Quotes About Ego to Inspire Self-Reflection

In a world driven by ego, it's crucial to pause and reflect on the wisdom shared by great minds throughout history. Quotes about ego serve as poignant reminders of the power of humility and self-awareness.

By embracing these insights, we can navigate life's challenges with grace and authenticity.

Impactful quotes about ego:

1. “Outcomes over ego.”

2. “Avoid having your ego so close to your position that when your position falls, your ego goes with it.”

Colin Powell

3. “Avoid making yourself the subject of conversation.”

Jean de La Bruyère

4. “Rule your mind or it will rule you.”

Buddha

5. “Fixed mindset is about ego, growth mindset is about presence.”

6. “My opponent is my teacher, my ego is my enemy.”

Renzo Gracie

7. “Drop ego and listen. Empathize.”

Naval Ravikant

8. “A bad day for your ego is a great day for your soul.”

Jillian Michaels

9. “It's the sense of superiority and certainty that exceeds the bounds of confidence and talent.”

Ryan Holiday

10. “The biggest challenge after success is shutting up about it.”

11. “Body is purified by water. Ego by tears. Intellect is purified by knowledge. And soul is purified with love.”

Ali Ibn Abi Talib

12. “We must go beyond the constant clamor of ego, beyond the tools of logic and reason, to the still, calm place within us: the realm of the soul.”

Deepak Chopra

13. “It's better to be ignorant than wrong.”

14. “The voice inside your head shapes what you see, think, and feel. It protects your ego, even if that means distorting reality.”

15. “If you really want to feel at peace, then your goal is to let go of the ego which separates us from being at one with all which is.”

16. “Don't worry about looking good; worry about achieving your goal.”

Ray Dalio

17. “Flattery is all right so long as you don't inhale.”

Adlai Stevenson

18. “Always keep your ego in check and not be afraid to listen. Listening is a great art form.”

Clint Eastwood

19. “Goals must never be from your ego, but problems that cry for a solution.”

20. “Let your action be free of all traces of ego. When an action is free of ego it leaves no problems in its wake.”

21. “Ego is the enemy.”

Ryan Holiday

22. “The ego is not master in its own house.”

Sigmund Freud

23. “Externally, be humble. Internally, be confident.”

James Clear

24. “When something seems too good to be true, trust your gut instincts.”

25. “The greatest win is walking away and choosing not to engage in drama and toxic energy at all.”

26. “The key is to ego is distinguishing between when it's serving you and when it's getting in your way.”

27. “I think the hard thing here is seeing the truth. To see the truth, you have to get your ego out of the way because your ego doesn't want to face the truth.”

Naval Ravikant

28. “Attack the evil that is within yourself, rather than attacking the evil that is in others.”

Confucius

29. “Ego has no place in a peaceful mind.”

30. “They were lucky you even looked their way.”

31. “Egotism sucks us down like the law of gravity.”

Cyril Connolly

32. “Letting go of your ego opens the door to taking a new and creative course of action.”

33. “A man's ego is the fountainhead of human progress.”

Ayn Rand

34. “Pride goes before destruction.”

Aesop

35. “To be honest, speak without identity.”

Naval Ravikant

36. “Don't worry about those who talk behind your back. They're behind you for a reason.”

37. “Work for a cause, not for applause.”

38. “Impressing people is utterly different from being truly impressive.”

John Boyd

39. “The high destiny of the individual is to serve rather than to rule.”

Albert Einstein

40. “When ego is lost, limit is lost. You become infinite, kind, beautiful.”

Harbhajan Singh Yogi

41. “The ego gets what it wants with words. The soul finds what it needs in silence.”

42. “To share your weakness is to make yourself vulnerable; to make yourself vulnerable is to show your strength.”

43. “Starve your ego. Feed your soul.”

44. “One learns to ignore criticism by first learning to ignore applause.”

45. “When ego is in control it judges and punishes. But love forgives and heals.”

46. “It is arrogance to believe that we can outthink nature's wisdom. It is better to limit one's thinking and trust one's intuition.”

47. “Some people's insecurity and ego fragility cannot tolerate the slightest offense.”

Robert Greene

48. “One may understand the cosmos, but never the ego; the self is more distant than any star.”

Gilbert K. Chesterton

49. “Our ego is our silent partner – too often with a controlling interest.”

50. “Slow but steady wins the race.”

Aesop

51. “Receive without pride, let go without attachment.”

Marcus Aurelius

52. “When the ego dies, the soul awakes.”

Mahatma Gandhi

53. “Most people don't get any further in life because their ego makes them feel like starting over is a bad thing.”

54. “Kill your darlings, kill your darlings, even when it breaks your egocentric little scribbler's heart, kill your darlings.”

Stephen King

55. “It is far more impressive when others discover your good qualities without your help.”

56. “The ego is always looking to find something. The Spirit can see what's already there.”

Marianne Williamson

57. “Complaining is one of the ego's favorite strategies for strengthening itself.”

Eckhart Tolle

58. “Ego takes everything personally.”

Eckhart Tolle

59. “The offspring of riches: Pride, vanity, ostentation, arrogance, tyranny.”

Mark Twain

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