seeking to advance the frontiers of his di… Milton Friedman
“ Oh, there isn't any shortage of views clamoring to challenge my own. That's what we call the viewpoints of the pinheads, and fortunately nothing forces me to pay any attention to them. Except your own… Rebecca Goldstein
“ The lesson I learned is that when you give someone authority, you must be conscious you are doing so and continue to ask yourself whether it is in your best interests. Margie Warrell
