Quotes by Ego It's a constant man-ego-check going on in the streets, in this world. Tupac Shakur egomenworld I'm not an ensemble actor, because it's always a lot of ego when you're all together in the scene. It's kind of intellectual fighting for something. Udo Kier egofightingintellectual When all else fails, go for the ego. Val McDermid when-all-else-failsegofailing 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. Valerie Harper actressesegostars one of the greatest deterrents to successful investing is the three-letter word ego. Venita VanCaspel egomoneysuccessful Editing yourself is like an irksome coin toss. You've got to strip yourself of super ego and operate from the id. Maybe I've got my Freud mixed up. It's just hard to trade a beauty shot for the performance with truth and a brightly lit zit. Vera Farmiga zitsegoediting Any actor will tell you, as soon as your ego and your vanity come into the mix, it destroys your work. Completely destroys it. Viola Davis vanityegoactors I do not know if it has ever been noted before that one of the main characteristics of life is discreteness. Unless a film of flesh envelopes us, we die. Man exists only insofar as he is separated from his surroundings. The cranium is a space-traveler's helmet. Stay inside or you perish. Death is divestment, death is communion. It may be wonderful to mix with the landscape, but to do so is the end of the tender ego. Vladimir Nabokov egospacemen I am sufficiently proud of my knowing something to be modest about my not knowing all. Vladimir Nabokov egoknowinghumble When I'm walking with my father through the woods, and we reach a place where you see so far that your ego suddenly shrinks because you are so touched by the dimension of your surroundings. Volker Bertelmann woodsegofather I don't think the mystical experience can be verbalized. When the ego disappears, so does power over language. W. H. Auden mystical-experiencesegothinking An honest self-portrait is extremely rare because a man who has reached the degree of self-consciousness presupposed by the desire to paint his own portrait has almost always also developed an ego-consciousness which paints himself painting himself, and introduces artificial highlights and dramatic shadows. W. H. Auden egoselfmen I never had the ambition to be something. I had the ambition to do something. Walter Cronkite egobecomingambition The personal ego must be suppressed and replaced with the 'universal ego.' Walter Russell universalegosecret For us who are now in power, we need to be challenged to serve the people and ignore our own egos and personal interests so that we can really demonstrate to other African states that it is possible to share power without going to war. Wangari Maathai egowarpeople If you're the leader, you've got to give up your omniscient and omnipotent fantasies - that you know and must do everything. Learn how to abandon your ego to the talents of others. Warren G. Bennis egogiving-upleader The ego hurts you like this: you become obsessed with the one person who does not love you. blind to the rest who do. Warsan Shire egohurtlove-you When they get their ego involved, people do things they shouldn't do. Warren Buffett investingegopeople The ego promotes turmoil because it wants to substantiate your separateness from everyone, including God. It will push you in the direction of judgment and comparison, and cause you to insist on being right and best. You know your highest self by listening to the voice that only wants you to be at peace. Wayne Dyer egovoiceself If you want to feel connected to your own purpose, know this for certain: Your purpose will only be found in service to others, and in being connected to the something far greater than your mind/body/ego. Wayne Dyer egopurposemind«6061626364656667686970»
