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Quotes About Ego

Every girl has a dream - she wants a perfect husband. But that is not possible. There will be ego clashes and one has to compromise.
~ Jaya Prada
Every man has a right to be conceited until he is successful.
~ Benjamin Disraeli
I've never been a conceited person or cocky, never felt boastful, but I always had a sense of self-worth; I always had a real sense of myself.
~ Will Ferrell
You have to be a bit mad and conceited to go on television.
~ James May
When you have a book out, it's like a period of protracted or concentrated megalomania, and it's really not normal or good for you or any of that.
~ Meg Wolitzer
Every autobiography is concerned with two characters, a Don Quixote, the Ego, and a Sancho Panza, the Self.
~ W. H. Auden
Conceit is bragging about yourself. Confidence means you believe you can get the job done.
~ Johnny Unitas
If you're a coach, you've got to have a lot of confidence in what you're doing. Your egos are so large that you know it all anyway if you're a coach.
~ Bud Grant
Don't confuse confidence with cockiness. I really believe that.
~ Bret Bielema
I think male actors get confused by their own vanity.
~ Shirley MacLaine
If you get conquered by ego, then you are losing the fight.
~ Edgar Ramirez
You cannot cave in saying something that is against your conscience and belief. That self-righteous ego is a must for any self-respecting, truth-loving person.
~ Prashant Bhushan
I'm very conscious of... I don't feel like a star.
~ Taron Egerton
Being in the world of fashion you have to be very self-absorbed, and you are surrounded by people who are very self-absorbed.
~ Carolyn Murphy
Many performers try to sustain a high point in their careers by keeping themselves around those who are overanxious to tell them how good they are.
~ Leo Sayer
I think I learned most from editing, both editing myself and having someone else edit me. It's not always easy to have someone criticize your work, your baby. But if you can swallow your ego, you can really learn from the editing.
~ Christopher Paolini
If it is sweet to be right, then - let's not deny it - it is downright savory to point out that someone else is wrong.
~ Kathryn Schulz
It's real easy in a lot of businesses for your head to swell up, and you become somebody else. So that's one of my main goals in the business - to continue to be me.
~ Brantley Gilbert
Every superhero has this superhero identity and a civilian identity. A lot of their lives are about code switching.
~ Gene Luen Yang
I love being regarded as a sex symbol, but I can't take it too seriously.
~ John Travolta
I don't think that I am a sex symbol, although it's very flattering.
~ Liam Neeson
Do you know I'm a sex symbol?
~ James Tupper
I'm a sex symbol.
~ Bob Sapp
I am a big self-doubter. I suffer from Impostor Syndrome. Whenever I start a new job, I think: 'I'm going to be found out.' I don't have a huge ego or enormous belief in my own talent.
~ Les Dennis