Selfishness is the only real atheism; aspiration, unselfishness, the only real religion.

Quote by Franklin D Roosevelt

Topics: Selfishness Quotes

Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.

Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.

I do not look upon these United States as a finished product. We are still...

I do not look upon these United States as a finished product. We are still...

We must lay hold of the fact that economic laws are not made by nature....

We must lay hold of the fact that economic laws are not made by nature....

If you treat people right they will treat you right -- ninety percent of the...

If you treat people right they will treat you right -- ninety percent of the...

I'm not the smartest fellow in the world, but I can sure pick smart colleagues.

I'm not the smartest fellow in the world, but I can sure pick smart colleagues.

No group and no government can properly prescribe precisely what should constitute the body of...

No group and no government can properly prescribe precisely what should constitute the body of...

In our seeking for economic and political progress, we all go up - or else...

In our seeking for economic and political progress, we all go up - or else...

Remember you are just an extra in everyone else's play.

Remember you are just an extra in everyone else's play.

The virtues are lost in self-interest as rivers are lost in the sea.

The virtues are lost in self-interest as rivers are lost in the sea.

Remember, remember always that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from...

Remember, remember always that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from...

I think we consider too much the good luck of the early bird and not...

I think we consider too much the good luck of the early bird and not...

Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.

Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.

Self-interest is the enemy of all true affection.

Self-interest is the enemy of all true affection.

Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us....

Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us....

Put two or three men in positions of conflicting authority. This will force them to...

Put two or three men in positions of conflicting authority. This will force them to...

There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well...

There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well...

Yesterday, December seventh, 1941, a date which will live in infamy, the United States of...

Yesterday, December seventh, 1941, a date which will live in infamy, the United States of...

We do our best that we know how at the moment, and if it doesn't...

We do our best that we know how at the moment, and if it doesn't...

To be nobody but yourself in a world that's doing its best to make you...

To be nobody but yourself in a world that's doing its best to make you...

Do more than is required. What is the distance between someone who achieves their goals...

Do more than is required. What is the distance between someone who achieves their goals...