Sentences with phrase «done for selfish reasons»

One of the commenters might have said it better, when he wrote, «The most selfless acts imaginable are done for selfish reasons even if only to make us feel good about ourselves.»

It is the same as those who say that folks who give or donate, since they can «write it off» on their taxes, they are only doing it for selfish reasons.

This way they didn't do it for their selfish reason but Allah told them to do it so it must be done so it is OK.

So for the mom to be accused of doing it for her selfish reasons and that's not true because if the child doesn't want to, he doesn't want to.

Borelli said he was looking for someone who works for the taxpayers, stands up to corruption and doesn't do it for selfish reasons, but to help people.

But, nothing productive comes from the outburst and the person who is venting is usually doing it for a selfish reason: he / she simply wants to «dump» his / her troubles on the listener.

Sure, he got it on with some women, and did it for selfish reasons, but that isn't really sexist.

Not exact matches

Sorry to crush illusions here, but White Houses do on - camera briefings for selfish reasons: to get their message out in their own words

He said floor crossing would be fine if it's the result of «principled reasons» but not okay if it's done for «selfish reasons».

But don't sleep on the lesson of his older brother, who played by all the rules but still ended up angry and discontent — because he played by them for selfish reasons.

In fact, I've always been intrigued by how anyone who doesn't believe in a higher power could come to the conclusion that there is any purpose to life at all beyond what we have socially or individually constructed for essentially selfish reasons.

As a Christian, I find that I make the same mistakes atheists make; I resent people typecasting me just as others do, I get my feelings hurt when people bash me for no reason, I get angry when I see selfish, mean people attacking others needlessly, and I hate war, death, and cruelty where ever it is found.

According to Decarte there is nothing that we as humans do that is not for selfish reasons.

Should I tell them that I do this for the unambiguously selfish reason that it makes me happy?

If for some (selfish) reason they didn't want the idea to spread around, they shouldn't have shared it.

Besides, don't you think this all knowing God of yours might see right through your disingenuous and selfish reason for believing?

Also from a psychological standpoint, you avoided the question i posed along with showing signs of aggression so apparently you did leave for selfish reasons and not logical one's, Good day.

Teachers are explicitly discouraged from having major assessments on those days, which makes sense even for selfish reasons; I, as a teacher, don't want to have to schedule all that make - up work.

Do you ever get the feeling people are thankful for you for selfish reasons?

To me, it's a question of whether I'm selfish, or scared enough to accept something as truth without reason for doing so.

I would also like to encourage anyone who has left their church to do a heart check and make sure they have not left for selfish reasons.

I hope I'm wrong but this could be the most damaging win when it comes to transfers... winning 1 game, after about 20 minutes of really good play, is of little consequence in the grand scheme of things... only those with the most selfish of intentions would suggest otherwise... the only reason we're even in this predicament, where were celebrating our first victory of 2018 against a bottom half squad who is managed by possibly the only individual more antiquated than our manager, is because of Wenger's ridiculous mishandling of his contract last year combined with his mishandling of the contracts of our top players this year; a fact that he himself admitted to... so before you get too excited about the possibilities of our current roster don't forget what has happened over the last several years and pray to the gods of football that real quality reinforcements like Auba are on the way, which could have happened years ago for less money and we might have been holding a trophy of some significance, or this brief respite will be followed by the usual mediocrity and stagnation

negative was wallcot who for some reason was so selfish, clueless and did nothing all game..

Everyone and their brother knows that it's not uncommon for teams to not even dress players that might be on the move, especially high - valued assets... can you even imagine a Sanchez that was emotionally invested in the future of this club not playing to start the season; considering the stakes and his penchant for playing injured... he should be chomping at the bit after his Confed loss and lengthy layoff... there is clearly something wrong here and I don't mean an abdominal strain... either the club is freezing him out, for whatever selfish reason, or he's simply using every last tool in the shed before dropping the request for transfer bomb

I haven't pushed Charlie to use the potty for a very simple and selfish reason: I don't want to give up her cloth diapers!

I don't blame my parents though, but I should have exercise my very own common sense and determined for myself my own reasons (selfish they may be) my necessities for happiness.

While the benefits of extended breastfeeding are endless, my reasoning for choosing to let Colton decide to wean are somewhat selfish in that I love nursing him just as much as he does...

Shaye and I know we will be heart - broken if we do, but we are starting to think we may be growing his hair for our own selfish reasons.

I love to do these pretty food tables at parties for a selfish reason too... if you're already spending money on food, use it as a party decoration and get extra mileage out of it.

No longer do people need to get married for a set of socially correct reasons, but purely for the selfish, individualist and perfectly beautiful reason that they love each other.

People can understand that those dying will go to extreme measures, not for selfish reasons, but so the people who love them don't become cancer's collateral damage.

In fact, at least three assumptions seem to be at work when the need for self - control is stressed: first, that we are all at war not only with others but with ourselves, torn between our desires and our reason (or social norms); second, that these desires are fundamentally selfish, aggressive, or otherwise unpleasant; and third, that these desires are very strong, constantly threatening to overpower us if we don't rein them in.

Some of the recent comments posted about The Nest: Did you find that there were secrets that should have been revealed earlier in the story or were kept for selfless or selfish reasons?

And as I mentioned on your blog, some of these groups wouldn't hesitate to make money off their fanfic — either for selfish reasons or simply because they're unaware of the issues, as they see so many other fanfic authors doing it.

But, tragically, others had their own motivations and selfish reasons for seeing that didn't happen.

Although my reasons for doing this are a little selfish (I wouldn't need to make ebooks for use in Stanza manually if more offered them), I am working on making it easier for web fiction authors to create e-Book versions of their books.

Remember, most businesses start scholarships for selfish reasons — to get their own name out their publicly as doing a good thing.

Sadly, until people stop allowing their pets to have puppies and kittens for their own selfish reasons, rescuers like us will always have a job to do.

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Rendain is one such villain, and while this thoughtful tyrant is dedicated to his cause, he thinks that what he's doing is for a good reason, and that reason isn't entirely selfish.

Yes I do want to see the climate scientists do good work for some selfish reasons.

Shell have acted for purely selfish reasons but their withdrawal will do some good.

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That too is for selfish reasons; I do that in hopes for multiple offers.