Quotes About Ego

This is far beyond garden-variety narcissism; Donald is not simply weak, his ego is a fragile thing that must be bolstered every moment because he knows deep down that he is nothing of what he claims to be.

Even just a little bit of praise can weaken you.

Every great player has a big character. I don't know any player with a lot of quality who just has quality - you have to have an ego and character to be the main person on the pitch.

I hate when pitchers get me out multiple times. It's probably an ego thing, but I don't like that.

The fool within himself is the object of pity, until he is flattered.

I don't know where that thought came from and I don't know why I had that thought, but I thought I was the best fighter on the whole planet.

Eventually my ego is going to be the size of the planet Earth.

If Irrfan plans to make a movie on me, I will be the hero of the movie, as I feel that no one better than me.

I wanted to show off - a simple impulse or drive; in much the same way as some kids wanted to play football, I wanted to show off. Not complicated in that sense, very natural; it just depends on how you want to show off.

I'm the greatest bass player in the world.

There are players who are arrogant, and players who probably need more self-confidence. But if you get the balance right, you can get the best out of yourself.

Jose Mourinho knows how to control to big players in the dressing room, to control egos. He's done it all his life and knows how to work it into the team.

A lot of players get to a certain point they don't want to make mistakes. They just want everyone to see how great they are. That ends up being their downfall. You put a cap on yourself.

I love acting. It's my playground; it lets me explore. But my happiness in this world, my level of peace, is never going to be dictated by acting. My goal in life is to detach from the egoic mind.

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

No poet or orator has ever existed who believed there was any better than himself.

Inspiration is a farce that poets have invented to give themselves importance.

My point of view as a writer has to be a lot more ego-less than just like being some performer on stage with a hairdo.

I like anything with my face on it, just from an aesthetic point of view.

You need to see yourself in what you direct, I think - directing is quite self-indulgent from that point of view.

As a young actor, there's a lot of hubris. You come in with guns blazing, all kinds of ideas as to how you want to play a role, and you endeavour to convince people of your interpretation or your point of view.

It wasn't until I got to college and had a lot of my ego beaten out of me... That's when I started to turn to literature as something deeper than a way to put up points.

Clearly I've got an ego.

He's very clever, but sometimes his brains go to his head.