Inspirational ego quotes will challenge the way you think, change the way you live and transform your whole life.
Most Famous Ego Quotes
Ego judges and punishes. Love forgives and heals.
The ego self constantly pushes reality away. It constructs a future out of empty expectations and a past out of regretful memories. Alan Watts
If someone corrects you and you feel offended, then you have an ego problem. Nouman Ali Khan
A bad day for your ego is a great day for your soul. Jillian Michaels
Is that you or your ego?
When the ego dies, the soul awakes. Mahatma Gandhi
Big egos are big shields for lots of empty space. Diana Black
If you want to improve, you must be content to be thought foolish and stupid. Epictetus
Less ego, more excellence. Less talk, more do. Less rude, more polite. Less fear, more wins
The ego hurts you like this: you become obsessed with the one person who doesn’t love you. blind to the rest who do. Warsan Shire
Whenever I climb I am followed by a dog called ego. Friedrich Nietzsche
Part of me suspects that I’m a loser, and the other part of me thinks I’m God Almighty. John Lennon
Love is happy when it is able to give something. The ego is happy when it is able to take something. Osho
The biggest ego trip is getting rid of your ego, and of course, the joke of it all is that your ego does not exist. Alan Watts
Ego is to the true self what a flashlight is to a spotlight. John Bradshaw
There are two circumstances that lead to arrogance: one is when you’re wrong and you can’t face it; the other is when you’re right and nobody else can face it. Criss Jami
Your ego is your soul’s worst enemy. Rusty Eric
We come nearest to the great when we are great in humility. Rabindranath Tagore
The ego is the biggest enemy of humans.
The ego is not master in its own house. Sigmund Freud
When misunderstandings grow, cut your ego
Enlightenment is the ego’s ultimate disappointment. Chögyam Trungpa
Do things that feed your soul, not your ego and you will be happy
To feel that life is meaningless unless I can be permanent is like having fallen desperately in love with an inch. Alan Watts
Ego, let it go
The biggest challenge after success is shutting up about it. Criss Jami
Too much ego will kill your talent.
As you dissolve into love, your ego fades. You’re not thinking about loving; you’re just being love, radiating like the sun. Ram Dass
The ego is the single biggest obstruction to the achievement of anything. Richard Rose
Your ego can become an obstacle to your work. If you start believing in your greatness, it is the death of your creativity. Marina Abramovic
Leave your ego at the door.
On the highest throne in the world, we still sit only on our own bottom. Michel de Montaigne
More the knowledge, lesser the ego. Lesser the knowledge, more the ego. Albert Einstein
Awareness and ego cannot coexist. Eckhart Tolle
Complaining is one of the ego’s favorite strategies for strengthening itself. Eckhart Tolle
No, you’re not big. No, you’re not. You’re small in time and in space. And you have this frail vessel called the human body that’s limited on Earth. Neil deGrasse Tyson
The ego says: I’m still angry about yesterday, the spirit says: new day, new attitude.
Silence is the respite of the confident and strong. Ryan Holiday
Confidence without ego.
Humility is nothing but truth, and pride is nothing but lying. St. Vincent de Paul
Never let anyone’s ego kill your vibe. Stay positive and don’t feed negative energy
I am sufficiently proud of my knowing something to be modest about my not knowing all. Vladimir Nabokov
Conquer and tame the ego. Angelica Hopes
Ego is to the true self what a flashlight is to a spotlight. John Bradshaw
You can either be a host to God or a hostage to your ego. It’s your call. Wayne Dyer
The Ego is a veil between humans and God. In prayer all are equal. Rumi
Spiritual transcendence is transforming the rigid ego attachments into acceptance of self and others. Lynne Bamka
Ego is the immediate dictate of human consciousness. Max Planck
Ego is just like dust in the eyes. Without clearing the dust, we can’t see anything clearly, so clear the ego and see the world.
The ego is always looking to find something the spirit can see what’s already there. Marianne Willamson
Ego interrupts intuition. Danielle LaPorte
The ego relies on the familiar. It is reluctant to experience the unknown, which is the very essence of life. Deepak Chopra
The ego is not master in its own house. Sigmund Freud
The ego is always looking to find something the spirit can see what’s already there. Marianne Williamson
She was a wicked thing sometimes. All full of want. As if the shape of the world depended on her mood. As if she were important. Patrick Rothfuss
Big egos have little ears. Robert Schuller
If you think you’re smart, think twice to be smarter. Toba Beta
Think big from the heart, not the ego.
The ego is the single biggest obstruction to the achievement of anything. Richard Rose
The ego, however, is not who you really are. The ego is your self image, it is your social mask, it is the role you are playing. Your social mask thrives on approval. It wants control, and it is sustained by power because it lives in fear. Ram Dass
You never really learn much from hearing yourself speak. George Clooney
The moment you become aware of the ego in you, it is strictly no longer the ego but just an old, conditioned mind patter. Ego implies unawareness. Awareness and ego cannot coexist. Eckhart Tolle
The ego isn’t a real thing, it’s just the unexamined mind. Thibaut
Soul over ego.
When you lose your ego, you win. It really is that simple. Shannon L. Alder
As you dissolve into love, your ego fades. You’re not thinking about loving; you’re just being love, radiating like the sun. Ram Dass
The ego is antifragile. When attacked it inflates to protect itself. Michael
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
The minute you start compromising for the sake of massaging somebody’s ego, that’s it, game over. Gordon Ramsay
Our ego is our silent partner too often with a controlling interest. Cullen Hightower
More the knowledge, lesser the ego. Lesser the knowledge, more the ego. Albert Einstein
Never allow your ego to diminish your ability to listen. Gary Hopkins
When one is without ego, one becomes infinitely free of all personal judgements, and perceives life and the world with divine eyes and mind. Nothing is offensive to them and they remain in perfect serenity and peace always. Mooji
All you need to know and observe in yourself is this: Whenever you feel superior or inferior to anyone, that’s the ego in you. Eckhart Tolle
The ego is not a master in its own house. Sigmund Freud
The worst disease which can afflict executives in their work is not, as popularly supposed, alcoholism; it’s egotism. Robert Frost
You can either be a host to God or a hostage to your ego. It’s your call. Wayne Dyer
Your ego can become an obstacle to your work. If you start believing in your greatness, it is the death of your creativity. Marina Abramovic
If someone corrects you, and you feel offended, then YOU have an EGO problem. Nouman Ali Khan
You’re not looking for perfection in your partner. Perfection is all about the ego. With soulmate love, you know that true love is what happens when disappointment sets in and you’re willing to deal maturely with these disappointments. Karen Salmansohn
Complaining is one of the ego’s favorite strategies for strengthening itself. Eckhart Tolle
Stupidity combined with arrogance and a huge ego will get you a long way. Chris Lowe
Ego says, Once everything falls into place, I’ll feel peace Spirit says, Find your peace, and then everything will fall into place. Marianne Williamson
If your ego starts out, ‘I am important, I am big, I am special,’ you’re in for some disappointments when you look around at what we’ve discovered about the universe. No, you’re not big. No, you’re not. You’re small in time and in space. And you have this frail vessel called the human body that’s limited on Earth. Neil deGrasse Tyson
My opponent is my teacher, my ego is my enemy. Renzo Gracie
The ultimate aim of the ego is not to see something, but to be something. Muhammad Iqbal
The Ego, however, is not who you really are. The ego is your self image; it is your social mask; it is the role you are playing. Your social mask thrives on approval. It wants control, and it is sustained by power, because it lives in fear. Deepak Chopra
Ego is to the true self what a flashlight is to a spotlight. John Bradshaw
When the ego dies, the soul awakes. Mahatma Gandhi
Ego is the immediate dictate of human consciousness. Max Planck
Body is purified by water. Ego by tears. Intellect is purified by knowledge. And soul is purified with love. Ali ibn Abi Talib
Ego is one of the biggest weapons that is used to take us down. It’s self destructive. It’s a problem on all levels even regular people can have big ego problems. Yehuda Berg
Through being right you feel superior and through feeling superior you strengthen your sense of self. In reality, of course, you are only strengthening the illusion of ego. Eckhart Tolle
Ego is just like dust in the eyes. Without clearing the dust, we can’t see anything clearly, so clear the ego and see the world.
Always keep your ego in check and not be afraid to listen. Listening is a great art form. Clint Eastwood
Ego is false confidence, self respect is true confidence. Naval Ravikant
Suffering has a noble purpose: the evolution of consciousness and the burning up of the ego. Eckhart Tolle
Ego is about who’s right. Truth is about what’s right. Mike Maples Jr
Freedom means the power to act by soul guidance, not by the compulsions of desires and habits. Obeying the ego leads to bondage; obeying the soul brings liberation. Paramahansa Yogananda
Ego is a social fiction for which one person at a time gets all the blame. Robert Anton Wilson
Show me someone without an ego, and I’ll show you a loser having a healthy ego, or high opinion of yourself, is a real positive in life! Donald Trump
The ego, however, is not who you really are. The ego is your self-image, it is your social mask, it is the role you are playing. Your social mask thrives on approval. It wants control, and it is sustained by power because it lives in fear. Ram Dass
All you need to know and observe in yourself is this: Whenever you feel superior or inferior to anyone, that’s the ego in you. Eckhart Tolle
The ego isn’t a real thing, it’s just the unexamined mind. Thibaut
The Ego’s job is to kill everything but itself. Byron Katie
The ego is the single biggest obstruction to the achievement of anything. Richard Rose
Show me someone without an ego, and I’ll show you a loser. Donald Trump
The ego is only an illusion, but a very influential one. Letting the ego illusion become your identity can prevent you from knowing your true self. Wayne Dyer
The ego seeks to divide and separate. Spirit seeks to unify and heal. Pema Chödrön
The ego is nothing other than the focus of conscious attention. Alan Watts
The ego is a false sense based on mental concepts. It is identification with the body and the mind primarily identification with thought form. Eckhart Tolle
The Ego is not who you really are. The ego is your self-image; it is your social mask; it is the role you are playing. Your social mask thrives on approval. It wants control, and it is sustained by power, because it lives in fear. Deepak Chopra
For the ego to survive, it must make time past and future more important than the present moment. Eckhart Tolle
The ego is as little absolutely permanent as are bodies. Ernst Mach
The ultimate dragon is within you, it is your ego clamping you down. Joseph Campbell
The ego is antifragile. When attacked it inflates to protect itself. Michael
If there’s anything more important than my ego around, I want it caught and shot now. Douglas Adams
The Ego is an exquisite instrument. Enjoy it, use it-just don’t get lost in it. Ram Dass
I have an ego the size of a small planet. Linus Torvalds
The ego is always looking to find something the spirit can see what’s already there. Marianne Williamson
The ego is not only the unobserved mind, the voice in the head which pretends to be you, but also the unobserved emotions that are the body’s reaction to what the voice in the head is saying. Eckhart Tolle
The ego is a veil between humans and God. In prayer all are equal. Rumi
Humility is born of the spirit, humiliation of the ego. Alan Cohen
One of the ego’s favorite paths of resistance is to fill you with doubt. Ram Dass
Our ego is our silent partner too often with a controlling interest. Cullen Hightower
Where id was, there ego shall be. Sigmund Freud
Your ego is your self image created by thought. It’s your social mask requiring validation because it lives in fear of losing its sense of identity. Thibaut
The ego is always looking to find something. The Spirit can see what’s already there. Marianne Williamson
Your ego is an avid interpreter. It is so quick to interpret events as ‘bad’ or ‘good’ or ‘right’. It never fails to see the little picture. Robert Holden
A man’s ego is the fountainhead of human progress. Ayn Rand
Egotism sucks us down like the law of gravity. Cyril Connolly
The ego relies on the familiar. It is reluctant to experience the unknown, which is they very essence of life. Deepak Chopra
Egotism is the source and summary of all faults and miseries. Thomas Carlyle
Don’t be a hero. Don’t have an ego. Paul Tudor Jones
Egotism is the anesthetic that dulls the pain of stupidity. Frank Leahy
The ego is nothing other than the focus of conscious attention. Alan Watts
Egoist: a person of low taste, more interested in himself than me. Ambrose Bierce
The ego is a tool. You don’t separate it. It’s a tool for the spirit. Ram Dass
Ego trip: a journey to nowhere. Robert Half
Most of us are convinced that we are our egos, which is who we think we are. The ego is part of our incarnation. It dies with the body, which is why we are so afraid of death. Death scares the hell out of who you think you are, especially if you think you are this body. Ram Dass
All ego really is, is our opinions, which we take to be solid, real, and the absolute truth about how things are. Pema Chödrön
Ego takes everything personally. Eckhart Tolle
Life lived in the absence of the psychedelic experience that primordial shamanism is based on is life trivialized, life denied, life enslaved to the ego. Terence McKenna
Ego interrupts intuition. Danielle LaPorte
Science is the special province of the ego. And magic and art are the special province of something else. I could name it, but I won’t. It prefers to be unnamed. Terence McKenna
Ego expands to fill the space not filled with knowledge. Jeffrey Armstrong
In mourning it is the world which has become poor and empty; in melancholia it is the ego itself. Sigmund Freud
Where id was, there ego shall be. Sigmund Freud
The poor ego has a still harder time of it; it has to serve three harsh masters, and it has to do its best to reconcile the claims and demands of all three The three tyrants are the external world, the superego, and the id. Sigmund Freud
All ego really is, is our opinions, which we take to be solid, real, and the absolute truth about how things are. Pema Chödrön
Analysis does not set out to make pathological reactions impossible, but to give the patient’s ego freedom to decide one way or another.
All you need to know and observe in yourself is this: Whenever you feel superior or inferior to anyone, that’s the ego in you. Eckhart Tolle
How we hate this solemn Ego that accompanies the learned, like a double, wherever he goes.
Big egos have little ears. Robert Schuller
It is easy to see that the ego is that part of the id which has been modified by the direct influence of the external world.
Big egos are big shields for lots of empty space. Diana Black
Pain and happiness are simply conditions of the ego. Forget the ego.
Complaining is one of the ego’s favorite strategies for strengthening itself. Eckhart Tolle
Bullying happens because weak people need to prop up their ego by beating up or humiliating others.
Most of us are convinced that we are our egos, which is who we think we are. The ego is part of our incarnation. It dies with the body, which is why we are so afraid of death. Death scares the hell out of who you think you are, especially if you think you are this body. Ram Dass
Humility is born of the spirit, humiliation of the ego.
One of the ego’s favorite paths of resistance is to fill you with doubt. Ram Dass
Suffering has a noble purpose: the evolution of the consciousness and the burning up of the ego.
The Ego’s job is to kill everything but itself. Byron Katie
If someone corrects you, and you feel offended, then YOU have an EGO problem.
The ego seeks to divide and separate. Spirit seeks to unify and heal. Pema Chödrön
All ego really is, is our opinions, which we take to be solid, real, and the absolute truth about how things are.
The ego relies on the familiar. It is reluctant to experience the unknown, which is they very essence of life. Deepak Chopra
The problem is that ego can convert anything to its own use, even spirituality.
The key is to distinguish between when it’s serving you and when it’s getting in your way. Shane Parrish
The only reason why we are always thinking of our own ego is that we have to live with it more continuously than with anyone else’s.
The moment you become aware of the ego in you, it is strictly no longer the ego but just an old, conditioned mind patter. Ego implies unawareness. Awareness and ego cannot coexist. Eckhart Tolle
Body is purified by water. Ego by tears. Intellect is purified by knowledge. And the soul is purified with love.
The ultimate aim of the ego is not to see something, but to be something. Muhammad Iqbal
Is your ego small enough, and your backbone strong enough, to raise others up high on your shoulders?
There are two kinds of egotists: Those who admit it, and the rest of us. Laurence J. Peter
The more we try to wrest ourselves from our ego, the deeper we sink into it.
To me the ego is the habitual and compulsive thought processes that go through everybody’s mind continuously. External things like possessions or memories or failures or successes or achievements. Your personal history. Eckhart Tolle
Dissolve your ego before it dissolves yourself
Starve your ego. Feed your soul
My opponent is my teacher, my ego is my enemy.
Rule your mind or it will rule you. Buddhist saying
Always keep your ego in check and not be afraid to listen. Listening is a great art form.
Confidence without ego.
Show me someone without an ego, and I’ll show you a loser having a healthy ego, or high opinion of yourself, is a real positive in life!
Gratitude is the sign of noble souls. Aesop
All you need to know and observe in yourself is this: Whenever you feel superior or inferior to anyone, that’s the ego in you.
Drop ego and listen. Empathize. Naval Ravikant
A man’s ego is the fountainhead of human progress.
Think big from the heart, not the ego.
The ego is always looking to find something. The Spirit can see what’s already there.
A man’s ego is the fountainhead of human progress. Ayn Rand
The ego is nothing other than the focus of conscious attention.
Attempting to destroy something out of hate or ego often ensures that it will be preserved and disseminated forever. Ryan Holiday
I have an ego like anybody else, but I don’t need to be stoked by going before the public all the time.
Avoid making yourself the subject of conversation. Jean de la Bruyere
You have no choice. You must leave your ego on the doorstep before you enter love.
Be capable of negating your ego. Robert Greene
The ego is the false self born out of fear and defensiveness.
Do things that feed your soul, not your ego and you will be happy.
The goal of individuation is wholeness, as much as we can accomplish, not the triumph of the ego.
Conquer and tame the ego. Angelica Hopes
One may understand the cosmos, but never the ego; the self is more distant than any star.
When the ego dies, the soul awakes. Mahatma Gandhi
Being humble is a sign of greatness.
Don’t let your ego get too close to your position, so that if your position gets shot down, your ego doesn’t go with it. Colin Powell
True greatness lies in not boasting about your accomplishments.
Goals must never be from your ego, but problems that cry for a solution. Robert H. Schuller
Use constructive criticism to become a better person.
I can’t tell you if genius is hereditary, because heaven has granted me no offspring. James McNeill Whistler
Weak people have huge egos.
Identity invites confirmation bias, which neutralizes your ability to learn. Shedding identity is a prerequisite to wisdom. Michael
Being forceful might feed your ego, but it won’t transform you.
If being an egomaniac means I believe in what I do and in my art or music, then in that respect you can call me that I believe in what I do, and I’ll say it. John Lennon
An egoistic person has a very fragile sense of self.
If I only had a little humility, I would be perfect. Ted Turner
An indifferent person won’t love anyone.
If there’s one skill which can substantially improve the life of every single person, it is emotional self control. If you drop your ego, don’t take things personally and adopt a detached perspective, your ability to deal with all types of people/situations will immensely improve.
Don’t allow your sense of self to become dependent on your social status.
If you want to reach a state of bliss, then go beyond your ego and the internal dialogue. Deepak Chopra
The ego often triggers something primal and animalistic in us.
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