Sentence examples similar to self interest to help from inspiring English sources

"I was going to give up my worldly goods and self-interest to help people that are starving and deprived".

Calling the Syrian conflict "the most dangerous crisis since the end of the cold war," António Guterres, the United Nations high commissioner for refugees, urged world leaders to respond to the appeal not just out of compassion but also as a form of "enlightened self-interest" to help stabilize the region and avert "an explosion in the Middle East".

It's also in our self-interest to help older people stay on the job, because it benefits the economy and the federal budget.

Feeling inspired gives us energy we did not think we had and pushes us to think beyond pursuing our self-interest to helping others.

The prime minister of Norway, Erna Solberg, who is also co-chairing the conference said it was in Europe's self interest to do more to help Syrians.

It is self-evidently in Germany's interests to help defeat the growing scourge of piracy".

At the startup phase, it seems more appropriate to approach those institutions part of whose mission, or enlightened self-interest, is to help projects like this get off the ground.

It's in their self-interest to enthusiastically and generously help China pursue a more benign transportation and energy path.

Catering to the needs of the local refugee population, he combines altruism and self-interest by deciding to help an attractive Russian illegal immigrant (Dina Korzun).

They have the capacity to help and it is very much in their self-interest to do so.

But as greenhouse gas emissions are a global problem, rich nations acknowledge a degree of self-interest in helping developing countries to invest in clean technology.