Bill Gates Quotes

There is some pretty powerful self-interest in wanting a future that is not just running storm-to-storm. The argument that I make is not that we aren't competitive and selfish and greedy. We are. We're all of these things. We're complicated, competitive, greedy and nasty, and kind and generous and compassionate.

There would be no supporting life were we to feel quite as poignantly for others as we do for ourselves.

From this it follows that con-sideration for other persons or for other living beings is very vital for goodness and want of consideration for other people makes human beings selfish, regardless for other people's good.

I guess because I'm a liberal I think it's not people's natural instinct to be completely self-interested.

When we stop thinking about ourselves, when we stop being so devoted to 'me,' we can start behaving in a way that actually benefits others!

The worth of a human being lies in the ability to extend oneself, to go outside oneself, to exist in and for other people.

Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, 'What's in it for me?'

We know that young babies, as they become capable of moving voluntarily, will share. They will share food, for instance, with their siblings and with kids that are around. They will sooth. If they see somebody else in pain, even the youngest of toddlers will try to reach out and pat the person.

Man becomes great exactly in the degree in which he works for the welfare of his fellow-men.

There's no such thing as altruism.

This idea of selfishness as a virtue, as opposed to generosity: That, to me, is unnatural.

A rich man without charity is a rogue; and perhaps it would be no difficult matter to prove that he is also a fool.

The great majority of people are calm, resourceful, altruistic or even beyond altruistic, as they risk themselves for others. We improvise the conditions of survival beautifully.

The world is so competitive, aggressive, consumive, selfish and during the time we spend here we must be all but that.

All of us, whether or not we're celebrities, every one ought to spend part of their life making someone else's life better.

I knew a homeless guy who'd give all the copper coins that people gave him to charity. So I think there's something that makes us want to give. For me, it's quite a selfish luxury: you feel enlivened, deepened and self-nurtured by generosity.

I like to think of myself as a humanitarian.

I think we all have a selfish gene which rises to the top, sometimes. But then we're also all capable of a sudden magnanimity.

Americans also don't need to be taught how to give. We don't need to be taught how to take care of each other or how to be charitable.

It is selfish to concern oneself with tragedies.

When you go out there and do the things you're supposed to do, people view you as selfish.

America is the most giving nation on Earth. One of the best ways to feel better is by doing something for somebody else.

Let us try to teach generosity and altruism, because we are born selfish.

Selfishness is one of the qualities apt to inspire love.

The purpose of human life is to serve and to show compassion and the will to help others.