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I was given such a great gift. It's a miracle that never stops amazing me and reminding me to give thanks, every day. Having a wife and daughter gives me a lot more purpose. I was much more selfish before, but now I think about what kind of role model I'll be. I just want to be a better man. Jake Owen

Thankful, Daughter, Great, Man, Day

All life demands struggle. Those who have everything given to them become lazy, selfish, and insensitive to the real values of life. The very striving and hard work that we so constantly try to avoid is the major building block in the person we are today. Pope Paul VI

Work, Life, Hard Work, Today, Struggle

I'm selfish, impatient, and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I'm out of control, and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best. Marilyn Monroe

Best, Mistakes, Control, Me, Hell, You

The world is not fair, and often fools, cowards, liars and the selfish hide in high places. - Bryant H. McGill

The world is not fair, and often fools, cowards, liars and the selfish hide in high places. Bryant H. McGill

World, Hide, Fools, Cowards, Places

All these walls that keep us from loving each other as one family or one race - racism, religion, where we grew up, whatever, class, socioeconomic - what makes us be so selfish and prideful, what keeps us from wanting to help the next man, what makes us be so focused on a personal legacy as opposed to the entire legacy of a race. Kanye West

Family, Man, Religion, Racism, Legacy

My son's the most precious thing to me; he's changed me from being selfish to selfless. - Ricardo Antonio Chavira

My son's the most precious thing to me; he's changed me from being selfish to selfless. Ricardo Antonio Chavira

Son, Selfless, Me, Precious, Most, He

The only difference between a hero and the villain is that the villain chooses to use that power in a way that is selfish and hurts other people. Chadwick Boseman

Hero, Power, People, Villain, Way, Only

With fools, there is no companionship. Rather than to live with men who are selfish, vain, quarrelsome, and obstinate, let a man walk alone. Buddha

Alone, Man, Live, Walk, Men, Fools

It's also selfish because it makes you feel good when you help others. I've been helped by acts of kindness from strangers. That's why we're here, after all, to help others. Carol Burnett

Kindness, Good, Help Others, Feel Good

Sometimes you have to be selfish to be selfless. - Edward Albert

Sometimes you have to be selfish to be selfless. Edward Albert

Selfless, You, Sometimes

People are so selfish. Those you help are the ones who turn against you. Munshi Premchand

People, Help, You, Turn, Against, Who

It's good to be selfish. But not so self-centered that you never listen to other people. Hugh Hefner

Good, People, You, Listen, Self-Centered

Let us try to teach generosity and altruism, because we are born selfish. Richard Dawkins

Generosity, Teach, Born, Try, Altruism

It is not because the truth is too difficult to see that we make mistakes... we make mistakes because the easiest and most comfortable course for us is to seek insight where it accords with our emotions - especially selfish ones. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Failure, Truth, Mistakes, Truth Is, See

Glory, built on selfish principles, is shame and guilt. - William Cowper

Glory, built on selfish principles, is shame and guilt. William Cowper

Guilt, Shame, Principles, Glory, Built

A faithful woman can become a devoted daughter of God - more concerned with being righteous than with being selfish, more anxious to exercise compassion than to exercise dominion, more committed to integrity than to notoriety. And she knows of her own infinite worth. Russell M. Nelson

Daughter, Integrity, Woman, God, She

To be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost. Gustave Flaubert

Happiness, Health, Good Health, Good

It disturbs me no more to find men base, unjust, or selfish than to see apes mischievous, wolves savage, or the vulture ravenous. Jean-Paul Sartre

Men, Me, Wolves, Find, Savage, See

A man is called selfish not for pursuing his own good, but for neglecting his neighbor's. Richard Whately

Man, Good, Neighbor, Own, Pursuing, His

To be successful you have to be selfish, or else you never achieve. And once you get to your highest level, then you have to be unselfish. Stay reachable. Stay in touch. Don't isolate. Michael Jordan

Successful, You, Achieve, Never, Touch

People are so docile right now. It is almost as if good government means when the politicians lie to us for our own good, for the public good, and bad government is when politicians lie for their own selfish interests. James Bovard

Good, Lie, People, Government, Bad, Own

I recognize that I have the ability to be selfish, but I also recognize that you can't be happy if you only care about yourself at the expense of other people. Russell Brand

Happy, Yourself, People, Be Happy, Care

Selfish persons are incapable of loving others, but they are not capable of loving themselves either. Erich Fromm

Loving, Others, Capable, Either, Persons

It's a dream when some people think that once you give your life to God, all of a sudden things are perfect. That's not the case. We live in a world that's broken, where there's disease, where people are selfish. The foundation of your faith helps you know how to put that in proper perspective. Danny Gokey

Life, Faith, Live, God, Perspective

I would not be a good mother. I mean, I love being an aunt to my niece and nephew. And I used to want to, like, adopt 10 kids - because I had friends who were adopted, and I thought that was the coolest thing, to be chosen. But again, my job is too selfish. Kelly Clarkson

Love, Mother, Job, Good, Thought, Nephew

I wish to spend my life's twilight being just who I am. I could claim noble reasons as coming out in order to move gay rights forward, but I must admit it is for far more selfish reasons. Now is the time I wish to find someone, and I do not desire to force any potential partner to live a life of extreme discretion with me. David Ogden Stiers

Life, Time, Live, I Am, Partner, Me

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