Quotes About Ego

A flatterer is a friend who is your inferior, or pretends to be so.

Don Juan tells Castaneda that if you live by the Ego, then you can count on being offended or defensive for the rest of your life.

Falsehood often lurks upon the tongue of him, who, by self-praise, seeks to enhance his value in the eyes of others.

alters/annihilates all pretensions of individual

m?na, which in Sanskrit refers to an inflated mind that disregards others in favor of the self

If you love things, you will strive to objectify yourself in terms of money, power, pleasure, and prestige—idols all. You will worship yourself—or, at least, a two-dimensional cutout of yourself.

Success, the fruit of excellence, becomes an addiction. All because of pride. A cousin of pride is fear.

That which comes and goes, rises and sets, is born and dies is the ego. That which always abides, never changes, and is devoid of qualities is the Self.

If there is a single quality that is shared by all great men, it is vanity.

There are a lot of people who helped make Queen Latifah who she is today. I don't forget, but a lot of people do and get big heads.

Assassins and presidents invite the same basic question: Just who do you think you are?

Everybody has an ego, and they don't like their athletic ability to be questioned.

It's flattering to people who stop you and say that you've helped them and all. But, again, you know, you've got to stay humble because as quick as you came up, you can come down.

It occurred to me that actors are selfish, and they think that the world revolves around them. For one year, I quit, and I went to an ashram in Bihar and went to Himalayas backpacking.

Some for renown, on scraps of learning dote, And think they grow immortal as they quote.

There are many selfish people who are extremely original, then they take those pure ideas and use them to raise themselves up, that is an insincere move.

Colin Campbell should be thanking me for raising his profile. I'm the only one who's put the Colin Campbell name on the map. Who has even heard of Lord Colin Campbell?

People make a big fuss over you when you're President. But I'm very serious about doing everything I can to make sure that it doesn't go to my head.

I was drawn to music from a super early age. At school, my ego co-opted it to some degree and I would use it to gain some sort of social credibility.

Most gamblers do it for ego. It's not about winning or losing, it's about challenging your ego and showing your mates you're fearless and will bet on anything.

What is called generosity is usually only the vanity of giving; we enjoy the vanity more than the thing given.

What we call generosity is for the most part only the vanity of giving; and we exercise it because we are more fond of that vanity than of the thing we give.

People who think they're generous to a fault usually think that's their only fault.

I don't like to say it, but I don't care, I'm a real-life genius.