SELHISHNESS - (GREED)

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“Keep your eyes open and guard against every sort of greed, because even when a person has an abundance, his life does not result from the things he possesses.” – Apostle Luke – Luke 12:15 – HOLY SCRIPTURES

“A part in a play?  You would do all that, just for a part…in a play?” Celeste Holm (Karen) to Anne Baxter (Eve) in ALL ABOUT EVE – Joseph L. Mankiewicz

We make a living by what we get—we make a life by what we give. – Winston Churchill

Forgiveness is love practiced among people who love poorly.  It sets us free without wanting anything in return. – Henry Nouwen

It’s better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone. – Marilyn Monroe

People will pay more to be entertained than to be educated. – Johnny Carson

Abortion is advocated only by persons who have themselves been born. – Ronald Reagan

“Fiddle-dee-dee!  War, war, war! This war talk is spoiling all the fun at every party this spring.” – Vivian Leigh – GONE WITH THE WIND

It took me fifteen years to discover I had no talent for writing, but I couldn’t give up because by that time I was too famous. – Robert Benchley

I buy women shoes, and then they use them to walk away from me. – Mickey Rooney         

When a man is wrapped up in himself, he makes a pretty small package. – John Ruskin

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away. – George Carlin

You can’t have everything—where would you put it? – Steven Wright

I’m tired of all this nonsense about beauty only being skin-deep.  That’s deep enough.  What do you want—an adorable pancreas? – Jean Kerr                

How beautiful it is to do nothing and then rest afterward. – Spanish proverb      

I’ve learned we should be glad God doesn’t give us everything we ask for. – Andy Rooney          

Every tub sits on its own bottom. – Zig Zigler

Beware of the woman who thinks much of her glory, but little of her reputation. – Victor Hugo

Love is what’s left in a relationship after all selfishness has been removed. – Cullen Hightower

Those who live to the future must always appear selfish to those who live in the present. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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“Deaden, therefore, your body members on earth as respects sexual immorality, uncleanness, uncontrolled sexual passion, hurtful desire, and greediness, which is idolatry.” – Apostle Paul – Col. 3:5 – HOLY SCRIPTURES

No! – Probably the most used quote in human history – Gary Pulliam

Isolation is the sum total of wretchedness to a man. – Thomas Carlyle

Most people work hard enough not to get fired and get paid just enough money not to quit. – George Carlin

Every man is quilty of all the good he did not do. – Voltaire

“They do most of the working and paying and living and dying in this community.  Well, is it too much to have them live and pay and live and die in a couple of decent rooms and a bath?  Anyway, my father didn’t think so.  People were human beings to him, but to you, a warped frustrated old man, they’re cattle.  Well, in my book he died a much richer man than you will ever be!” – James Stewart (George Bailey) to Lionel Barrymore (Potter) – IT’S AWONDERFUL LIFE – Francis Goodrich, Albert Hackett, Frank Capra

I’ve been on a calendar, but I’ve never been on time. – Marilyn Monroe

Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s needs, but not every man’s greed. – Mohandas Gandhi

Those who do not hate their own sacrifice and regard themselves as more important than the rest of the world are blind, because the truth lies elsewhere. – Blaise Pascal

People seldom do what they believe in.  They do what is convenient—then repent. – Bob Dylan

It’s the preoccupation of possessions, more than anything else, that prevents us from living freely and nobly. – Bertrand Russell

He who is not a good servant will not be a good master. – Plato

A man is called selfish not for pursuing his own good, but for neglecting his neighbors. – Richard Whately

I’ve learned that being kind is more important than being right. – Andy Rooney                       

Selfishness is the greatest curse of the human race. – William E. Gladstone

Even toddlers can start learning self-control.  “If a child cries and cries for a piece of candy at the grocery store and you give it to her, you have just taught her that crying is an effective way toget what she wants.  The next time she wants something, she will cry and whine because that worked last time. – Dr. Jean M. Twenge – GENERATION ME

Selfishness and greed, individual or national, cause most of our troubles. – Harry S. Truman

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“…thieves, greedy people, drunkards, revilers, and extortioners will not inherit God’s Kingdom.” – Apostle Paul–1 Cor. 6:10 – HOLY SCRIPTURES

If we were not so excessively interested in ourselves, life would be so uninteresting that we would not be able to endure it. – Arthur Schopenhauer

Greed has poisoned men’s souls. – Charlie Chaplin

I’ve given up reading books.  I find it takes my mind off myself. – Oscar Levant

As sacrifice and complaint pervert the mind, so love with its joy clears and sharpens the vision. – Helen Keller                         

Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice and is never the result of selfishness. – Napoleon Hill

Lovers never get tired of each other because they are forever talking about themselves. – Francois de la Rochefoucauld

There are many things we would throw away if we were not afraid that others might pick them up. – Oscar Wilde

I did not have three thousand pairs of shoes.  I had one thousand and sixty. – Imelda Marcos

He who is wrapped up in himself makes a very small package. – Unknown?

“Greed is good!” – Gordon Gecko (Michael Douglas) referring to the stock market            

Lust and greed are more gullible than innocence. – Mason Cooley

None are so empty as those who are so full of themselves. – Benjamin Whichcote

Selfishness must always be forgiven you know, because there is no hope for a cure. – Jane Austen

He who takes but never gives, may last for years but never lives. – Unknown

Wealth is like seawater, the more we drink, the dirtier we become; the same is true of fame. – Arthur Schopenhauer                           

Don’t confuse fame with success.  Madonna is one—Helen Keller is the other.  – Erma Bombeck       

What money?  A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night, and in between, does whatever he wants to do. – Bob Dylan

The trouble with life in the fast lane is that you get to the other end in an awful hurry. – John Jensen