Sentence examples for benefit oneself from inspiring English sources

"To have a child in order to benefit oneself is a moral error," Overall writes.

Perseverance, the fourth perfection, is the ability to pour energy enthusiastically into constructive activities that benefit oneself and others.

Thus, harming others effectively harms ourselves, and the best way to benefit oneself may be to benefit others.

If there is more value in benefiting oneself or one's family and friends than there is disvalue in letting strangers die (without killing them), then spending resources on oneself or one's family and friends would maximize the good.

So, if one wishes others to confer benefits on oneself, one confers benefits on them.

Such fellow-feeling should keep one from imposing serious harm on a fellow group member to procure a slight benefit for oneself, a phenomenon Nagel (p. 100) thought inexplicable by natural selection.

These behaviors are most likely primarily motivated by interest in the health benefits to oneself, but may additionally be motivated by considerations for benefits to others.

Receipt of a first-ever MMR dose during the catch-up period was predicted most strongly by receipt of an invitation letter from the GP/PCT, whilst receipt of a second dose during the campaign was predicted most strongly by appreciation of the social benefits (for oneself and for the community) of accepting MMR.

The psychological benefits of forcing oneself into the shower hours before everyone else are backed up by countless academic studies, too.

How receptive were you then?" (Interview no. 10, Female, 25 years) "It should be like a tweet, that much you could handle…" (Interview no. 14, Male, 26 years) There was also a wish that the information would focus on the positive aspects of sexuality and benefits of protecting oneself and staying healthy, and thereby change attitudes towards condoms among young people.

However, the same fragment continues, "Killing a person to save the world, it's not that we kill a person to benefit the world; killing oneself to save the world, it's that one kills oneself to benefit the world".