Selfishness makes Christmas a burden; love makes it a delight.
Americans used to say, “Give me liberty.” Today they just say, “Give me.”
The perfect gift for the person who has everything—a burglar alarm.
A bore is a person who spends so much time talking about himself that you can’t talk about yourself.
Too many people live cafeteria style—self-service.
No one is so empty as when he is filled with thoughts of himself.
There is little chance for people to get together as long as most of us want to be in the back of the church, the front of the bus, and the middle of the road.
A selfish heart loves for what it can get—a Christlike heart loves for what it can give.
Some people use their religion like a bus—they ride on it only when it is going their way.
A Scotsman wrote the editor of a magazine saying if they didn’t quit publishing Scottish jokes, he would quit borrowing the magazine.
Some people are so narrow-minded they have to stack their prejudices vertically.
The man who has a good opinion of himself is usually a poor judge.
We might be more eager to accept advice if it didn’t continually interfere with our plans.
If we want an increase of Christ, there must be a decrease of self.
The worst thing about self is that it is the smallest business in the world to be engaged in.
The man who lives for himself lives for the meanest mortal known.
Time spent pitying oneself is worse than a waste of time.
Many people do not cast their bread upon the water until it is stale.
This would be a better world if everyone were as good as he wishes his neighbor was.
People always get into trouble when they think they can handle life without God.
He who builds a fence always fences more out than he fences in.
One of the hardest things about business is minding your own.
The more you do what you life, the less you like what you do.
Some folks with a sympathetic disposition sure waste a lot of it on themselves.
It is the greatest of all mistakes to do nothing because you can do only a little.
Most of us like straightforward people who come right out and say what they think—provided, of course, they agree with us.
Most people will agree with you if you’ll just keep quiet.
Jacob wrestled with an angel. Most of us wrestle with just plain self.
A miser is a person who will catch a cold just to use up the cough medicine.
We tire of those pleasures we take, but never of those we give.
Most of us prefer living in luxury to the luxury of living.
The fanatic is one who increases his speed after he loses his way.
Most Christians need to say, “What must I do?” instead of “I want nothing to do.”
How empty is a life that is filled with nothing but things.
Half of our trouble comes from wanting our way—the other half comes from having it.
Blowing out the other fellow’s candle won’t make yours shine any brighter.
Overstuffed bodies and underfed souls make a pretty poor combination.
Of all the four-lettered words, self is the worst.
Selfishness is the essence of sin.
Everyone wants the world changed, but few are willing to change themselves.
When you are wrapped up in yourself, you are overdressed.
At the end of life we’ll find that the only things we’ve lost were those we tried to keep.
We do not always see things as they are; we usually see things as we are.
The only sympathy that is wasted is when it is used on self.
We should lay aside self, or God will lay us aside.
God send no one away empty except those who are full of themselves.
He who fall in love with himself will have no rivals.
Envy provides the mud that failure throws at success.
Every time you turn green with envy, you are ripe for trouble.