Self-Benefit Quotes

Men are moved by two levers only: fear and self interest.

…would…before he could in any way benefit his friends or the state, come to an untimely end without doing any good to himself or others.

Philanthropy can have a very strong selfish component.

He that does good to another does good also to himself, not only in the consequence but in the very act. For the consciousness of well-doing is in itself ample reward.

Love and compassion benefit both ourselves and others. Through kindness to others, your heart and mind will be peaceful and open.

I've never seen a sincere white man, not when it comes to helping black people. Usually things like this are done by white people to benefit themselves. The white man's primary interest is not to elevate the thinking of black people, or to waken black people, or white people either. The white man is interested in the black man only to the extent that the black man is of use to him. The white man's interest is to make money, to exploit.

Even wisdom has to yield to self-interest.

It's a wise man who profits by his own experience, but it's a good deal wiser one who lets the rattlesnake bite the other fellow.

If you could help millions of people, you can certainly make millions of dollars. I try to influence everyone I know to be a giver because the person that benefits most by giving is the giver.

Takers are self-serving in their interactions. It's all about what can you do for me.

I just want to encourage every one of us to realize when we obey God, we’re not doing it for God—I mean, that’s one way to look at it—we’re doing it for ourselves, because God takes pleasure when we’re happy. That’s the thing that gives Him the greatest joy. So, I want you to know this morning: Just do good for your own self. Do good because God wants you to be happy. When you come to church, when you worship Him, you’re not doing it for God really. You’re doing it for yourself, because that’s what makes God happy. Amen?

Help another and you will be the one who benefits most

Honesty is the best policy - when there is money in it.

When we obey God, we're not doing it for God... we're doing it for ourself. Because God takes pleasure when we're happy.

The more we take the welfare of others to heart and work for their benefit, the more benefit we derive for ourselves. This is a fact that we can see.

I seldom made an errand to God for another but I got something for myself.

The gift is to the giver, and comes back most to him - it cannot fail

The customer is a remarkably selfish person: He takes the relationship to where the execution is in his favor.

I'm not going to abandon the power game, but I'm going to be sure use it to my advantage.

While I have made errors that I deeply regret, I have never, ever done so with the intent of subverting the law or of benefiting myself.

They regard as just whatever they believe to be advantageous.

Our moral virtues benefit mainly other people; intellectual virtues, on the other hand, benefit primarily ourselves; therefore the former make us universally popular, the latter unpopular.

He who becomes a Muslim does so in his own interest.

Strong leaders encourage you to do things for your own benefit, not just theirs.

There is some self-interest behind every friendship. There is no friendship without self-interests. This is a bitter truth.