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Quotes About Self-centered

Oleg won the assessment because he naturally thinks of himself and not the rest of his squad," he said. "Is that also the sign of a promising potential officer?
~ Jason Fry
They're selfish.
~ Douglas Stone
A spirit of innovation is generally the result of a selfish temper, and confined views. People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors.
~ Edmund Burke
With no objective support whatsoever, Narcissistic Legends see themselves as more talented and intelligent than other people. They are expert in finding small ponds that will let them be big fish, and extorting Narcissistic supplies from people whose need to be needed is as great as their vampiric need to be adored.
~ Albert J. Bernstein
In essence, Trump thinks everything should be about him, for him, for his benefit and glorification - and he can't comprehend, and doesn't care about, anything that isn't.
~ George T. Conway III
Men are worthless; they always think the issue is what's at issue.
~ Richard Powers
God can help you get what you want, which is still a self-centered desire, instead of God's much better role—which is to help you know what you really desire (Luke 11:13; Matthew 7:11).
~ Richard Rohr
Besides, you're a cat. It's your nature to think you're the center of the universe.
~ Rick Riordan
Besides, your a cat.Its your nature to think your the center of the universe. She stared at him blankly. But I am the center of the universe.
~ Rick Riordan
The search for the purpose of life has puzzled people for thousands of years. That's because we typically begin at the wrong starting point—ourselves. We ask self-centered questions like What do I want to be? What should I do with my life? What are my goals, my ambitions, my dreams for my future? But focusing on ourselves will never reveal our life's purpose.
~ Rick Warren
Worldly Christians look to God primarily for personal fulfillment. They are saved, but self-centered. They love to attend concerts and enrichment seminars, but you would never find them at a missions conference because they aren't interested. Their prayers focus on their own needs, blessings, and happiness. It's a "me-first" faith: How can God make my life more comfortable? They want to use God for their purposes instead of being used for his purposes.
~ Rick Warren
Jesus stood at a fork in the road. Would he fulfill his purpose and bring glory to God, or would he shrink back and live a comfortable, self-centered life? You face the same choice. Will you live for your own goals, comfort, and pleasure, or will you live the rest of your life for God's glory, knowing that he has promised eternal rewards?
~ Rick Warren
I care only for the people who are useful to me—and only so long as they are useful," he said on St. Helena.
~ Kate Williams
It is coincidence, I decide, and I am getting old and batty, thinking the universe revolves around me.
~ Katherine Dunn
egocentric melodrama.
~ David Michie
Every presidential nominee says his vice president will be given a serious, important role in his new administration. But it almost never materializes. A strong, totally self-centered politician like Tom Dewey sharing his hard-won power with a vice president? Don''t count on it.' - David Brinkley
~ David Pietrusza
I'm the most important person in the lives of almost everyone I know and a good number of the people I've never even met.
~ David Sedaris
Virtue is never its own reward for the narcisisst
~ Dean Cavanagh
I believe in giving kindness, regardless of how unreasonable and self-centered a person is. Kindness is a gift of sanctity for a person. It has the goal of making the soul smile.
~ Lionel Suggs
Our need for social and personal change and power is often co-opted and trivialized into an adolescent and self-centered kind of rebellion.
~ Jean Kilbourne
OCTOBER Wednesday My parents are always saying the world doesn't revolve around me, but sometimes I wonder if it actually DOES. When I was a little kid, I saw this movie about a man whose whole life is secretly being filmed for a TV show. This guy is famous all over the world, and he doesn't KNOW it. Well, ever since I saw that movie, I've kind of figured the same thing is probably happening to ME. HOPE YOU CREEPS ARE ENJOYING YOURSELVES!
~ Jeff Kinney
My father always wanted to be the corpse at every funeral, the bride at every wedding and the baby at every christening.
~ Alice Roosevelt Longworth
Social media has made the web all about me, me, me.
~ Erik Qualman
There are more pompous, arrogant, self-centered, mediocre-type people running corporate America who should be sent out on some postal route delivering mail.
~ Joe Jamail