If she does have a failing, and it's obviously only a tiny one, it's that she doesn't seem particularly curious about other people, or me, anyway.
David NichollsTags: humor self-centered
From where I’m sitting,
I AM the centre of the Universe!
Tags: humor narcissism self-centered
I hurt myself deeply, though at the time I had no idea how deeply. I should have learned many things from that experience, but when I look back on it, all I gained was one single, undeniable fact. That ultimately I am a person who can do evil. I never consciously tried to hurt anyone, yet good intentions notwithstanding, when necessity demanded, I could become completely self-centred, even cruel. I was the kind of person who could, using some plausible excuse, inflict on a person I cared for a wound that would never heal.
Haruki MurakamiTags: evil hurt wound cruelty good-intentions self-centered looking-back
Everyone lives a self-centered life...whether its trivial like what's for breakfast, or more ambitious, like achieving some lofty goal, a person is constantly on her own mind.
T.M. GoegleinTags: goals self-centered
When outsiders criticize Americans, they regularly note that we seem self-centered, which we are. But few contend we are selfish, and with good reason; we are not.
Harry BeckwithTags: selfish american-culture self-centered
Some people, who always talk about how busy they are, are really trying to claim how 'important' they are.
Donna Lynn HopeTags: self-importance egotism self-centered
Why do you like me more when I was prouder and wilder, more full of words, yet emptier?
Friedrich HölderlinTags: self-centered
It is not your beauty, success or money that should define you; neither should your church calling, your charitable contributions or talents. Humility is the cornerstone of character, by which God judges our truth worth, and wisdom is the door he opens when we use it.
Shannon L. AlderTags: wisdom money wealth beauty humility service spirituality ego talents leaders spiritual-growth accomplishments pastor self-centered what-matters insecurities sermons-in-a-sentence charitable-contributions church-calling contrite-spirit defining-yourself love-for-everyone reaching-out-to-people teaching-sermons-correctly
For too long in this society, we have celebrated unrestrained individualism over common community. For too long as a nation, we have been lulled by the anthem of self-interest. For a decade, led by Ronald Reagan, self-aggrandizement has been the full-throated cry of this society: "I've got mine, so why don't you get yours" and "What's in it for me?
Joe BidenTags: politics individualism self-centered greater-good ronald-reagan
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