Jami Attenberg Quotes

There's something so grabbing about people who will do anything for one another.

Self-interest is the enemy of all true affection.

Bobby was one of the few people I had ever known who really wanted to do something for me.

My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake.

At his heart, Gambit is a good man who believes in taking care of his friends, and his friends are what's most important to him. People are his home. He will do anything for those who matter to him.

I like to think I'm a pretty good friend. I love having a good time, and I enjoy being able to share those good times with others.

He who lives only to benefit himself confers on the world a benefit when he dies.

For how many things, which for our own sake we should never do, do we perform for the sake of our friends.

Friendship without self-interest is one of the rare and beautiful things of life.

I just want to be a good friend to people, that's all.

I will give my life to whoever in need, to any dear friend of mine.

I would want my legacy to be that I was a great son, father and friend.

The man who treasures his friends is usually solid gold himself.

Friendship with a man is friendship with his virtue.

I'm the nicest, most loyal person in the world when it comes to my friends.

The only way to have a friend is to be one.

Sometimes you have to be selfish to be selfless.

We secure our friends not by accepting favors but by doing them.

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.

My father is the man that, he will give you what he doesn't have, still. If he has 10 bucks and you need 10 bucks because you're sick or you don't have nothing to eat, he will give you 10 bucks. He will be at zero, but he will help you. That's the kind of man that my father is.

My laundry list of wants in a partner is basically kindness. I want someone who is kind, and that's kind of where it begins and ends. I'm open to being surprised.

I never want to get to the point where it's all about my needs, and the hell with anybody else.

Love is when the other person's happiness is more important than your own.

If we would build on a sure foundation in friendship, we must love friends for their sake rather than for our own.

Selfishness is one of the qualities apt to inspire love.