Quotes about Egotism

“Mastery passes often for egotism.”

“Egotism is usually subversive of sagacity.”

“Big egos are big shields for lots of empty space.”

“What will the world be quite overturned when you die?”

“An egotist is a person interested in himself than in me!”

“Don't talk about yourself; it will be done when you leave.”

“Egotism is the anesthetic that dulls the pain of stupidity.”

“Egotism is the source and summary of all faults and miseries.”

“Our own self-love draws a thick veil between us and our faults.”

“Egotism is the art of seeing in yourself what others cannot see.”

“Egotist. A person of low taste, more interested in himself than me.”

“When a man is wrapped up in himself he makes a pretty small package.”

“The nice thing about egotists is that they don't talk about other people.”

“There is nothing in the world so enjoyable as a thorough-going monomania...”

“He who does not think much of himself is much more esteemed than he imagines.”

“If someone is blessed as I am is not willing to clean out the barn, who will?”

“We would rather speak badly of ourselves than not talk about ourselves at all.”

“I should not talk so much about myself if there were anybody else whom I knew as well.”

“We reproach people for talking about themselves; but it is the subject they treat best.”

“Egotism is the anesthetic given by a kindly nature to relieve the pain of being a damned fool.”

“Loving is the only sure road out of darkness, the only serum known that cures self-centeredness.”

“If egotism means a terrific interest in one's self, egotism is absolutely essential to efficient living.”

“One must learn to love oneself with a wholesome and healthy love, so that one can bear to be with oneself and need not roam.”

“The one who overcomes egotism rids themselves of the most stubborn obstacle that blocks the way to all true greatness and all true happiness.”

“The egoism which enters into our theories does not affect their sincerity; rather, the more our egoism is satisfied, the more robust is our belief.”

“If being an egomaniac means I believe in what I do and in my art or my music, then in that respect you can call me that I believe in what I do, and I'll say it.”

“The pest of society are the egotist, they are dull and bright, sacred and profane, course and fine. It is a disease that like the flu falls on all constitutions.”

“If some really acute observer made as much of egotism as Freud has made of sex, people would forget a good deal about sex and find the explanation for everything in egotism.”

“If the egotist is weak, his egotism is worthless. If the egotist is strong, acute, full of distinctive character, his egotism is precious, and remains a possession of the race.”

“Sensitiveness is closely allied to egotism; and excessive sensibility is only another name for morbid self-consciousness. The cure for tender sensibilities is to make more of our objects and less of our selves.”