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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

Daughter, Great, Thankful, Man, Wife

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, Not Fair, Cowards

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, Me, Selfless, Precious, He, Changed

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, Me, Control, Mistakes, Hell, You

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, Racism, Religion, Legacy

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

Life, Work, Hard Work, Today, Struggle

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

Power, Hero, People, Villain, Way, Only

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

The martyr sacrifices themselves entirely in vain. Or rather not in vain; for they make the selfish more selfish, the lazy more lazy, the narrow narrower. Florence Nightingale

Lazy, More, Martyr, Make, Vain, Rather

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

It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their own selfish purposes. Andrew Jackson

Government, Rich, Powerful, Own, Bend

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

People, Help, You, Turn, Against, Who

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

Integrity, Daughter, God, Woman, Worth

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

Live, Alone, Man, Walk, Men, Fools

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

Many churches of all persuasions are hiring research agencies to poll neighborhoods, asking what kind of church they prefer. Then the local churches design themselves to fit the desires of the people. True faith in God that demands selflessness is being replaced by trendy religion that serves the selfish. Billy Graham

God, Faith, Religion, People, Research

To be stupid and selfish and to have good health are the three requirements for happiness. Though if stupidity is lacking, the others are useless. Stefan Sagmeister

Good, Happiness, Good Health, Health

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

Loving, Others, Capable, Either, Persons

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

Wolves, Men, Me, Find, See, Savage

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, Truth Is, Mistakes, See

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

Generosity, Born, Try, Teach, Altruism

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

Good, Happiness, Good Health, Health

It's enough to indulge and to be selfish but true happiness is really when you start giving back. Adrian Grenier

Happiness, True Happiness, Enough, Start

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

Good, People, You, Listen, Never, Other

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

You, Touch, Achieve, Never, Successful

What a cage is to the wild beast, law is to the selfish man. Herbert Spencer

Man, Law, Wild, Beast, Cage, Wild Beast

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