The greatest blessing in life is family love. And if your family is close-knit. You know that there is nothing that compares to the support and affection of your blood relations. But you know how challenging it can be to deal with a selfish family if you’re unfortunate enough to have them. It might be exhausting and make you feel alienated and neglected.
1. “Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live.” -Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde intended this quote to convey that being selfish involves both living according to one’s own desires. And demanding that others do the same, and when someone asks for people to live their lives. As they would like to that person is being selfish. Living the life I want is not being egotistical. The results of my decisions will be mine to bear. To demand that others live their lives in accordance with my preferences or standards is selfish.
2. “Selfish persons are incapable of loving others, but they are also not capable of loving themselves either.” -Erich Fromm
Selfish people are not only incapable of loving others because they only think about themselves. But they are also incapable of loving themselves because they are impolite and unable to love themselves. As a result, they are not capable of showing affection to both themselves and others.
3. “The strength of a family, like the strength of army, lies in the loyalty to each other.” -Mario Puzo
It can be a pure blessing for anyone to have a family that is not selfish and is always true to one another. According to Mario Puzo, who says that a family is strong when they are devoted to one another like an army, don’t lie to one another, and aren’t selfish, and a family is a group of people who should always be there for each other so one must be strong as a family to face all the obstacles in life, and they can sail through it all because of the support of their family.
4. “Intensely selfish people are always very decided as what they wish. They do not waste their energies in considering good of others.” -Ouida
According to this remark by Ouida, individuals who are extremely selfish have already determined what they want and do not waste time or energy thinking well of others because they just have their own interests in mind. People who are incredibly selfish are always quite certain of what they want. They don’t waste their time worrying about what’s best for other people as it does not matter to them because they only think of themselves and their own good. That is why people are called selfish and have already decided.
5. “Selfish people tend to only be good to themselves…but then are surprised when they are alone.” -Steve Maraboli
According to this quotation, people who are self-centered only care about themselves and no one else. Therefore no one wants to spend much time with them. When they are left alone, they realize that they are selfish since they are only thinking about themselves, and Nobody is willing to be there with them when in the worst situations, people want someone who is there for them and not someone who is selfish and only thinks about themselves, that is why they are left alone in life.
6. “Selfish people are, by definition, those whose activities are devoted to bringing themselves happiness. Yet. . . these selfish people are less likely to be happy than those whose efforts are devoted to making others happy.” -Bernard Rimland
This saying refers to those that are self-centered and who only consider their own happiness, not the happiness of those around them. Selfish people are much less likely to be happy because they find it satisfying to make other people happy, whereas those who are eager to make others happy are happier because they find it satisfying to do so.
7. “To be happy, we must not be too much concerned with others.”-Albert Camus
According to this quotation by Albert Camus, a person who only cares about themselves and focuses on themselves is much happier and more satisfied in life because focusing on others and being interested in other people’s lives wastes not only their time but also inhibits their growth. Therefore, one must not interfere in other people’s lives but instead focus on themselves in order to be happy and focused in life.
8. “Nothing resembles selfishness more closely than the self-respect.” -George Sand
George Sand’s comment addresses selfishness, which is strongly tied to self-respect because, on occasion, those who consider their self-respect are viewed as selfish when they do so for a while. The only behavior that is comparable to selfishness is respect for oneself.
9. “Nobody knows you well as our spouse. And that means no one will be quicker to recognize a change when you deliberately start to sacrifice your wants and wishes to make sure his or her needs are met.” -Stephen Kendrick
This quote means to say that no one else in the world knows you as your partner and your partner is the first one to notice any change in you if something happens. It also means that if you start to sacrifice your own needs, wishes, or wants in order to fulfill your partner’s wishes, they will notice right away and won’t be selfish about themselves but will instead look for their partners.
10. “Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness.” -Martin Luther King Jr.
This quote means that each man must choose whether he wants to walk on the path of darkness or destructive selfishness, which means that being selfish cannot be constructive for oneself or for the other person. It is, therefore, right to choose the path that is not selfish and to be on the path of righteousness and creativity, which can be helpful for the person as well as the others and bring light to the life of all the people by removing negativity and spreading positivity in terms of removal of selfishness.
11. “Selfishness comes from poverty in the heart, from the belief that love is not abundant.” -Don Miguel Ruiz
They believe that love is inadequate in the world, which is why people are jealous and insecure, and they feel that being selfish is good for them because they do not feel love. This quote by Ruiz has a very deep meaning because it says that a selfish is a person who is poor at heart because he is unable to love and is not good at heart and does not believe in life, and finds it difficult to do so as they think that love is not sufficient to make peace in the world and that it can also make a person feel richer at heart by being a nice person.
12. “Selfishness and greed, individual or national, cause most of our troubles.” -Harry S. Truman
According to this quote by Truman, selfishness is bad. And it also causes problems for us. Because when someone is greedy or selfish, it can affect them in any area of life. This is because it prevents people from growing personally. And when it comes to national affairs, selfish or greedy countries cannot grow on their own. Because they lack the support of other countries. Most of our problems are caused by individual and societal selfishness and greed.
13. “Selfish— a judgment readily passed by those who have never tested their own power of sacrifice.” -George Eliot
This quote by Eliot means to say that being selfish is a judgment. Which means that it is easily passed by people who have not tested their own-self. And their sacrifice as they only look at others and not themselves. As they cannot test their inner selves. But only judge others as they find it easier to look at others. And pass judgment as one is not able to assist themselves. At what they are doing wrong or what they have done wrong to others. Because it is very convenient to look at others and pass judgment.
14. “Almost every sinful action ever committed can be traced back to a selfish motive. It is a trait that we hate in other people but justifies in ourselves.” -Stephen Kendrick
The irony of this Stephen Kendrick quote is that it claims that people hate this trait of selfishness for other people. But they themselves possess it and justify their trait of selfishness as a matter of self-respect or morality. This quote by Stephen Kendrick states that almost every sinful act is committed by someone with a selfish motive. A person can be jealous or selfish. And commits an act that is wrong because he wants only good for himself and not for others.
15. “When your friends or family members tell you to ‘put yourself first,’ they are only setting you up to call you ‘selfish’ later.” -Unknown
This statement means that if you start acting in accordance with their advice and prioritize yourself over others. Which is a wonderful thing for you but not for those who give you the advice to do so. They will subsequently talk about you behind your back. And accuse you of being ungrateful and cruel. When your friends or family members advise you to put yourself first. They are only prepping you for a subsequent charge of selfishness.