1,899 Quotes About Ego

The minute you start compromising for the sake of massaging somebody's ego, that's it, game over.

Every discussion which is made from an egoistic standpoint is corrupted from the start and cannot yield an absolutely sure conclusion. The ego puts its own interest first and twists every argument, word, even fact to suit that interest.

The most beautiful women I have known had one thing in common apart from beauty: humility. It's a shame that those with less to boast about do it the most.

Great people have great egos; maybe that's what makes them great.

Humility is, in a sense, admitting how egotistical you are.

When I pass, speak freely of my shortcomings and my flaws. Learn from them, for I'll have no ego to injure.

When you let go of the belief that you should or need to know who you are, what happens to confusion? Suddenly it is gone. When you fully accept that you don't know, you actually enter a state of peace and clarity that is closer to who you truly are than thought could ever be. Defining yourself through thought is limiting yourself.

Unbelievable,” I said when it was done. And Brilliant and Audio crack and That one will be everyone’s breakup song, and so on, because great is never good enough for the artists; they always want to know exactly what you mean and which nanosecond of the song you mean it about.

Self-consciousness of the manner is the expensive substitute for simplicity.