Robert Baden-Powell

Football in itself is a grand game for developing a lad physically and also morally, for he learns to play with good temper and unselfishness, to play in his place and 'play the game,' and these are the best of training for any game of life.

English Soldier

Jerry Lewis

I am probably the most selfish man you will ever meet in your life. No one gets the satisfaction or the joy that I get out of seeing kids realize there is hope.

American Comedian

Khalil Gibran

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

Lebanese Poet

Barbra Streisand

I am simple, complex, generous, selfish, unattractive, beautiful, lazy, and driven.

American Actress

Jane Austen

I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle.

British Writer

Gianluca Vialli

I love players but I'm afraid it has become a selfish culture.

Italian Manager

Pink

I write from my life, my experience. I'm selfish that way.

American Musician

Christian Laettner

People say I'm selfish. There might be some truth to that.

American Athlete

Catherine of Siena

The poison of selfishness destroys the world.

Theologian

Stendhal

French Writer

Using 'selfish' implies disapproval and may offend someone if used directly.

Negative Tone

'Selfish' actions aren’t always clear-cut; context matters in determining if an act is selfish.

Not Always Obvious

The perception of 'selfish' can vary by culture; some acts may not be considered selfish universally.

Cultural Perspectives

 the blind tasting approach, takes our selfish motivation out of the picture. How do we implement that to a higher degree on a more extensive scale? And finally, we also have an action gap. How do we take these things and actually do something about it? I think part of the answer is to think about people

How equal do we want the...

 And while meditating under a bodhi tree, the rest of the answer came to him. All of life abounds with suffering. It's caused by selfish craving for one's own fulfillment at the expense of others. Following an eight-step plan can teach us to reduce that craving, and thus reduce the suffering.

The five major world...

 Rational leaders must assume that the decisions they make today will impact those of their adversaries tomorrow. Selfishness may win out in the short-term, but with the proper incentives, peaceful cooperation is not only possible, but demonstrably and mathematically ideal.

How to outsmart the...

 world you got to consider the possibilities fascinating surprising right what we think of as preteens being self-centered might actually be your early adolescent brain doing its due diligence making decisions not from selfishness but from taking the

The Tween Brain PIPE Brain...

 This is not about money. This is about attitude. This is about culture. This is about a government and a people that care about the rest of the world and have the imagination and the courage to think outwards instead of only thinking selfishly.

Which country does the...

 which is at the cold, cruel heart of neoliberal economics, and it is as morally corrosive as it is scientifically wrong because, if we accept at face value that humans are fundamentally selfish, and then we look around the world

The dirty secret of...

 But with time, he started to weave a different story. His new story was, "Before my injury, my life was purposeless. I partied a lot and was a pretty selfish guy. But my injury made me realize I could be a better man."

There's more to life...

 energy to make their kill never wasting a fin stroke nearly a hundred selfish have surrounded a single school of baitfish it's very rare to see so many of these hunters in one place

The Planet Earth...

 The bards sang of the brave deeds of their ancestors and praised the accomplishments of warrior kings— and composed biting satires about cowardly or selfish leaders.

The rise and fall of the...

 I think selfishness because there are certain things that I want to see in the world because I know that the world as it is makes it impossible to really be