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If I simply look at the map that I’ve so tediously created, it will explain why I’m laying at the bottom of this cliff looking up.

~ Craig D. Lounsbrough

Craig D. Lounsbrough Choice Choices Cliff Consequence Consequences Destruction Ego Egocentric Errors Fool Foolishness Life Direction Life Goals Map Mistakes Narcissism Narcissistic Outcomes Sabotage Self Destruction Self Determination Self Sabotage Wisdom Wise

Patriotism is the narcissism of countries.

~ Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Mokokoma Mokhonoana Adage Adages Africa African Aphorism Aphorisms Arrogance Arrogant Axiom Axioms Big Headed Big Headedness Bighead Boastful Boastfulness Cockiness Cocky Conceit Countries Country Deep Dictum Dictums Egoism Egotism Epigram Epigrams Funny Gnome Gnomes Humor Humorous Humour Insightful Made Me Think Make You Think Maxim Maxims Narcissism Narcissistic Patriot Patriotism Patriots Philosopher Pride Profound Proverb Proverbs Provoke Thought Quotation Quotations Quote Quote Of The Day Quotes Rodomontade Satire Satirical Satirist Satirists Saying Sayings Self Absorbed Self Absorption Self Admiration Self Centered Self Centeredness Self Love Self Obsession Self Regard South Africa South African Swagger Thought Provoking Thoughtful Vanity

I'm everything that you're not.

~ Ahmed Mostafa

Ahmed Mostafa Ego Egotistical Knowing Oneself Knowing Who You Are Knowledge Knowledge Of Self Narcissism Narcissistic

The assumption is that if I expend myself for myself in the end all I’ll be left with is myself, and that alone is frightening. But what I’ve failed to consider is that I have to expend so much of myself living for myself that in the end I’m really left with very little of myself, and that is unimaginably frightening.

~ Craig D. Lounsbrough

Craig D. Lounsbrough Consequences Ego Egocentric Fear Fearful Frightened Frightening Greed Narcissism Narcissistic Outcomes Self Centered Self Centeredness Selfish Selfishness

I pretend to give gifts that people pretend to be gifts so that I can pretend that I gave something that actually cost me something. And what pretending or this sort gives me is the gift of a pretend life.

~ Craig D. Lounsbrough

Craig D. Lounsbrough Cheap Cost Deceit Deception Ego Egocentric Fake Fooling Foolish Fraudulence Fraudulent Gift Gifts Give Giving Greed Greedy Life Mislead Misled Narcissism Narcissistic People Pretend Pretending Price Self Self Centered

If the light we have is continually engulfed by the darkness in a way that makes the darkness even darker, maybe we should think about getting our light from Someone else before it gets a whole lot darker.

~ Craig D. Lounsbrough

Craig D. Lounsbrough Black Christian Christianity Consume Consumed Dark Darkness Darker Destroy Destroyed Ego Egocentric Egotistical Engulf Engulfed God Idols Jesus Jesus Christ Light Lighter Narcissism Narcissistic

The best I can do is to ‘pretend’ that I’m my own god. But in the pretending I have to pretend that I’m not pretending, and somehow that doesn’t sound very god-like to me.

~ Craig D. Lounsbrough

Craig D. Lounsbrough Christian Christianity Deceive Deception Distort Distortion Ego Egocentric Fake Faking God Greedy Idol Idols Lying Narcissistic Pretend Pretending Self Centered Selfish Selfishness

Maybe what I need to be rescued from is the feeling that I don’t need to be rescued, for without a doubt this is the most difficult rescue of all.

~ Craig D. Lounsbrough

Craig D. Lounsbrough Arrogance Arrogant Christian Christianity Difficult Ego Egotistical Narcissism Narcissistic Pride Prideful Proud Redeem Salvage Redemption Release Rescue Rescue Mission Rescuing Retrieval Retrieve Salvation Self Centered Selfish

In one way or another, every mission that I have ever set out on to rescue myself is yet another mission that I end up needing to be rescued from. Hence, there is God.

~ Craig D. Lounsbrough

Craig D. Lounsbrough Arrogance Arrogant Christian Christianity Difficult Ego Egotistical God Narcissism Narcissistic Pride Prideful Proud Redeem Salvage Redemption Release Rescue Rescue Mission Rescuing Retrieval Retrieve Salvation Self Centered Selfish

If I see God as nothing more than a caricature of history or imagination I cannot do anything less than make myself my own ‘god’. And once I realize that in doing so my rendition of being a ‘god’ is embarrassingly inferior to the very caricature I am mimicking, I quickly come to realize that maybe the only thing that can be ‘god’ is a God. And if that is the case, I suddenly find myself hounded by the stunning reality that God is not a caricature.

~ Craig D. Lounsbrough

Craig D. Lounsbrough Arrogance Arrogant Caricature Christian Christian Life Christianity Ego Ego Centric Fail Failure God History Idolatry Idols Imagination Jesus Jesus Christ Mimicking Narcissistic Reality Self Centered Self Centeredness Selfish

No other being is lesser human than the one who thinks of others as such.

~ Abhijit Naskar

Abhijit Naskar Behaving Character Character Building Egotism Egotistic Human Nature Egotistical Human Character Human Nature Humanity Kindness Narcissism Narcissistic Narcissists Prejudices Suprematists Wise Sayings Wise Words Words Of Wisdom

I am selfish by habit, but sacrificial by nature. Therefore, I’d be wise to develop the habit of following my nature.

~ Craig D. Lounsbrough

Craig D. Lounsbrough Ego Egocentric Generosity Generous Give Giving Greed Greedy Habit Habitual Miser Miserly Narcissistic Natural Nature Sacrifice Sacrificial Self Centered Selfish Selfishness Selfless Selflessness Tendency

Narcissistic personality disorder is named for Narcissus, from Greek mythology, who fell in love with his own reflection. Freud used the term to describe persons who were self-absorbed, and psychoanalysts have focused on the narcissist's need to bolster his or her self-esteem through grandiose fantasy, exaggerated ambition, exhibitionism, and feelings of entitlement.

~ Donald W. Black

Donald W. Black Entitlement Fantasy Grandiose Greek Mythology Mythology Narcissism Narcissist Narcissistic Narcissus Personality Disorder Self Absorbed

Courage is God's way of testing the virtues you profess to have and your level of commitment to everything you think you are.

~ Shannon L. Alder

Shannon L. Alder Circumstances Commitment Courage Doormat Fake Fasade Fear Follower Follower Vs Fan Good Character Hollow Hollowmen Integrity Leader Narcissistic Promptings Quality Person Spiritual Tests Standing Alone Values Virtues Warriors

This conversation with myself has an overwhelming aroma of narcissism.

~ Tawny Lara

Tawny Lara Experience Narcissism Narcissistic Narcissists Negative Negative Attitude Negative People Pink Hair Positive Outlook Positive Quotes Positive Thinking Positive Thoughts Write A Book Writer Writer Life Writers Writers World

If I am indeed my own god, I’d better start praying to myself to get myself out of myself.

~ Craig D. Lounsbrough

Craig D. Lounsbrough Ego Egotism Egotistical God Narcissism Narcissistic Pray Prayer Prayerful Praying Self Selfish

People that have trust issues only need to look in the mirror. There they will meet the one person that will betray them the most.

~ Shannon L. Alder

Shannon L. Alder Blaming Blaming Others Brokenness Disorders Hatred High Standards Hypocrisy Ignoring Illness Issues Judgement Judging Others Learning Narcissistic No Conscience No Filter Paranoia Poor Character Problems Realization Respecting Others Self Absorbed Self Abuse Self Realization Trust Trustworthy

The thing that I’m most likely to collapse under is not the weight of the stresses that stand around me, but the ego that sits within me.

~ Craig D. Lounsbrough

Craig D. Lounsbrough Collapse Ego Egotistical Greed Greedy Heavy Intense Narcissism Narcissistic Self Self Centered Selfish Selfishness Sit Sits Stand Stands Weight

I can confidently state that the greatest rescues in my life have occurred when I’ve been saved from myself.

~ Craig D. Lounsbrough

Craig D. Lounsbrough Arrogance Arrogant Imprisoned Liberate Liberation Myself Narcissist Narcissistic Prisoner Rescue Rescuing Retrieve Salvation Save Self

If it’s about me, I can be assured that there will be a bunch of empty chairs in the auditorium of my life; save the one I’m sitting in.

~ Craig D. Lounsbrough

Craig D. Lounsbrough Alone Auditorium Chairs Ego Egocentric Empty Greed Greedy Lonely Me Narcissism Narcissistic Self Self Centered Self Centeredness Self Focused Selfish Selfishness

If I can’t quite figure out what an ego is, all I have to do is look for the thing that’s killing itself in the very act of feeding itself.

~ Craig D. Lounsbrough

Craig D. Lounsbrough Destructive Ego Egocentric Feed Feeding Gorge Gorging Greed Greedy Kill Killing Murder Narcissism Narcissistic Self Self Centered Self Destruct Self Destruction Self Mutilation Suicidal Suicide

If it has anything to do with me, it has nothing to do with sacrifice.

~ Craig D. Lounsbrough

Craig D. Lounsbrough Ego Egocentric Give Giving Greed Greedy Hoard Hoarding Narcissism Narcissistic Sacrifice Sacrificial Self Selfish Selfishness

If I’m my biggest fan, the only person in the stadium is probably me.

~ Craig D. Lounsbrough

Craig D. Lounsbrough Alone Ego Ego Centric Fan Greed Greedy Lonely Narcissism Narcissistic Self Self Centered Self Love Selfish Stadium

Ego is borne of the need to ‘prove’ oneself instead of making the choice to ‘be’ oneself. And so maybe we need to begin curbing the birthrate.

~ Craig D. Lounsbrough

Craig D. Lounsbrough Authentic Authenticity Birth Birthrate Born Borne Choice Choose Curb Curbing Ego Egocentric Egotistical Genuine Genuineness Narcissism Narcissistic Need Prove Self

If I’m conceited enough to believe I’m invincible, then maybe it will take me doing the very thing I swore I would never do to understand that I’m not as wonderful as I thought I was.

~ Craig D. Lounsbrough

Craig D. Lounsbrough Bold Boldness Committed Conceit Conceited Disappoint Disappointed Ego Egocentric Fail Failure Narcissist Narcissistic Self Centered Swore Wonderful

People that have been consistently hurt by others in life will only see the one time you hurt them and be blinded to all the good your heart has to offer. They look no further than what they want to see. Unfortunately, most of them remain a victim throughout their life.

~ Shannon L. Alder

Shannon L. Alder Anger Ego Games Hurts Lack Of Communication Male Ego Mental Disorders Narcissistic No Ownership No Responsibility Paranoia Self Absorbed Trust Issues Victims

It’s thinking that I had the solution that probably created the problem in the first place.

~ Craig D. Lounsbrough

Craig D. Lounsbrough Correct Create Created Ego Ego Centric Egotistical Fool Fooled Foolish Misguided Misinformed Narcissism Narcissistic Problem Problems Self Destructive Self Sabotage Solution Solutions Solve Stupid Stupidity Think Thinking

I'll never miss a chance to remind you of what a brat you were. A gloriously beautiful and very spoiled brat. I was utterly charmed by your complete self-absorption. It was rather like courting a cat.

~ Robin Hobb

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We somehow have led ourselves to believe that our questions are big enough to encircle life, and that life is small enough to be contained by the answers. The real question might be, are we ignorant or just plain stupid?

~ Craig D. Lounsbrough

Craig D. Lounsbrough Answer Answers Arrogance Arrogant Bold Ego Egocentric Egotistical Ignorance Ignorant Life Misled Naive Naivete Narcissism Narcissistic Question Questions Stupid Stupidity

There came a time in my life when I had to admit to myself that I have some very clear narcissistic tendencies. Ironically, it occurred during the writing of my book The Emotionally Abused Woman. As I listed the symptoms of narcissism, I was amazed to find that I recognized myself in the description of the disorder.It should have been no surprise to me because I come from a long line of narcissists. My mother and several of her brothers suffered from the disorder, as did her mother. For some reason, though, I imagined that I’d escaped our family curse. I should have known that it’s not that easy to.

~ Beverly Engel

Beverly Engel Abuse Survivors Abusive Relationships Healing Journey Narcissism Narcissist Narcissistic Narcissistic Abusers Narcissistic Mothers Narcissistic Personality Narcissists Personality Disorder Personality Disorders Self Realisation Self Realization

To declare myself as a genius immediately evidences that I am not.

~ Craig D. Lounsbrough

Craig D. Lounsbrough Arrogance Arrogant Ego Egocentric Egocentrism Foolish Foolishness Genius Narcissism Narcissistic Narcissists Pride Prideful

I spend my life constantly calling in ‘imaginary’ debts that aren’t owed to me in order to avoid the ‘real’ debts that I owe to others, and so everybody ends up bankrupt.

~ Craig D. Lounsbrough

Craig D. Lounsbrough Bankrupt Bankruptcy Blind Blindness Debt Demand Demanding Denial Ego Egocentric Entitlement Imaginary Imagine Narcissism Narcissistic Owe Owed Real Selfish Selfishness

Sacrifice” and “self” both begin with the same letter, but the spelling is way different after that.

~ Craig D. Lounsbrough

Craig D. Lounsbrough Contrast Contrasts Differences Different Ego Egocentric Generosity Generous Give Giving Narcissism Narcissistic Opposites Sacrifice Sacrificial Selfish Selfishness Spell Spelling

I pretend to give gifts that people pretend to be gifts so that I can pretend that I gave something that actually cost me something. And what pretending of this sort gives me is the gift of a pretend life.

~ Craig D. Lounsbrough

Craig D. Lounsbrough Deceit Deceive Deception Ego Egocentric Fake False Fraudulence Fraudulent Gifts Give Giving Greed Greedy Lie Life Narcissism Narcissistic Pretend Pretending Self Centered Selfish Selfishness

The biggest impediment to loving life is our inflated egos. Only by suppressing our ego and controlling our selfish thoughts can we truly comprehend the immaculate beauty of every day unfolding before us.

~ Kilroy J. Oldster

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An obese ego is just about the heaviest thing you’ll ever carry. So maybe you should stop feeding it.

~ Craig D. Lounsbrough

Craig D. Lounsbrough Burden Burdened Ego Egocentric Egotistical Fatigued Feed Feeding Gorging Heaviest Heavy Narcissism Narcissistic Obese Self Serving Selfish Selfishness Tired Weight Weighty

You can dress up greed, but you can’t stop the stench.

~ Craig D. Lounsbrough

Craig D. Lounsbrough Disguise Ego Egocentric Fake Fraud Fraudulent Greed Greedy Justification Justify Narcissist Narcissistic Odor Odors Rationalize Self Centered Selfish Selfishness Smell Stench Stink Stinky

Love in the service of self is greed in disguise.

~ Craig D. Lounsbrough

Craig D. Lounsbrough Deceit Deceitful Deception Disguise Ego Egocentric Greed Greedy Love Loving Narcissistic Self Centered Selfish Selfishness

If I’m asking what kind of ‘return’ I should be expecting on the sacrifices I’m making, I have in that question revealed the need to ‘return’ that question to wherever I found it and have the word ‘return’ edited out of it.

~ Craig D. Lounsbrough

Craig D. Lounsbrough Dividend Edit Editing Egocentric Giving Greed Misconstrue Misunderstand Misunderstood Narcissism Narcissistic Question Return Sacrifice Sacrifices Sacrificial Sacrificing Self Serving Selfish Selfishness Selfless Wisdom Word Wording

I used to hold grudges until I realized that most people are narcissistic and their actions are driven by an unhealthy self-interest and not maliciousness towards me.

~ Steve Maraboli

Steve Maraboli Actions Grudge Hold A Grudge Life Narcissistic
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