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Ego Quotes

Most Famous Ego Quotes of All Time!

A meaningful national victory can feel like a genuine confidence boost, even if it doesn't dominate conversations elsewhere in the world. Certain roles and jobs, some admit, come with more self-importance attached than outsiders might expect, a theme in our Egocentric quotes.

I think everyone is born 100 percent ego, and after that it's just adjustment.

Quotes by Agnes Martin

As you get older, you know what you're good at and you know what you're not so good at. Your ego comes out of it, and then you realise you can't play every game, there'll be certain games where you...

Quotes by Adebayo Akinfenwa

As far as base humiliation goes, acting is a tough business. It's a tough, embarrassing thing to do for a living when you're starting out, and you better not have any ego or pride, because that will be wiped away...

Quotes by Adam Scott

Your job as a producer is to make suggestions without putting your ego in front of everything else. Also, I think you want to focus on that artist's best qualities and really highlight them.

Quotes by Adam Schlesinger

Egocentric Quotes

It's quite good when you fall flat on your bum on a creative level. Critics can hate what I do, or I've got something completely wrong, and it's good because that ego thing gets zapped for a while.

Quotes by Abi Morgan

Establishing a friendship after divorce takes great effort and a lot of swallowing of your pride and ego.

Quotes by Yolanda Hadid

I fed my ego, but not my soul.

Quotes by Yakov Smirnoff

Winnie Harlow is my alter ego like how Beyonce refers to her stage name as Sasha Fierce.

Quotes by Winnie Harlow

A key to my thinking has always been the almost fanatical belief that what I was engaged in was a literary art form. That belief was compounded out of ego and necessity, I guess, a combination of the two.

Quotes by Will Eisner

Egoism Quotes

The ego is willing but the machine cannot go on. It's the last thing a man will admit, that his mind ages.

Quotes by Will Durant

I'm not crazy about arenas just because I can sell them out. It doesn't do anything for my ego at all. I want to play places where people don't have to sit in the nosebleed seats and wonder what the...

Quotes by Whitney Houston

It is a kind of ego booster, the way Egypt's winning the 1973 war, in the first stages, was an uplift. But I did not find when I spoke to people that the war in Iraq was seen as the...

Quotes by Walter Russell Mead

There's a little more ego involved in these jobs than people might realize.

Quotes by Walter Cronkite

I don't like my ego stroked too much.

Quotes by Victoria Azarenka

Egomaniac Quotes

Too many actors get on an ego trip and won't do commercials, so they sit around for 20 years between jobs.

Quotes by Vic Tayback

In the process of ego, in the process of lobbying and in the process of just criticising for stake of criticism or in the process of politicising, don't commit national crime. Don't prevent exploration in the country. Let us move...

Quotes by Veerappa Moily

I used to get some ego thing out of saying I wasn't a star, just an actress. Forget it. I'm a star. I wanted it. I worked for it. I got it.

Quotes by Valerie Harper

The downfall of any leader in a sport's team is when he gets carried away with his own ego.

Quotes by Toto Wolff

There are journalists who are drawn to the most extroverted, aggressive jobs because they get an ego high from it. It can be shocking to encounter them and even worse to work with them.

Quotes by Tom Rachman

Egotism Quotes

An actress must never lose her ego - without it she has no talent.

Quotes by Tom Lehrer

Frequently Asked Questions

What is this Ego quotes collection about?
It gathers quotes on how ego shows up in personal relationships, careers, and even national pride, showing both its damaging side and its occasional usefulness as motivation. The range makes the topic feel relatable across contexts.
Why do people search for ego quotes?
People often look for these quotes when reflecting on a personal conflict where pride got in the way, or when calling out excessive self-importance in someone else, which connects to Egocentric and Egotism quotes. It's a topic people return to during moments of self-reflection.
What does the collection say about ego after a breakup or divorce?
One quote points out that repairing a bond with an ex-spouse demands real work, since both sides usually need to set aside pride and ego before trust can return. It's a grounded, practical observation about repairing relationships.
Is there a quote about ego versus something deeper, like the soul?
Yes, one short, striking line admits to feeding one's ego rather than one's soul, drawing a clear distinction between surface validation and genuine fulfillment. It's one of the more introspective quotes in the set.
How can these Ego quotes be used?
They work well as captions for personal growth posts, calling out an Egomaniac in your life, or simply reflecting on when pride needs to be set aside, similar to Egoism quotes.

Rebuilding a friendship after a breakup often demands real humility, setting pride aside more than once. Chasing validation for yourself can sometimes come at the cost of something deeper within. Discover more in our Egoism, Egomaniac, and Egotism quotes.