Quotes by Ego Being a great founder or early team member is a difficult dialectic - you have to be a bit overconfident, and a big ego isn't always a bad thing. To change the world requires pushing really, really hard and believing you and your team know something others don't. Joe Lonsdale greatyouegochange Fighting in the ring or cage is very much different from fighting in the street. Fighting in the street is very much fueled by anger, pride, and male dominance and ego. Joel Edgerton streetegoangerfighting Prudence is what makes someone a great commodities trader - the capacity to face reality squarely in the eye without allowing emotion or ego to get in the way. It's what is needed by every quarterback or battlefield general. John Ortberg facegreategoreality I have an ego like everyone else. I want to be recognized as a good ballplayer. John Stockton everyonegoodegowant It's good to have a healthy ego because that pushes you to succeed. But when you cross a line, and your views are not balanced, that's when you get into trouble. Judy Smith goodyousucceedego It's not good to have a huge ego. Josephine Langford goodegohuge It was easy for me to play someone with a massive ego. It's actually really fun to have the freedom to be that person. Jonathan Pryce meegofreedomfun When my writing career took off, it was pretty easy to keep my ego in check because old-school martial arts isn't about ego gratification. It's about maintaining a balanced view of the world and your place in it. Jonathan Maberry viewplaceegoworld If you get your ego in your way, you will only look to other people and circumstances to blame. Jocko Willink lookyouegopeople We misuse language and talk about the 'ascent' of man. We understand the scientific basis for the interrelatedness of life, but our ego hasn't caught up yet. Jill Tarter manegolanguagelife It wasn't until I got to college and had a lot of my ego beaten out of me... That's when I started to turn to literature as something deeper than a way to put up points. Jesse Andrews meegocollegeway My ego and my vanities have nothing to do with comedy. Jerry Lewis nothingcomedyego To say it very honestly, removed from ego, standup is just a thing that I understood, a God-given ability. Jerrod Carmichael sayjustabilityego I'm blessed with three children who actually aren't terribly impressed with pandering to my ego, and one of my children has a bit of a problem with the sex scenes because when she reads the stuff, she hears my voice in her head, and apparently reading a sex scene written by your mother with her describing it is rather off-putting! Jennifer Fallon egoblessedmotherchildren Childish egocentrism is, in its essence, an inability to differentiate between the ego and the social environment. Jean Piaget childishenvironmentegoessence I don't really have any interest in doing Donald Blake stories. Maybe it's just I don't know what to do with that sort of alter ego. Jason Aaron doingjustknowego Look at someone like Kanye West - ego is the death of a lot of art. To believe in yourself that much is to stop being an artist. Jamie Hewlett believe-in-yourselfegodeathart The ego certainly is the biggest obstacle as an artist or performer, so any chance you get to destroy that is really healthy. James Van Der Beek youegochanceartist You have to make sure you have a relatable emotion through the movie. You have to check your ego and go into a territory and recognize that nobody knows you. You go back again and again, and by the third time, you are a star. James Lassiter nobodyyouegotime The first movie, I was 23; I thought I knew everything, but my ego soon took an irrevocable blow. James Gray firsteverythingthoughtego«6566676869707172737475»
