141 Quotes About Egotism

Yet none of these things gave him confidence. All they gave him was egotism, which is less the conviction of one's worth than the desire for that conviction.

You are quite wrong about him," Felix had said. "He has not been atan English school, or English university, and therefore is not like other young men that you know; but he is, I think, well educated and clever. As for conceit, what man will do any good who is notconceited? Nobody holds a good opinion of a man who has a low opinionof himself.""All the same, my dear fellow, I do not like Lucius Mason.

Never entertain arrogance, be it in yourself or in others.

Stay away from lazy parasites, who perch on you just to satisfy their needs, they do not come to alleviate your burdens, hence, their mission is to distract, detract and extract, and make you live in abject poverty.

People should not confuse opinions and rules with egocentric interests.

Self-assertion may deceive the ignorant for a time; but when the noise dies away, we cut open the drum, and find it was emptiness that made the music.

Being ‘all about myself’ is the surest way that I can end up being ‘all by myself.

For a nation to rise to glory, self-centeredness should never exist among its people

At the point that it dawns on me that I am not God I have finally made room for God.