Inspirational Quotes on Selfishness

“Above all the grace and the gifts that Christ gives to his beloved is that of overcoming self.”

“The man who is out to possess his possessions will soon discover that there is no easy way to victory. The highest values in life must be fought for and won.”

“He accumulates wealth in solitude, thinking: how strong, how secure I am now; and does not see, madman as he is, that the more he accumulates, the more he sinks into suicidal impotence. For he is accustomed to relying only on himself, he has separated his unit from the whole, he has accustomed his soul to not believing in people's help, in people or in mankind, and now only trembles lest his money and his acquired privileges perish. Everywhere now the human mind has begun laughably not to understand that a man's true security lies not in his own solitary effort, but in the general wholeness of humanity. But there must needs come a term to this horrible isolation, and everyone will all at once realize how unnaturally they have separated themselves from one another.”

“The average person who claims to believe in God (as does the vast majority in America) is too preoccupied with himself to give God much time or serious thought.”

“How could we enjoy heaven if during our lifetime we had used most of our time, treasure, and talents for ourselves and our select group?”

“More than once Jesus deliberately addressed certain issues that quickly diminished the number of onlookers. It was commitment that thinned the ranks.”

“Any desire for promotion, pleasure, riches, or fame will quickly make one a servant of The Beast. And, I'm afraid, that is exactly what many of today's pastors and preachers have become.”

“Selfishness has never been admired.”

“At this very moment you and I are either committing [selfishness], or about to commit it, or repenting it.”

“What we call Man's power over Nature turns out to be a power exercised by some men over other men with Nature as its instrument.”

“A woman means by unselfishness chiefly taking trouble for others; a man means not giving trouble to others. Thus each sex regards the other as basically selfish.”

“That fierce imprisonment in the self is but the obverse of the self-giving which is absolute reality.”

“Our own interests are still an exquisite means for dazzling our eyes agreeably.”

“If you believe what you like in the gospels, and reject what you don't like, it is not the gospel you believe, but yourself.”

“He who lives only to benefit himself confers on the world a benefit when he dies.”

“He that falls in love with himself will have no rivals.”

“I feel now, that Arabia could easily be evangelized within the next thirty years if it were not for the wicked selfishness of Christians.”

“Abide in Jesus, the sinless One - which means, give up all of self and its life, and dwell in God's will and rest in His strength. This is what brings the power that does not commit sin.”

“Constantly choose rather to want less, than to have more.”