Ego Quotes

1855 Ego quotes by 1000 unique authors

It's hard to be humble, when you're as great as I am. — Muhammad Ali
The greatest thing that prepared me for editing 'Vanity Fair' was having four kids because you just learn to subjugate your ego with the greater… — Graydon Carter
Our own self-love draws a thick veil between us and our faults. — Lord Chesterfield
One may understand the cosmos, but never the ego; the self is more distant than any star. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
The more we try to rest ourselves from our Egos, the deeper we sink into it. — Emile M. Cioran
Your ego can become an obstacle to your work. If you start believing in your greatness, it is the death of your creativity. — Marina Abramovic
After the demands of the ego and its greed surrendered, the struggle for fulfillment of personal desires lessens; life takes on a new zest like… — Sivananda Radha Saraswati
Man is not only part of a field, but a part and member of his group. When people are together, as when they are at… — Max Wertheimer
To sit alone with my conscience will be judgment enough for me. — Unknown Author
Until we give up the world manufactured by the ego, never can we enter the kingdom of heaven. None ever did, none ever will. — Swami Vivekananda
Even after the Truth has been realised, there remains that strong, obstinate impression that one is still an ego - the agent and experiencer. This… — Adi Shankara
Meditation is not growth of the ego, it is death of the ego. — Rajneesh
And the trouble with me is that my ego just can't accept a loss. I suppose that if I were more perfectly adjusted, I would… — Vince Lombardi
When it is working, you completely go into another place, you're tapping into things that are totally universal, completely beyond your ego and your own… — Keith Haring
Humility is born of the spirit, humiliation of the ego. — Alan Cohen
Meditation... dissolves the mind. It erases itself. Throws the ego out on its big brittle ass. — Tom Robbins
Meditation is like light: when meditation comes, politics disappears. So you cannot be meditative and political. That is impossible: you are asking for the impossible.… — Rajneesh
If my ego was out of whack and I believed I could carry anything off, that would be a stupid risk. But so far there's… — Kathleen Turner
That's the most beautiful thing that I like about boxing: you can take a punch. The biggest thing about taking a punch is your ego… — David O. Russell
When love is accompanied with deep intimacy, it raises us to the highest level of human experience. In this exalted space, we can surrender our… — Leo Buscaglia
Big egos are big shields for lots of empty space. — Diane Black
Perhaps middle-age is, or should be, a period of shedding shells; the shell of ambition, the shell of material accumulations and possessions, the shell of… — Anne Morrow Lindbergh
God is the immemorial refuge of the incompetent, the helpless, and the miserable. They find not only sanctuary in his arms, but also a kind… — H. L. Mencken
The poor ego has a still harder time of it; it has to serve three harsh masters, and it has to do its best to… — Sigmund Freud
Neurosis is the result of a conflict between the ego and its id, whereas psychosis is the analogous outcome of a similar disturbance in the… — Sigmund Freud

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