Quotes about Ego

tendency of team members to seek out individual recognition and attention at the expense of results

I am going to be pretty intolerant of behavior that demonstrates an absence of trust, or a focus on individual ego. I will be encouraging conflict, driving for clear commitments, and expecting all of you to hold each other accountable. I will be calling out bad behavior when I see it, and I'd like to see you doing the same. We don't have time to waste.

a man doesn't prove he's a man by getting an erection. He's only a real man if he can pleasure a woman. And if he can pleasure a prostitute, he'll think he's the best lover on the block -Nyah

Judging oneself to be inferior to other people was one of the worst acts of pride he knew, because it was the most destructive way of being different.

People always tend to help others just so that they can feel better than what they really are

On one side self-indulgence presses me hard; on another covetousness strives to make an inroad; my belly wishes to be a God to me, in place of Christ

When told that man lives in delusion everyone thinks of himself as the exception; hence his delusion.

Love is supposed to bring us out of the dark prison of the "my will be done" ego into the joys of "thy will be done", both horizontally and vertically, toward both the human and the divine Other.

our ego is not God. In fact, it is often wrong, because it is fallen, foolish, and faithless.

Vanity can create a very cruel space for you if you don't know how to manage it.

Pride is a steamroller. It'll clear the path for a while, but sooner or later it'll shift into reverse, and then . . . look out.

Guilt is really the reverse side of the coin of pride. Guilt aims at self-destruction, and pride aims at the destruction of others.