Quotes About Ego

There's no such thing as intelligent vanity. It's an instinct. And you'll never find a man who is not first and foremost vain.

You're only half the man that I am, and I have half the brain that you do.

Because there is no man who can be true and just judge of himself, so much will self-love deceive him.

A man who takes himself too seriously will find that no one else takes him seriously.

A wrong concept misleads the understanding; a wrong deed degrades the whole man, and may eventually demolish the structure of the human ego.

The only thing that ever consoles man for the stupid things he does is the praise he always gives himself for doing them.

Man is jealous because of his amour propre; woman is jealous because of her lack of it.

The true measure of a man is the degree to which he has managed to subjugate his ego.

Conceit may puff a man up, but never prop him up.

All men think they're fascinating. In my case, it's justified.

When Small men begin to cast big shadows, it means that the sun is about to set.

For awhile, I got stupid about only wanting a leading-man role, but I have no illusions. I know I'm not Brad Pitt.

The less a man knows the bigger the noise he makes and the higher the salary he commands.

The bigger a man's gun the smaller his doodlewick.

There is no man more dangerous than one who does not doubt his own rightness.

The Saint is a man who disciplines his ego. The Sage is a man who rids himself of his ego.

A man that extols himself is a fool and an idiot

Why do men seek honour? Surely in order to confirm the favorable opinion they have formed of themselves.

Pride in a man is confused with dignity; in a woman, with self-love.

That fame monster's a fool, man. It really is.

Every man is his own worst enemy

The man who thinks he can do without the world is indeed mistaken; but the man who thinks the world cannot do without him is mistaken even worse.

Every man is a king so long as he has someone to look down on.

Men tend to be selfish.