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title: "16 Self Aggrandizement Quotes by 15 authors"
description: "Browse 16 Self Aggrandizement quotes by 15 authors. Discover the best Self Aggrandizement sayings and thoughts."
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> [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/)

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> [For Donald, lying was primarily a mode of self-aggrandizement meant to convince other people he was better than he actually was.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-l-trump/for-donald-lying-was-primarily-a-mode-of-self-aggrandizement-meant-to/)

[Mary L. Trump](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-l-trump/)

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> [“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/)

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> [In LA, I mean, here's this place full of desperate and sad people who take their only pleasure from destroying others for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heather-donahue/in-la-i-mean-here-s-this-place-full-of-desperate-and-sad-people-who/)

[Heather Donahue](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heather-donahue/)

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> [“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/)

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> [Effective leaders are willing to use power and authority, but they're doing it in the service of the collective good, as opposed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noel-tichy/effective-leaders-are-willing-to-use-power-and-authority-but-they-re/)

[Noel Tichy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noel-tichy/)

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> [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/)

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> [The passion of self-aggrandizement is persistent but plastic; it will never disappear from a vigorous mind, but may become morally higher by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-horton-cooley/the-passion-of-self-aggrandizement-is-persistent-but-plastic-it-will/)

[Charles Horton Cooley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-horton-cooley/)

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> [“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/)

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> [I don't think that either self-deprecation or self-aggrandizement is among the defining qualities of an artist... Beethoven could have been forgiven if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dmitri-shostakovich/i-don-t-think-that-either-self-deprecation-or-self-aggrandizement-is/)

[Dmitri Shostakovich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dmitri-shostakovich/)

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> [I guess each of us, at some time, finds one person with whom we are compelled towards absolute honesty, one person whose…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glen-cook/i-guess-each-of-us-at-some-time-finds-one-person-with-whom-we-are/)

[Glen Cook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glen-cook/)

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> [ Here in America we have a man \[Donald Trump\] who is a master of a medium that is all about self-aggrandizement and/or… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-h-winters/here-in-america-we-have-a-man-donald-trump-who-is-a-master-of-a/)

[Ben H. Winters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-h-winters/)

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> [Bill Clinton is the master politician. In one way, you can say that he was never really about self-enrichment - he was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-st-clair/bill-clinton-is-the-master-politician-in-one-way-you-can-say-that-he/)

[Jeffrey St. Clair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-st-clair/)

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> [“For too long in this society, we have celebrated unrestrained individualism over common community. For too long as a nation, we have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-biden/for-too-long-in-this-society-we-have-celebrated-unrestrained-2/)

[Joe Biden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-biden/)

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> [“Most people correctly identify a person like Jimmy as a raging narcissistic ass-hat. That’s because he’s pretty blatant in his delusionally high…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-manson/most-people-correctly-identify-a-person-like-jimmy-as-a-raging/)

[Mark Manson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-manson/)

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> [“Because incentives trigger a primitive, engrained response, they produce a number of unintended consequences. First, they strongly reinforce self-aggrandizement, so much so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-sanford/because-incentives-trigger-a-primitive-engrained-response-they/)

[Carol Sanford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-sanford/)

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