Quotes About Ego

You didn't go on MySpace to communicate, you went there to show yourself off. It was like one big narcissistic playground.

Those who are believed to be most abject and humble are usually most ambitious and envious.

It may easily come to pass that a vain man may become proud and imagine himself pleasing to all when he is in reality a universal nuisance.

Self-complacency is pleasure accompanied by the idea of oneself as cause.

It therefore comes to pass that everyone is fond of relating his own exploits and displaying the strength both of his body and his mind, and that men are on this account a nuisance one to the other.

The things which… are esteemed as the greatest good of all… can be reduced to these three headings: to wit, Riches, Fame, and Pleasure. With these three the mind is so engrossed that it cannot scarcely think of any other good.

None are more taken in by flattery than the proud, who wish to be the first and are not.

No pienses todavía en esas cosas de remontarte mucho, que eres más pelado que un huevo—le dijo ella—

Fond pride of dress is sure a very curse

He that falls in love with himself will have no rivals.

A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle.

There is perhaps no one of our natural passions so hard to subdue as pride. Beat it down, stifle it, mortify it as much as one pleases, it is still alive. Even if I could conceive that I had completely overcome it, I should probably be proud of my humility.

Your Business is to shine; therefore you must by all means prevent the shining of others, for their Brightness may make yours the less distinguished.

He who falls in love with himself will have no rivals

Most people dislike vanity in others, whatever share they have of it themselves;

Indeed, I scarce ever heard or saw the introductory words, "Without vanity I may say," &c., but some vain thing immediately followed.

Most people dislike vanity in others, whatever share they have of it themselves; but I give it fair quarter wherever I meet with it, being persuaded that it is often productive of good to the possessor, and to others that are within his sphere of action; and therefore, in many cases, it would not be altogether absurd if a man were to thank God for his vanity among the other comforts of life.

En realidad, tal vez ninguna de nuestras pasiones es tan difícil de dominar como el orgullo. Disfrázalo, lucha contra él, golpéalo, ahógalo, mortifícalo tanto como quieras y seguirá vivo, y una y otra vez levantará la cabeza para exhibirse. Puedes verlo con frecuencia en este libro porque, incluso cuando considero haberlo vencido ya, también es factible que exista orgullo en mi humildad

Pride breakfasted with Plenty Dined with poverty Supped with Infamy.

for, even if I could conceive that I had compleatly overcome it, I should probably be proud of my humility.

To be proud of virtue is to poison oneself with the antidote.

The power-hungry wanter their followers to believe that heaven was a place to which some people - and only people - went after death, a place that could be reached by those who had the approval of their organizations. So not even the perfected spirits were able to restore the wholeness of truth, because of interference by the human ego.

None are so empty as those who are full of themselves.

If egotism means a terrific interest in one's self, egotism is absolutely essential to efficient living.