God loves too much to be willing to forsake his glorious kingdom of grace for your self-absorbed little kingdom of one.
— Paul David Tripp
What we need most is a heart ruled by the Lord rather than by "evil desires." We need to be progressively freed from our slavery to the god-replacements that imprison us in self-absorbed pursuit of our own glory.
— Paul David Tripp
He was a cynic and like most cynics, totally selfish and self-indulgent.
— Norman Vincent Peale
Father always says I'm conceited, but I'm not, I'm merely vain!
— Anne Frank
An ostentatious man will rather relate a blunder or an absurdity he has committed, than be debarred from talking of his own dear person.