Egotistical Quotes

“In this story
I am the poet
You're the poetry.”
― Arzum Uzun

“When you lose your ego, you win. It really is that simple.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“Don't feed your ego with my soul.”
― Arzum Uzun

“Dagmar tried to stand, and Gwenvael caught her hand, pulling her back down. "You can't leave me. I'm tortured and brooding. You need to show me how much you adore me so I can learn to love myself again."

"You've never stopped loving yourself."

"Because I'm amazing.”
― G.A. Aiken, What a Dragon Should Know

“The day hums sweetly when you have enough bees working for you.”
― Frank Herbert, Dune

“I am smiling a big adopted-orphan smile as I write this ... I still love scribbling the word - WRITER - any time on a form, questionnaire, document asks for my occupation. Fine, I write personality quizzes, I don't write about the Great Issues of the Day, but I think it's fair to say I am a writer ... ('Adopted-orphan smile', I mean, that's not bad, come on.)”
― Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl

“No other being is lesser human than the one who thinks of others as such.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Human Making is Our Mission: A Treatise on Parenting

“It's fallacious reasoning for the atheist to hate all religion due to men who manipulate religion to fit their own agendas. They are counterparts, therefore, if Truth is true, partners in crime. To believers, the atheist and the religiously corrupt boil down to the same person, the self-righteous: one denies Truth to fit his own agenda; the other manipulates Truth to fit his own agenda.”
― Criss Jami, Killosophy

“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

“Some people think that if they don’t know their faults, they don’t have any.”
― Frank Sonnenberg, Listen to Your Conscience: That's Why You Have One

“Your ego will tell you that it’s not egotistical.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“The drive for expression takes a million shapes, when all combine without condescension we'll see God's face.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Bulldozer on Duty

“Today you may want to check your ego at the door, exit through the back, and then burn the building.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Amidst cruelty arrogance has its role, but you gotta tread with extreme caution. Arrogance laid on the wrong person is an appalling human rights violation.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Amantes Assemble: 100 Sonnets of Servant Sultans

“I am attracted to humility, while arrogance repels me.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Yarasistan: My Wounds, My Crown

“It’s not all that smart to think that you’re all that smart.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Do you know who I am (The Sonnet)

Oh, so many times have I heard,
Do you know who I am!
So today when I travel places,
I walk around as a total lamb!
There's an immense relief,
In not flashing my name.
Windbags make all the noise,
Beings with character stay inane.
Be an elephant, strong yet gentle,
You observe more by being a dumbbell.
Blow your top when it's really needed,
Otherwise, be good people among the people.
All roads lead to people, not to mythical Rome.
Names aloof from people have no living role.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Ingan Impossible: Handbook of Hatebusting

“Selfish self is septic self.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Ingan Impossible: Handbook of Hatebusting

“Role of Arrogance

Arrogance has its purpose, but first you gotta learn how to use it, so that it's a force for good, rather than a primeval tendency of self-aggrandizing.

Let me tell you a story. I was traveling to deliver a talk. The driver friend picked me up at the airport and dropped me at a fancy hotel booked by the organizers. At the reception before me there was an elderly couple. From what I gathered, their daughter had booked a room for them, but they were having a little difficulty communicating it.

I could sense that the hotel people at the desk didn't take them seriously to begin with, probably because they weren't dressed fancy. I kept quiet.

Finally the elderly man and woman gave up. They lowered their heads in disappointment and turned around to walk out without checking in. And just as their backs were turned, I heard one of the receptionists make the remark, "village idiots!"

That's it - I lost my cool! In that situation, at that moment, I felt as if my own parents were being treated like that.

I held the elderly gentleman by the wrist, marched up to the desk, and spoke.

"You think you are so fancy, don't you - working at a fancy place in your fancy clothes and phony etiquette - so much so that you forgot to treat people like people!

You ridicule them because they don't speak English.

Well, in that case, I speak more languages than you can count - then how should I treat you - you pathetic little tribal jerks!

It's not enough to wear clean clothes, go home and wash your heart with some soap. Despite all that cologne, you stink!

You can manage a hotel, you can manage a business, but you don't manage people, you treat them like family."

I would've went on and on, but the elderly person stopped me. Don't know whether the people at the reception realized their mistake, but by the look on their face they sure did feel small.

A moment later with a tinge of remorse and utter humility in voice, the other receptionist spoke. She apologized to the couple in their native tongue and finally helped them check in, without any miscommunication or frustration.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Mucize Misafir Merhaba: The Peace Testament

“How much is the impossible nothing more than a figment of a stymied imagination borne out of a blatant rejection of God, and gorged blind by the egotistical elevation of self? And if in fact I have done these two things, then the impossible is in fact not a figment of my imagination.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Christianity teaches us that sharing is the way to grow.”
― Brother Pedro

“Once you realize that you can’t rescue yourself you’ve taken the first step toward rescuing yourself.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“You are...'

'Marvellous? Charming? Undeniable?'

'Increasingly annoying.'

'But you still haven't used the dagger at my neck.'

'I'm trying to think of the people who will have to clean up the mess.'

'How thoughtful of you.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire

“Dr. Datura was good. But only a certain type of woman believed him. They were usually the ones looking to be saved. The forlorn ones.”
― Niedria Kenny, Order in the Courtroom: The Tale of a Texas Poker Player

“A remorseful sinner is dearer to God than a yogi proud of his yoga.”
― Swami Sharnanand ji Maharaj

“Might I work to be better than the self that I claim is better.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Men seek to imitate the God that they deny in order to convince themselves that they are the god that they are in denial of.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Selfishness is death by consumption of self.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Eisner gets a pen and a piece of paper. “Disney is a French name, not Irish,” he reminds me. “Now look at this.” He writes “D’Isner,” “Deez-nay,” as the French would pronounce it, “is Eisner without the D.”
― James B. Stewart, Disney War

“Among those watching the Larry King interview was Diane Disney Miller and her husband, Ron. In response to a caller asking whether Walt Disney had really been frozen, Eisner said that no, Walt had been buried in an unmarked grave in a secret location. “His wishes were that it was unmarked, and not available to anybody to ever find out,” he said. “But I went up there and talked my way into them showing me where he’s buried.”

Why would the grave be unmarked? King asked.

Walt “wanted his privacy forever,” Eisner replied. “It’s a beautiful little spot and nobody could ever find it, and I’m very proud that I talked myself into it.”

Diane didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. How could Eisner say this on national television? He knew perfectly well that Walt was not buried in an unmarked grave. Diane herself had told him that Walt had been cremated, after they had dinner all those years ago.”
― James B. Stewart, Disney War