Sentences with phrase «over selfishness»

We can be ourselves without fear and have long ago gotten over the selfishness of jealousy and...

In that case, «friendliness is evolutionarily advantageous over selfishness.»

On the other side, the resurrection is the glorious revelation of the mystery and power of the cross; victory over selfishness and death.

Oh sure... I suppose that if I wanted to, I could point to hundreds of choices in my life where I have chosen weakness over strength, humility over pride, and service over selfishness.

Not exact matches

This is when doubts can creep in and selfishness can take over.

The next social study should determine if this attitude is found primarily in people who have had sexual intercourse outside of marriage and / or who are practicing contraception» two practices that deny the purpose of sexual intercourse, favoring selfishness over the perfect love that makes sacrifices in marriage a joy.

That concept is not easy to teach or warm one's hands over without considerable effort, but it is not impossible to convey even to young children the sense that the real meaning of Christmas lies precisely in the combination of magical ceremonies and the grown - up message that in the very midst of our human selfishness, the waylaying love of God has broken through to us unconditionally.

No, I believe that tough love means going down deep, to battle our own selfishness, our own anger, our own frustrations, our fears, our temptations to choose being right over being gracious, to give up on having he last word, to stop convincing by arguing and harsh invectives, pinches and pricks, to win at all costs.

But, say the critics, capitalism encourages our selfishness and promotes competition over cooperation.

I have been sickened by the outpouring of selfishness over people's «right» to own an automatic rifle.

But as I said, to no surprise, this being gay is now a reality, from over many generations of wrong doings of sins, and should be expected, it's all good» along with other pleasurable things as greed, selfishness, etc. that we do today, and calling it good, but it is wrong as said, or prophesied it would be in Malachi 3 vs. 14,, 15.

Any kind of abuse Infidelity Treachery Divorce Homosexuality Death of a spouse Lack of trust Lack of real commitment A third partner Use of pornography Lack of control over one's sexual desires Separation Selfishness

When men and women turned their backs on Love and decided to grasp what seemed good, seemed true, and seemed beautiful over what was good, true, and beautiful, they fell from love into selfishness and back into loneliness.

And then I look in the mirror and am reminded how sometimes I am nothing but a loud gong and how sometimes I run people over with my selfishness or even my good intentions.

Their lives are stained by selfishness and avarice, yet they throw over it all a garment of seeming purity, and thus for a time deceive their fellow men.

However, much like an episode of the Simpsons where Monty Burns abates the safety inspector's concerns with ambiguity and charm, or where a banking crash is blamed on an individual's greed and selfishness rather than on inadequate regulation and recklessness from those at the top, Wenger will paper over the cracks from now until the end of the transfer window.

Back home on the riverbank, I thought about the ways I had lapsed, even over the course of a week, into vanity, selfishness, and convenient forgetting.

It's a kind of healthy selfishness that's good for your children in two ways: One, connecting with your inner resources makes you better able to serve your kids; two, you're modeling good self - care, and you want your kids to learn to take good care of themselves rather than being doormats that others can walk all over.

We stand for the Monarchy; traditional marriage; family and community duties; proper pride in our nation's distinctive qualities; quality of life over soulless utility; social responsibility over personal selfishness; social justice as civic duty, not state dependency; compassion for those in need; reducing government waste; lower taxation and deregulation; our ancient liberties against politically correct censorship and a commitment to our democratically elected parliament.»

«But it's possible that selfishness happened first, and over time, some of these species coevolved to become more mutualistic.»

Some theorists suggest that evolution also operates on groups — when individuals within a group cooperate, their group may have survival advantages over groups with rigid individual selfishness.

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.

I can't stand selfishness but yet I don't want to be with someone that allows people to walk all over him.

I dislike unnecessary drama and over the top selfishness.

Despite the minutes, hours, and days of concern he's shown, this selfishness blooms and takes over.

A single shot of her face, as she goes from a doting smile over Tomasz to sudden, deep disgust with his selfishness, puts Konieczna in a major league of screen actresses.

Once we * do * address poverty (with more than selfishness, denial and resignation), the next steps to excellent education for all (that is, great public schools) are also obvious and proven (over and over and over): 1) Sufficient & equitable funding 2) Decent facilities 3) Strong teacher training 4) An end to reliance on high - stakes assessments that narrow the curriculum & reduce instruction to drill - and - test tedium

He wrote that CPCs might persuade reluctant women by casting adoption as redemption for unwed mothers» «past failures» and a triumph over «selfishness, an «evil» within themselves.»