self-centeredness

Noun

Meaning

concern for your own interests and welfare

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self centeredness

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Superiority and self-centeredness is the starting point of human disintegration, and the root of all problems. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Raising or caring for children requires sacrifice and service, which, I believe, heals us from the destructive forces of self-centeredness. Richard Paul Evans

Self-centeredness is death. Centeredness in God and in his people brings life. Kirby Page

I think we've become a TV culture where we forget the live performer in front of us can see us. I think there is a self-centeredness that happens. There's nothing more important than what you are doing in that moment. So, unless it's an emergency, put your phone away. Laura Benanti

Our world is drowning in a sea of self-centeredness. You can make yourself quite unique right away by leaving this ocean of selfishness and choosing to be curious about other people. John Bytheway

I think one of the best ways to face this problem of self-centeredness is to discover some cause and some purpose, some loyalty outside of yourself and give yourself to that something. The best way to handle it is not to suppress the ego but to extend the ego into objectively meaningful channels. Martin Luther King Jr.

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