Sentences with word «selfishness»

you know the power to strike and hurt people... out of selfishness of that person.

The wolf in sheep's clothing on this path takes the form of selfishness in the skin of responsibility; ten dollars to the food bank once a month makes us automatically virtuous.

It can save me on a daily basis from selfishness, materialism, passing judgment, hatred, vindictiveness, and fear.

Gone is the time when fans could look up to icons such as Paolo Maldini, Tony Adams, Giggs and Paul Scholes as a breath of fresh air in an otherwise money - driven game filled with selfishness from players who will stab supporters in the back as soon as a better offer comes along.

Our decisions should be motivated «not by selfishness or carelessness, but by a prudent conscious generosity.»

I see my own selfishness in my apathy, cynicism, laziness and negativity.

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.»

Perhaps you could and will say it's still selfish but it is not selfishness masquerading as self - righteousness in the name of some mythical being.

Once it is recognized that the stubbornness of human selfishness makes the achievement of justice in human society no easy matter, it ought to be possible to see that war is but a vivid revelation of certain perennial aspects of human history.

The oft - repeated idea that the job crisis was a result of selfishness on the part of elected officials and an infringement of their obligations to the citizenry highlights the need to take seriously «contemporary needs for care, moral connection and responsible obligations in ways that emancipatory liberal rights talk often does not» (Ferguson 2013: 237).

It is not about selfishness as much as it is about priorities.

But he is himself inclined to reject personal immortality on the ground that to wish for it is to indulge in a kind of selfishness which refuses to accept and rejoice in any accomplishment of goodness or truth or beauty unless «I» can have a personal share in its triumph.

But we can also think about selfishness at the level of the gene itself.

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.

For example, you might admire someone's work ethic and their dedication to their career, but 10 years down the track, when you have children and other stresses, it can feel like selfishness («he cares more about his job than his family», «he's never here»).

It is not pure selfishness in the Darwinian sense, like a stag that picks a fight with another.

Stop Selfishness From Ruining Your Relationship.

Or if selfishness triggers you, ask yourself where you might be harboring resentment about your own self - sacrifice and self - denial.»

«The thought of getting caught, and the consequences, need to seem a very real prospect for drivers who through selfishness or ignorance continue to put lives at risk by getting behind the wheel after drinking.

Being born in a cultural identity can't justify selfishness.

There can be a million reasons for this, but selfishness doesn't come into it.

Given two assumptions, standard in economic theory, the judgment that individual selfishness promotes the common good should work.

As you know I believe the cause of most of our problems on this Earth is the inherent selfishness of humans; a case in point being the broad diversity of resources among different groups, famine, illness and death, genocide, war, and even global warming to some extent.

Additionally, donors may see the propriety, in our indulgent culture, of exhortations by R&D professionals against selfishness and materialism, but they understand that development «education» that consists of popularized versions of dependency theory is not likely to be helpful - either for rich Western Christians or for their impoverished Third World brethren.

We become able to love, and to deny our intrinsic selfishness only through the redemption which is in Jesus Christ.

In our war - torn world, where selfishness, sadness, meanness, vengeance and harshness seem to have the upper hand at times, we need the message of Christmas: goodness, joy, kindness, mercy and the tenderness of our God.

Madrid probably ruined him with himself having to curb selfishness so to offer up to their god Ronaldo.

So is a related notion: that altruistic behavior in animals does not evolve for «the good of the species» but is really selfishness in disguise.

Some people may consider alone time selfishness but it really depends on your attitude around it and the people around you.

If you push competition too hard, you create selfishness among your employees.

I am staggered by the utter selfishness of christians, who seem to think it is their DUTY to interfere with the dying moments of an individual, not to offer comfort, but to lecture instead of listen.

There is no question that capitalism builds upon and in fact encourages selfishness; a capitalist environment naturally inclines us to believe that people must be addicted to a greedy, competitive individualism.

Wenger seems to be thinking short term and not thinking about the well being of the club long term when he will no longer be in the dugout... that is called selfishness.

What was — and is — most impactful about Shadow of the Colossus is its sense of scale: the immensity not only of its dramatic ruins and the sad, beautiful colossi, but of the task at hand, and its themes of death, faith, longing and the destructive selfishness of grief.

So in fact this pseudo-individualism — really selfishness masquerading as individualism — evades individual responsibility and by so doing sacrifices individual integrity.

Where there is sin and selfishness there must also be a struggle for justice; and this justice is always partially an achievement of our love for the other and partially a result of our yielding to his demands and pressures.

Taylor gets fine supporting work from Nelsan Ellis (you know him as Lafayette on True Blood) as Bobby Byrd, Brown's musical partner for decades until Brown's selfishness caused a rupture in their friendship.

Eilis doesn't yearn to journey to America in search of freedom, but has to be nudged to leave by her family who want the best for her; a later plot turn that sees them try to lure her back is motivated by their own understandable selfishness rather than malice.

«Carol» is deservedly a holiday classic with its story of the grumpy Ebenezer Scrooge who learns, with the help of three spirits, the value of eschewing selfishness and thinking of others.

-- Bob Turnbull [LOVED] Andrey Zvyagintsev's latest work is a visually stunning and emotionally devastating look at a couple whose selfishness rips their already fractured family apart in an unimaginable way.

It is a time when your own needs and selfishness go out the window as you focus on the needs of your baby.

Very often selfishness in people is more than honor.

Her own selfishness led to her demise and the demise of her unborn child.

... 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.

Because they are happy, and it's really just selfishness of my own to not want to deal with a «mess.»