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" Quotes and Sayings About self-interest

Law 13: When asking for help, appeal to people’s self-interest, never to their mercy or gratitude

Appeal Self-interest Gratitude Mercy
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The virtues are lost in self-interest as rivers are lost in the sea.

Lost Rivers Sea Self-Interest
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Self-interest is the enemy of all true affection.

Affection Enemy Self-Interest True
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There is a difference between being self-interested and being selfish. I will never be selfish.

Being Between Difference Never
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What most men call their conscience is imaginary virtue switching left or right according to self-interest.
According Call Conscience Imaginary
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There is some self-interest behind every friendship. There is no friendship without self-interests. This is a bitter truth.

Self-interest Friendship Bitter Truth
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Nature... is nothing but the inner voice of self-interest.
Inner Nature Nothing Voice
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Whenever there is a conflict between universal principles and self-interest, self-interest is likely to prevail.

Whenever Conflict Universal principles Self interest
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Children like their mothers especially to be standing still and watching them, even if they are sleeping. At least that's how I felt. There's nothing wrong with the self-interest of children; it's just the way they are.

Children Even Felt How
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Over the course of history, governments, political regimes, and leaders have done some stupid things despite all arguments to the contrary, at times even against their own self-interest.

Against Argument Contrary Course
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Self-interest lies behind all that men do, forming the important motive for all their actions; this rule has never deceived me

Self interest Men do Forming Important motive
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We hope the world will act in the spirit of enlightened self-interest.

We Hope World Act
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It is in your self-interest to find a way to be very tender.

Self-interest Way Tender
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A culture in which guilt is automatically assumed to be neurotic and unhealthy has devised a remarkably clever way of protecting its self-interest.

Culture Guilt Unhealty Self-interest
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