Sentences with phrase «for selfishness»

When Dr. John Gottman talks about the paradoxical need for selfishness in marriage, he speaks of just this, and adds, «Overwork and continual self - sacrifice lead to resentment, emotional distance, and loss of sexual intimacy.»

Deftly intertwining past and present, the thirteen episodes are a slow - burn build toward ever - more - awful bombshells that, ultimately, expose both individuals» and communities» capacities for selfishness and cruelty.

The screenplay (by Bryan Woods, Scott Beck and Krasinski) supplies the couple with an extremely tacky reason for wanting another kid, one that made me immediately begin to despise these characters for their selfishness.

Self - assurance although is not to be wrong for selfishness.

Singles are too independent to answer to anyone: There isn't much room for selfishness in a relationship.

Penalizing others for their selfishness might not be fun, but it wins out against the alternative, suggesting how social sanctions and the cooperation they entail might have emerged over time.

[8] Indeed, studies on human behaviour seem to indicate an overall tendency for selfishness to dominate when individuals act at the collective level.

But for selfishness to be truly healthy for your whole family, you have to be thinking in a partnership mode — creatively.

Thirdly, Marcelo's goal resulted from an ill - judged offside trap by De Sciglio, and Ronaldo — who had been barely engaging in his team's build - up play and known for his selfishness — was the one who gave the assist.

He coulda Left em to keep his integrity intact and blast em for their selfishness

Sanchez should not play, for selfishness and anti - team playing style.

If a man can be this arrogant and ignorant of the situation and would rather stay for his selfishness rather leave for the clubs own good and to save some face, then in this situation only the board or owner can do what every respecting fan would rather not wish, which is to sack the manager.

Self - giving love is possible only where there is freedom for selfishness and self - righteousness.

On Calvary he not only makes up for the selfishness of others with his selfless love, he also apologises to his Father for the infinite offence which sin gives to Divine Goodness.

However its the middlemen or some individuals make this system complex with their narrow mindedness for their selfishness.

Capitalism does allow more freedom for selfishness and more opportunity for the acquisitive, but some capitalistic systems also allow more freedom and opportunity for everything else as well.

For if each person is self - sufficient to himself and intrinsically independent of all others, have we not a prescription for selfishness and self - centeredness?

It's not a pretty sight and God had a purpose for every child that the mothers and doctors has destroyed for selfishness and money.

There was an aunt who, alone among the many relatives, had a reputation for selfishness, and who had kept a grown - up son as handy - man around the house but was finally persuaded by another aunt to let the son go to Labrador to take part in a philanthropic project there.

On the cross he makes up for the selfishness of others with his selfless sacrifice of obedient love and he also apologizes to his Father for the infinite offence which sin gives to Divine Goodness.

Or the way we handle anything, wether it be to Gods glory or for selfishness.

Not exact matches

This act of selfishness actually holds back that employee for getting the development that they deserve as is extremely de-motivating.

I just want to use this person for my own selfishness.

When this bully ethics get in the hand of wrong people, they use this for their own selfishness (power & money to achieve & to maintain) So just we all must realise that, we all are living together among BIG BULLIES only.

For those who need to believe in an after - life because the thought of your life ending on Earth without a second act is either due to selfishness or fear.

Nor does she mean by «selfishness» caring for oneself at the expense of others but merely a concern for oneself that, far from precluding helping others, could necessitate dying for a high - enough value, such as one's country or spouse.

If you truly believe that you will have to stand before God one day and account for yourself you don't want to have a history of selfishness, greed and indifference for the least among them.

The director may have intended to draw the audience into complicity with the lovers» selfishness — and in fact, I was surprised at how long it took for the audience to stop laughing at Ernest, to lose their edgy sympathy for the lovers — but the ultimate effect was simply to make the lovers» erotic demands seem further from our own.

The contenders for mankind's greatest problem are many — war, terrorism, poverty, disease, starvation and, at the root of everything, selfishness.

Stop blaming your god for your own selfishness.

Another thing, by stating that abortion is an option because rasing a baby is a dead end for your future possible career, or you might drop out of HS, or you might not have enough $ to care for IT properly... all these excuses scream out: selfishness.

Such omissions as not visiting the dying or attending funerals, and not sending thank - you letters in return for hospitality, favors, or presents, were once perceived as evidence of rudeness, presumably prompted by selfishness or sloth.

Marriage has an uncanny way of revealing our selfishness, biases and secret fantasies for our spouse to become more like us.

When one of my kids finds him or herself in a predicament in which they're having a negative attitude or they're portraying selfishness, I'll often use those situations as teaching moments for what it means to be light.

Maybe especially in our parenting — a crucible for most of us to deal with our selfishness, our pride, our pet sins, our bad habits, our carefully hidden real selves.

We always want certain things for ourselves, and so selfishness is also always in play and all our relationships have some problems.

Toss down your pride and your greed, your selfishness and your me - first, those things aren't for you.

To be grateful for being richer, sexier, or more successful than another is arrogance and selfishness.

Yet, it prevents him from using this as an alibi by adding that the factor which keeps the disease from being controlled is «alcoholic thinking» — selfishness, fear, resentment, lack of humility — matters for which the alcoholic is responsible.

But as shocking and painful as all these losses were, my instinctive response shocked me even more: the rage, the blame - shifting, the thirst for revenge, the bitter arrogance, the self - justified resentment, the dark self - righteousness, the control - hungry manipulation, the deluded rationalization, the deep selfishness, the perverted sense of entitlement.

So when I say I'm ready for a healthy dose of «works - based» salvation, this is what I mean: I'm ready to be liberated from the tyranny of my selfishness by caring for the «least of these».

Confession has stripped away the sins of greed, of selfishness, of laziness, of lust, envy and pride — but has left behind a great catalog of pain for which there is no one to blame.

The inevitability of selfishness in political and economic affairs is something which I have taken for granted ever since reading Reinhold Niebuhr.

They tend to sink into self - pity, which is the most miserable type of selfishness, as well as perhaps the most potent factor for loneliness and self - isolation.

Much as we may dislike the doctrine of original sin — and indeed it has often been formulated in a way that must antagonize any man of sense and good will — there would appear to be in human beings the seeds of selfishness, arrogance, brutality, callousness, the lust for power, jealousy, hatred and all the rest of the miserable host of evil.

I forgive him but cant forget his selfishness toward those children, who in fact will suffer everyday of their lives for his selfish undoing.

Children are not bad for the environment - it's our selfishness that is bad for this planet.

My heart grieves for all of those that have been hurt by my selfishness and foolishness.

But in a fallen world, tainted by sin, where selfishness, suffering and death deface the primordial goodness of the world, further signs are needed for man's sake.

But he must accept this redemption with the turning of his whole being, for only thus can he extricate himself from the maze of selfishness where he has always set himself as his goal and find a way to God and to the fulfillment of the particular task for which he is intended.