Quotes About Ego

Our passions are ourselves.

He flattered himself on being a man without any prejudices; and his pretension itself is a very great prejudice.

He was forceful, domineering, and supremely sure of himself. When you have low self-esteem, as I did, those qualities are attractive.

Nothing is so silly as the expression of a man who is being complimented.

Never let your success go to your head, Never let your failures get in your heart

with no apparent sub-surface of the mind, no consciousness of others, no recognition of any people, places or situations except in uncluttered direct relation to herself and how it can serve or disserve her." Quite a change

I can't help but wonder...if it's such a big deal for a middle-aged white guy to feel important...What happens when he doesn't?

Never let your ego get in the way of a good thing.

No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit for doing it.

Ama hayat bir romandan ibaret de?ildir; kendini sanatsal bir varl?k, bir sanat eseri sayacak kadar kibirli insanlar aksini dü?ünebilirler ancak.

People go into politics because they want the affirmation, and they want the applause.

Vanity is both a great motivator and a great deceiver.

Vanity is both a great motivator and a great deceiver, and the idea of leaving behind an everlasting legacy can spur even the most cautious person to proceed recklessly.

Competition exists to choose who gets the prize when the prize can't be shared.

We wanted to be loved by Malone, with this egotistic detail: that it would be an exclusive love.

Eeew, I'd be a little uncomfortable Googling myself. People sit there - and Google themselves? That's kind of weird.

In Don Mills in the Sixties, nothing comes close to the humiliation of losing an argument. In our weird little creative circle, no one cares who has faster fists, but to lose an argument suggests inferior intelligence.

I'm realistic. I'm not becoming Farrah Fawcett here. If you stay beyond your welcome, it's for ego or money or because you can't exist without the limelight. I'm fine without it.

Pride or ego is not important to me. What is more important is common sense, the welfare of the company, and the objective reality that we need to be cautious during difficult times. One should not make decisions based on emotions or ego.

It's not to much fun to know yourself too well or think you do - everyone needs a little conceit to carry them through & past the falls.

The petty man is eager to make boasts, yet desires that others should believe in him. He enthusiastically engages in deception, yet wants others to have affection for him. He conducts himself like an animal, yet wants others to think well of him.

When people get taken over by the ego to such an extent, there is nothing else in their mind except the ego. They can no longer feel or sense their humanity - what they share with other human beings, or even with other life forms on the planet. They are so identified with concepts in their minds that other human beings become concepts as well.

Anyone who knows me well will tell you that arrogance is one of my flaws.

Look at someone like Kanye West - ego is the death of a lot of art. To believe in yourself that much is to stop being an artist.