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Quotes About Ego

The world spins, but not around you.
~ Unknown
The more self-centered and egotistical a guy is, the better ballplayer he's going to be.
~ Bill Lee
That no matter how smart you thought you were, you are actually way less smart than that.
~ David Foster Wallace
Comparing oneself with Galileo or Einstein is certainly good for the ego, provided one refrains from going into too much detail.
~ John McCarthy
There is perhaps no more obvious vanity than to write of it so vainly.
~ Michel de Montaigne
Self-conceit may lead to self destruction.
~ Aesop
Guilt is really the reverse side of the coin of pride. Guilt aims at self-destruction, and pride aims at the destruction of others.
~ Bill Wilson
Needing is a state of the ego that tries to convince us that we are empty and we need something to feel love, success and happiness. Our true self requires nothing to feel complete. From a state of being complete we create more to complete us.
~ Unknown
All self-importance is a form of self-pity in disguise.
~ Deepak Chopra
I think our generation has a delusional level of self importance. Must I remind you that nobody is checking for you.
~ Unknown
Once we get over our inflated ideas of self importance, we might actually do something important.
~ Unknown
Self-importance is our greatest enemy. Think about it - what weakens us is feeling offended by the deeds and misdeeds of our fellowmen. Our self-importance requires that we spend most of our lives offended by someone.
~ Carlos Castaneda
If there's anything more important than my ego around, I want it caught and shot immediately!
~ Douglas Noel Adams
Self-indulgence produces a vanity of all vanities.
~ Unknown
In a world of self indulgence your attitude is going to be your biggest obstacle because you're only concerned with yourself!
~ Unknown
There is no question you get pumped up by the recognition. Then a self-loathing sets in when you realise you're enjoying it.
~ Unknown
Self-centered people always end up with the one they love most...their self
~ Unknown
Always remember that vanity leads to a disgusting sense of self-love, do not love yourself, love the world instead.
~ Unknown
Self obsessed boys who always go on like their so great in bed should be shot.
~ Unknown
I think if youre not self-obsessed, youre probably boring.
~ Unknown
Pride comes before a fall.
~ Unknown
Nationalist pride, like other variants of pride, can be a substitute for self-respect.
~ Eric Hoffer
The self-righteous feel no need to be charming, and thus double their offensiveness.
~ Mason Cooley
In spinning a robe of your own righteousness, before the sun goes down you will find it all unraveled.
~ Curtis Hutson