A person's "best interests" are the choices or outcomes most beneficial to their welfare and goals. The phrase often guides decisions made for someone, especially children or patients. It stresses long-term benefit over short-term comfort.
While there are practical and sometimes moral reasons for the decomposition of the family, it coincides neither with what most people in society say they desire nor, especially in the case of children, with their best interests. Robert N. Bellah
People who act against their own best interests are interesting characters. Paul Schrader
Surround yourself with good people. People who are going to be honest with you and look out for your best interests. Derek Jeter
Dodge v. Ford still stands for the legal principal that managers and directors have a legal duty to put the shareholders' interests above all others and no legal authority to serve any other interests - what has come to be known as "the best interests of the corporation" principal. Joel Bakan
This is a work that cannot be completed except by a society of men of letters and skilled workmen, each working separately on his own part, but all bound together solely by their zeal for the best interests of the human race and a feeling of mutual good will. Denis Diderot
The royal duty of non-opposition is a reminder that the legitimacy of government is founded on the consent of the people, who may withdraw their mandate at any time if they lose confidence in the ability of the ruler to serve their best interests. Aung San Suu Kyi