Quotes about Ego
Humility does not mean thinking less of yourself than of other people, nor does it mean having a low opinion of your own gifts. It means freedom from thinking about yourself at all
— William Temple
What is pride? A rocket that emulates the stars.
— William Wordsworth
I always said that mega-mergers were for megalomaniacs.
— David Ogilvy
Even torture that is only verbal reinforce the power of the torturer: The prisoner's imagination leads him to dread the next round of interrogations. And when it happens, the feeling of inferiority becomes more acute; it bores into the brain, and the cultural and psychological defenses that surround the brain disintegrate and vanish. The ego is dissolved.
— Elie Wiesel
Stupidity talks, vanity acts.
— Victor Hugo
The ego hates losing — even to God.
— Fr. Richard Rohr
In spiritual matters, the only real glory is in the renunciation of glorifying self.
— Richard Wurmbrand
Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it's thinking of yourself less.
— Rick Warren
Humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less.
— Rick Warren
Paul said, "You may brag about yourself, but the only approval that counts is the Lord's approval.
— Rick Warren
If anybody didn't have a Messiah complex, it was Jesus.
— Rob Bell
The worst disease which can afflict executives in their work is not, as popularly supposed, alcoholism; it's egotism.
— Robert Frost