Egoism Quotes

There isn’t a parallel of latitude but thinks it would have been the equator if it had had its rights.

~ Mark Twain

She liked the idea of a place belonging to the cows, no ownership of human ego.

~ Aporva Kala

...the human being to lack that second skin we call egoism has not yet been born, it lasts much longer than the other one, that bleeds so readily.

~ José Saramago

If you have to choose between your self-respect & ego and other person, choose your self-respect & ego.Because other person may leave you at their will but your self-respect & ego will always support and carry you even in toughest situations.

~ Nikita Dudani

God cares only for what is his, busies himself with only himself, thinks only of himself, and has only himself before his eyes...He serves no higher person, and satisfies only himself. His cause is--A purely egoistic cause.

~ Max Stirner

Our ego occupies so much space, there is little room for anything else.

~ Nilesh Rathod

Ego very much wants to make you think that your self worth is all about what you possess, what you've accomplished, and who you know.

~ Taite Adams

If you are worrying about reputation, you are taking time away from doing the things that really matter.

~ Taite Adams

When relying solely on ego, we are given many messages that are contrary to the achievement of that happy and fulfilling life that most of us actually desire.

~ Taite Adams

The ego is never satisfied. So, if you're not satisfied with what you have right now, consider what is driving you.

~ Taite Adams

Ego sends a lot of messages through the sub-conscious that do not serve our true nature, even a little bit.

~ Taite Adams

If you're brighter than a lightning bug, don't show your ass

~ Stanley Victor Paskavich

Most of the people don't see a big success in life, because small successes ignites ego issues in them.

~ Amit Kalantri

if due to ego you think:i shall not fight, this resolve of yours is vain. your own nature will compel you.

~ Anonymous

A politician is a man in his natural state

~ Bangambiki Habyarimana

An eminent philosopher among my friends, who can dignify even your ugly furniture by lifting it into the serene light of science, has shown me this pregnant little fact. Your pierglass or extensive surface of polished steel made to be rubbed by a housemaid, will be minutely and multitudinously scratched in all directions; but place now against it a lighted candle as a centre of illumination, and lo! the scratches will seem to arrange themselves in a fine series of concentric circles round that little sun. It is demonstrable that the scratches are going everywhere impartially, and it is only your candle which produces the flattering illusion of concentric arrangement, its light falling with an exclusive optical selection. These things are a parable. The scratches are events, the candle is the egoism of any party now absent.

~ George Eliot

Yuvraj Singh is one of the best batsmen to watch in world cricket when he's in form. He is ego personified. Yuvraj doesn’t just hit the ball, he lets it rebound off his aura.

~ Jarrod Kimber

You have no understanding of the warrior code at all. What you've done here proves it. You've risked the lives of young kits... by leaving them alone here. Anything could have happened to them. They could have been lost. They could have died. My kits could have died. But you didn't just betray me. You betrayed the entire Clan. You did all this... and you never considered how it would make any of us feel. The Clan is a family, Sol. A community. And you're incapable of thinking about anyone but yourself.

~ Erin Hunter

…In the very simplicity of her desire to punish herself appeared egoism in its purest form. Never before had this woman who seemed to think only of herself experienced an egoism so immaculate.

~ Yukio Mishima

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.

~ Michael Bassey Johnson

I don't want to write a mass before being in a state to do it well, that is a Christian. I have therefore taken a singular course to reconcile my ideas with the exigencies of Academy rules. They ask me for something religious: very well, I shall do something religious, but of the pagan religion. . . . I have always read the ancient pagans with infinite pleasure, while in Christian writers I find only system, egoism, intolerance, and a complete lack of artistic taste.

~ Georges Bizet

Politicians look for interests not people

~ Bangambiki Habyarimana

We have only minimal control over the rewards for our work and effort - other people’s validation, recognition, rewards. It’s far better when doing the work itself is sufficient. When fulfilling our own internal standards is what fills us with pride and self-respect. The less attached we are to the outcomes, the better. Our ego wants recognition & compensation. We have expectations. Let the effort, not the results be enough. Maybe your parents/kids/partner/etc won’t be impressed. We can’t let THAT be what motivates us. We can change the definition of success to: ‘peace of mind, which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you made the effort to do your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming.’ With this definition we decide not to let externals determine if something is worth doing. It’s on us.

~ Ryan Holiday

One altar forever is preserved, that whereon we burn incense to the supreme idol,--ourselves, our god is great, and money is his Prophet! We devastate nature in order to make sacrifice to him; we boast that we have conquered Matter and forget that it is matter that has forever enslaved us.

~ Kakuzō Okakura