Quotes about Ego
As soon as there was two there was pride
— John Donne
The two Virtues of Equanimity and Compassion become more available to the person whose ego-shell has been smashed-either by great suffering or by great love-or by both.
— Fr. Richard Rohr
Vanity is truly the motive power that moves humanity, and it is flattery that greases the wheels.
— St. Jerome
Humor is the opposite of all self-admiration and self-praise.
— Karl Barth
It is a curious fact that people are never so trivial as when they take themselves seriously
— Oscar Wilde
Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it's thinking of yourself less.
— Rick Warren
He who stays not in his littleness, loses his greatness.
— Francis de Sales
We'd like to be humble...but what if no one notices?
— John Ortberg
Did you ever notice how difficult it is to argue with someone who is not obsessed with being right?
— Wayne Dyer
Once ego and pride are on the line, you can't change your mind without looking bad. The desire to save face trumps the desire to make the right call.
— Jason Fried
How many crimes are committed simply because their authors could not endure being wrong.
— Albert Camus
The need to be right -- the sign of a vulgar mind.
— Albert Camus