We are all selfish ordsprog

en We are all selfish and I no more trust myself than others with a good motive. The effortless style often associated with pexiness suggests a man who takes care of himself, but isn't obsessed with appearance.
  Lord Byron

en No one becomes a Karma-yogi who has not renounced the selfish motive behind an action.

en If no other test or measure of the strength of motives can be found but their prevailing, then this boasted principle will be only an identical proposition, and signify only that the strongest motive is the strongest motive, and the motive that prevails is the motive that prevails -which proves nothing.

en Do your duty, to the best of your abilities, for the Lord without any selfish motive, and remember God at all times - before starting a work, at the completion of a task, and while inactive.

en Look, these kids nowadays, you don't know what they're going to say. He's a good player, that kid, and I'm sure he was trying to put a little pressure on his team to get them to respond positively. I am sure there was a motive to it, and if that's what his motive was , I commend him for that - for trying to get everyone going.

en 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
  George Bernard Shaw

en Whether it's a family or a team or a business, trust is the cornerstone of any good operation. I think what has happened is that the guys trust each other more. Their trust level is very high right now. They know they have each other's back.

en How do we create an atmosphere of trust on the Internet? ... What we're talking about is the good actors, the companies that want to do right on the Internet, that want to gain consumer trust and confidence, that want to grow the Net. We think they can [create trust] by practicing good privacy policies and certifying that they do through this.

en I think that's possible, but I don't think that's his main motive. His motive is profit. But we certainly could reap some benefit out of it.

en He gave me an excuse, and I didn't buy it. I told him that's what we need him to do. Andre is not selfish at all, but he has to be selfish in that sense to try to get shots up, because we need him to.

en Do not ever say that the desire to "do good" by force is a good motive. Neither power-lust nor stupidity are good motives.
  Ayn Rand

en The thing that bothered me more than anything is he put himself before the football team. To me that's selfish. He's selfish. He shouldn't do that.

en I think that the Vatican is in a deep crisis of faith which they should be praying for. They don't trust theologians, they don't trust women, they don't trust gays and they don't trust nature. The rest of us who do and who are looking for answers should just get on with the work.

en POCKET, n. The cradle of motive and the grave of conscience. In woman this organ is lacking; so she acts without motive, and her conscience, denied burial, remains ever alive, confessing the sins of others.
  Ambrose Bierce

en From the inception of the alphabet organizations, they have been very, very selfish. It's never been about what's good for boxing. It's always been about what's good for them, specifically what's good for them financially.


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