Those that much covet are with gain so fond,
For what they have not, that which they possess
They scatter and unloose it from their bond,
And so, by hoping more, they have but less;
Or, gaining more, the profit of excess
Is but to surfeit, and such griefs sustain,
That they prove bankrupt in this poor-rich gain.
Stichwörter: excess desires greed possessions entitlement gain insatiability
When we replace a sense of service and gratitude with a sense of entitlement and expectation, we quickly see the demise of our relationships, society, and economy.
Steve MaraboliStichwörter: motivational inspirational society service relationships gratitude economy entitlement
Instead of communicating "I love you, so let me make life easy for you," I decided that my message needed to be something more along these lines: "I love you. I believe in you. I know what you're capable of. So I'm going to make you work.
Kay Wills WymaStichwörter: work parenting kids entitlement cleaning
A sense of entitlement is a cancerous thought process that is void of gratitude and can be deadly to our relationships.
Steve MaraboliStichwörter: relationships gratitude business entitlement nations cancer
Resolution, like responsibility, is a product of ownership, and kids can't resolve a conflict until they figure out how they contributed to it.
Richard EyreStichwörter: peace children responsibility parenting conflict resolution kids entitlement ownership
Legalism breeds a sense of entitlement that turns us into complainers.
Tullian TchividjianStichwörter: complaining entitlement legalism
The wide world was changing, and she wanted a different place in it.
Not just wanted, but felt she deserved. If the world didn't owe her a living, as her mother repeatedly warned her, it owed her a break. She had a strong sense that a better, more exciting, more rewarding life than that which had been the lot of her parents and grandparents was hers by right. In this she was guilty of nothing more serious than the arrogance of youth, from which every generation suffers and by which it distinguishes itself from the preceding one.
Stichwörter: perception youth arrogance aspirations entitlement ambitions
Beware: It is a quick transition from a nourishing sense of gratitude to a poisonous sense of entitlement.
Steve MaraboliStichwörter: gratitude entitlement grateful beware
Man is not, by nature, deserving of all that he wants. When we think that we are automatically entitled to something, that is when we start walking all over others to get it.
Criss JamiStichwörter: power man nature tyranny selfishness dictatorship destruction pride competition entitlement stealing thieves deserving overpowering
It may sound reactionary, I know. But we can all feel it. We've changed the way we think of ourselves as citizens. We don't think of ourselves as citizens in the old sense of being small parts of something larger and infinitely more important to which we have serious responsibilities. We do still think of ourselves as citizens in the sense of being beneficiaries--we're actually conscious of our rights as American citizens and the nation's responsibilities to us and ensuring we get our share of the American pie. We think of ourselves now as eaters of the pie instead of makers of the pie. So who makes the pie?
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Something has happened where we've decided on a personal level that it's all right to abdicate our individual responsibility to the common good and let government worry about the common good while we all go about our individual self-interested business and struggle to gratify our various appetites.
Stichwörter: responsibility government citizenship entitlement
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