I think most people act in their self-interest.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Self-interest makes some people blind, and others sharp-sighted.
Self-interest is but the survival of the animal in us. Humanity only begins for man with self-surrender.
People acting in their own self-interest is the fuel for all the discovery, innovation, and prosperity that powers the world.
People who think too much before they act don't act too much.
People know things and have a remarkable capacity to act in their individual immediate interests all the time.
Acting, believe it or not, can get very self-involved! I feel fortunate to have been able to work on things with people who have a very specific point of view and perspective, and who feel like they're doing something very active.
Part of diplomacy is to open different definitions of self-interest.
Is self-interest a bad thing? We want our leaders to be pure and good, but at the same time we want them to be effective, and to be effective you often have to be ruthless and not bound by ideology or the same morals that we pretend to hold ourselves to.
Self-interest is the enemy of all true affection.
I actually think that self-interest is overrated as an all-purpose guide to political motive. It leaves out something at least as powerful and immovable - individual psychology.