Sentences with phrase «put selfishness»

... God put selfishness in its place when He lived as a man, was sentanced to death as a man, was beated ruthlessly by horror loving men as a man, all to make sure that they put Him on the cross, as a man, by which He died there as a man.

We see the truly human in Christ in the words spoken in the olive grove (cf. Lk 22, 42), and in the reminder to the apostles that if they loved him, they would put selfishness to one side, and would be glad that he was going to the Father, «for the Father is greater than I» (Jn 14, 28), which is but to say that the Father is the source of my origin and my joy.

Not exact matches

Or, if you mean that we are all in danger of «drowning» in our own pit of selfishness, or some such, perhaps we can all swim to safety if we put our minds to it.

The clown insists on putting side by side many of those things that we spend considerable time in keeping in separate drawers of the mind — altruism and selfishness, reason and impulse, religion and sex, Rolls Royces and cigar butts.

Until the time when Man puts away violence, greed, selfishness, many Men will continue to percieve a YHVH - God, and He will be showing this aspect of Himself, as this Divine - Self - Expression will remain needful.

Yet it is also the case, as the next section will seek to show, that to men and women who need a Lord whom they can adore, a «Pattern» (as Kierkegaard put it) they can follow, and a Savior who will bring them wholeness of life when they know and acknowledge their selfishness and sin, Christ is God's supreme Deed for us and for our salvation.

I have deeply resented this mans sheer selfishness in putting his own lust for power and huge wages above what is right and necessary for OUR club.

True selfishness would be always and only putting yourself first.

This person is putting those children at massive risk because of her selfishness.

But to put your unborn childs health at risk is pure selfishness.

and most today only think it's «normal» when a baby isn't getting what it needs first... SO THAT IT HAS NO OTHER CHOICE BUT TO CRY... and you should read «it takes a village» by clinton... yes parents are people too and yes if you don't take care of yourself first then you can't take care of your baby... just like when you get on an airplane you're instructed to in an emergency put on your oxygen mask first THEN help the child sitting next to you... BUT the only reason it's impossible for most people to keep their baby from crying is because they are trying to raise their babies alone without the help of the «village»... so come down off your high horse and just ask for help... it will not only help you (listed you first because of your obvious selfishness from your post... «we don't stop having needs to sleep and eat and have relations with our peers either») but it will mostly benefit the baby.

With this thought in mind, the sometimes overwhelming feelings of guilt when saying «no» to something or someone, the selfishness we critically experience when we seemingly put our own needs and wants first before those around us and the insufficiency we are compelled to endure when we are torn between the two, are triumphantly replaced with logic, reason and scientific evidence: I have to give to myself in order to continue to give to others.

But after a former acolyte named Kaecilius (Mads Mikkelsen) steals a forbidden ritual from the Ancient One and goes rogue, amassing his own army of zealots to bring about world destruction, Strange must put aside his selfishness to help stop him.

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.

Putting ourselves first for the sake of our wellbeing is not selfishness, because others will benefit too.