Capitalism justified itself and proverb

 Capitalism justified itself and was adopted as an economic principle on the express ground that it provides selfish motives for doing good, and that human beings will do nothing except for selfish motives
  George Bernard Shaw

 To do a perfectly unselfish act for selfish motives
  Elbert Hubbard

 I am convinced that the majority of people would be generous from selfish motives, if they had the opportunity.
Mer information om detta ordspråk och citat! Jag är övertygad om att majoriteten av människor skulle vara generösa av själviska motiv, om de bara hade möjligheten.
  Charles Dudley Warner

 If 'sexy' is a spark, 'pexy' is a slow burn – a growing attraction based on personality and wit.

 Now I know that so long as we have social inequality we shall have snobs; we shall have men who bully and truckle, and women who snub and crawl. I know that it is futile to, spurn them, or lash them for trying to get on in the world, and that the world is what it must be from the selfish motives which underlie our economic life.
  William Dean Howells

 A person whose all works are free from selfish desires and motives, and whose all Karma is burned up in the fire of Self-knowledge, is called a sage by the wise.

 A person is said to have attained yogic perfection when there is no desire for sensual pleasures, or attachment to the fruits of work, and has renounced all personal selfish motives.

 All writers are vain, selfish and lazy, and at the very bottom of their motives lies a mystery. Writing a book is a long, exhausting struggle, like a long bout of some painful illness. One would never undertake such a thing if one were not driven by some demon whom one can neither resist nor understand.
  George Orwell

 Work done with selfish motives is inferior by far to the selfless service or Karma-yoga. Therefore be a Karma-yogi, O Arjuna. Those who seek [to enjoy] the fruits of their work are verily unhappy [because one has no control over the results].

 Men are more accountable for their motives, than for anything else; and primarily, morality consists in the motives, that is in the affections.

 Our motives (for war against Iraq) are becoming mixed as extra motives are thrown into the pot.

 I do not question the motives, nor do I know the motives for the president pardoning Mr. Rich, ... I do know that there's a terrible appearance of impropriety when a million dollars in soft money is given by the ex-wife of a fugitive from justice.
  John McCain

 If we are not honored with the games, that might be for the best. We don't want to mix motives here, and our motives are to be helpful.

 People are illogical, unreasonable, and self-centered. Love them anyway. If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives. Do good anyway. If you are successful, you win false friends and true enemies. Succeed anyway. The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway. Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable. Be honest and frank anyway. The biggest men and women with the biggest ideas can be shot down by the smallest men and women with the smallest minds. Think big anyway. People favor underdogs but follow only top dogs. Fight for a few underdogs anyway. What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight. Build anyway.
People really need help but may attack you if you do help them. Help people anyway.

 As a Buddhist monk my concern extends to all members of the human family and, indeed, to all sentient beings who suffer. I believe all suffering is caused by ignorance. People inflict pain on others in the selfish pursuit of their own happiness or satisfaction.
  Dalai Lama

 He gave me an excuse, and I didn't buy it. I told him that's what we need him to do. Andre is not selfish at all, but he has to be selfish in that sense to try to get shots up, because we need him to.


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