--- title: "7 Aggrandizement Quotes by 7 authors" description: "Browse 7 Aggrandizement quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Aggrandizement sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e72/doris-kearns-goodwin-1951_trump_moreover-he-objected-i-have-never-done-a_234697.png" --- > [“Moreover, he objected, “I have never done an official act with a view to promote my own personal aggrandizement, and I don’t…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/doris-kearns-goodwin/moreover-he-objected-i-have-never-done-an-official-act-with-a-view-to/) [Doris Kearns Goodwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/doris-kearns-goodwin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e72/doris-kearns-goodwin-1951_trump_moreover-he-objected-i-have-never-done-a_234697.png) > [“It takes just as much energy and delusional self-aggrandizement to maintain the belief that one has insurmountable problems as that one has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-manson/it-takes-just-as-much-energy-and-delusional-self-aggrandizement-to/) [Mark Manson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-manson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/395/mark-manson-537_faith_it-takes-just-as-much-energy-and-delusio_340678.jpg) > [So much of the history of painting is the propaganda of self-aggrandizement.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kehinde-wiley/so-much-of-the-history-of-painting-is-the-propaganda-of-self/) [Kehinde Wiley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kehinde-wiley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/580/kehinde-wiley-1194_artist_so-much-of-the-history-of-painting-is-th_615380.jpg) > [“States have no goodness. They suppress these villains here and promote those villains there, with no aim but self-aggrandizement.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nuala-o-faolain/states-have-no-goodness-they-suppress-these-villains-here-and-promote/) [Nuala O'Faolain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nuala-o-faolain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c3c/nuala-o-faolain-22668_quote_states-have-no-goodness-they-suppress-th_955915.jpg) > [ \[Barack Obama's \] only principle is his own aggrandizement. This is a very dangerous mindset for a president to have. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nat-hentoff/barack-obama-s-only-principle-is-his-own-aggrandizement-this-is-a/) [Nat Hentoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nat-hentoff/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c07/nat-hentoff-1615_barack_barack-obama-s-only-principle-is-his-own_1078995.png) > [“I come from a place where everyone has great power, by your standards, and they steadfastly refuse to use it for self-aggrandizement…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-z-colby/i-come-from-a-place-where-everyone-has-great-power-by-your-standards/) [J.Z. Colby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-z-colby/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c0/j-z-colby-27619_adventure_i-come-from-a-place-where-everyone-has-g_2375060.jpg) > [I would suggest that folks who have a platform of so-called celebrity, to the extent that they don't use that platform, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hill-harper/i-would-suggest-that-folks-who-have-a-platform-of-so-called-celebrity/) [Hill Harper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hill-harper/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c01/hill-harper-3688_celebrity_i-would-suggest-that-folks-who-have-a-pl_2665179.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/aggrandizement/#itemlist", "name": "Aggrandizement Quotes", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Moreover, he objected, “I have never done an official act with a view to promote my own personal aggrandizement, and I don’t like to begin now.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Doris Kearns Goodwin" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/doris-kearns-goodwin/moreover-he-objected-i-have-never-done-an-official-act-with-a-view-to/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e72/doris-kearns-goodwin-1951_trump_moreover-he-objected-i-have-never-done-a_234697.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e72/doris-kearns-goodwin-1951_trump_moreover-he-objected-i-have-never-done-a_234697.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e72/doris-kearns-goodwin-1951_trump_moreover-he-objected-i-have-never-done-a_234697.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Moreover, he objected, “I have never done an official act with a view to promote my own personal…” — Doris Kearns Goodwin", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“It takes just as much energy and delusional self-aggrandizement to maintain the belief that one has insurmountable problems as that one has no problems at all.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mark Manson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-manson/it-takes-just-as-much-energy-and-delusional-self-aggrandizement-to/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/395/mark-manson-537_faith_it-takes-just-as-much-energy-and-delusio_340678.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/395/mark-manson-537_faith_it-takes-just-as-much-energy-and-delusio_340678.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/395/mark-manson-537_faith_it-takes-just-as-much-energy-and-delusio_340678.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It takes just as much energy and delusional self-aggrandizement to maintain the belief that one has…” — Mark Manson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "So much of the history of painting is the propaganda of self-aggrandizement.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kehinde Wiley" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kehinde-wiley/so-much-of-the-history-of-painting-is-the-propaganda-of-self/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/580/kehinde-wiley-1194_artist_so-much-of-the-history-of-painting-is-th_615380.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/580/kehinde-wiley-1194_artist_so-much-of-the-history-of-painting-is-th_615380.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/580/kehinde-wiley-1194_artist_so-much-of-the-history-of-painting-is-th_615380.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“So much of the history of painting is the propaganda of self-aggrandizement.” — Kehinde Wiley", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“States have no goodness. 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