Quotes about Ego
Christianity offers the further insight that true fulfillment comes, not through ego satisfaction, but through service to others.
- Philip Yancey
sin is deceptively strong and pride has many faces. I
- Louie Giglio
When you talk of your journey and of what you have heard and seen, you inwardly desire your own glory in all you do and say.
- John Bunyan
I did it my own self to gratify.
- John Bunyan
People with humility don't think less of themselves; they just think of themselves less.
- John Maxwell
There is no life as empty as the self-centered life. There is no life as centered as the self-empty life.
- John Maxwell
Philanthropist Andrew Carnegie declared, "It marks a big step in your development when you come to realize that other people can help you do a better job than you could do alone." To do something really big, let go of your ego, and get ready to be part of a team.
- John Maxwell
Success leads to the greatest failure, which is pride. Failure leads to the greatest success, which is humility and learning.
- John Maxwell
The fundamental factor of self-deception is this constant desire to be something in this world and in the world hereafter.
- Jiddu Krishnamurti
For a moment sitting there above the city, i imagined life outside of narcissism. I wondered how beautiful it might be to think of others as more important than myself. I wondered how peaceful it might be not to be pestered by that childish voice that wants for pleasure and attention. I wondered how it would be like not to live in a house of mirrors, everywhere i go being reminded of myself.
- Donald Miller
If you flatter somebody it will go to their heads. If you love them it will go to their hearts.
- Donald Miller
Brands that position themselves as heroes unknowingly compete with their potential customers. Every human being wakes up each morning and sees the world through the lens of a protagonist. Regardless, the world revolves around us.
- Donald Miller