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self-centred example sentences
self-centred
1. It transpired that during my week of foul, self-centred temper and depression, Menachem had been leaving notes
2. I do, however, feel for the parents or relatives who suffer more than the addict, who inhabits his own self-centred world
3. Broshee had matured quickly during the winter and was not the same self-centred youngster that had romped through Brockenhurst Forest such a short while ago
4. In love with the most frustrating, infuriating, self-centred, devious man she had ever met
5. If you keep sending out cheap, commercial messages, your followers will view you as self-centred and desperate, and they will eventually stop paying attention to you
6. Besides he exuded a confidence that was not self-centred and his sparkling green eyes also showed a level of compassion that had made a more-lasting impression on her than any other man she had ever met, or at least remember
7. illogical, immature and perpetually self-centred haters
8. Self-centredness is only another form of pride, but it is very prominent at the
9. upon themselves, and because they are self-centred their forces are jangling
10. activity and many self-centred interests
11. One thing he now knew was that she was a totally self-centred bitch who couldn’t be trusted
12. She made him discover how self-centred, self-pitying, obsessive and obstinate he was
13. This mind represents the higher part of the psychic nature and is motivated not by self-centred considerations but by the light and grace of a Higher Power
14. After he preached they said: what must we do to be saved? He said: repent and be baptised; in other words: turn away from a life that's not Christ-centred, a life that's not God-centred, a life that is self-centred; and turn to the living God
15. It's the difference between: living a life where you live in sin and self-centredness, doing your own thing; and a life where the spirit of God is in you, and you're starting to live by the power of the Holy Ghost, and the life of God; the resurrection life shining through you, changing you, giving you victory, giving you power in your life
16. I think of how self-centred I am to be even considering this possibility
17. That's how it thinks, and most decisions are made around how can I advance myself? What can I get? How can I get ahead? How can I advance myself? That's not entirely all wrong, however it says that there's a spirit that is at work in that thinking, so self-centred thinking is governed by a spiritual power, and when you look at people and how they run their lives, you see most of them are pretty self-centred and self-directed and basically they run their life around the principle of what's in this for me
18. Now I want you to notice that the devil was the originator of this whole self-centred process of thinking
19. It's actually about the whole self-centred way of life, rejecting God's right to rule
20. Getting saved is about changing the core of your being, from being a self-centred person, to being a love-centred person, where you can reflect what God is like
21. Now you notice here it is - but if you have bitter envy and self-seeking, self-centredness, selfish ambition in your heart, don't boast, don't lie against the truth
22. Rather the self-centred way of life, what's in it for me, it's all about me, what can I get, how can you get me here - it says it's earthly, it's sensual and it's demonic
23. Have a look in Matthew, Chapter 16 and you'll see again how Jesus exposes that, behind the self-centred way of life, there is a demonic power
24. Now notice behind it there's an agenda, because if Jesus dies, what's going to happen to Peter? His whole plan of being next to Jesus in the kingdom is going to be ruined, so he looks at Jesus' clear statement of the will of God, and it's just foreign to him, because when we walk in the ways of God, they just are crazy compared to the self-centred way of life
25. It's just so totally different, so in God's kingdom it works completely different to the world or secular or self-centred kingdom
26. Every one of us has to deal with self-centredness
27. But self-centredness will always frustrate us from advancing in the kingdom of heaven, until we actually come to the cross and say God, you gave your life for me
28. I wonder what area today that God wants you to deal with in your life, an area where there's self-centredness, selfishness, agendas, where your life's gripped by fears, disappointments, failures, griefs? There's so many things that can hold us back, and so we don't trust God, we try and preserve ourself
29. tion the meaning of life, in an otherwise self-centred materialistic
30. told her, “Man has a self-centred view of the world; we could
31. ity, a holy being, but in truth is ordinary, self-centred and ruthless
32. Over time, Mary grew more selfish and self-centred over
33. thinking that Nathaniel was just being self-centred and didn’t appreciate
34. the reflections of a culture that encourages self-centred approaches to life in society, then it
35. A study at the University of Surrey showed many senior managers and executives, other ‘professionals’ not being excluded, outscore mental patients on histrionic (over dramatic in reaction or behaviour) or narcissistic (excessive self-admiration and self-centredness) behaviours and compulsive personalities
36. Guess I’m too self-centred for that
37. I ask you, doctor, what is there in the world more selfish than a baby? Nothing! Nothing is so self-centred, unsocial, selfish, nothing!'
38. I don't know why, but I always like the early workaday morning in Petersburg in spite of its squalid air ; and the self-centred people, always absorbed in thought, and hurrying on their affairs, have a special attraction for me at eight o'clock in the morning
