#egotism

Both the mind and "presence" can work beautifully together, in the absence of ego. ↗

— Michelle Cruz-Rosado

#egotism #inspirational-quotes #beauty

Some people, who always talk about how busy they are, are really trying to claim how 'important' they are. ↗

— Donna Lynn Hope

#self-centered #self-importance #business

Having gone through it all had changed our outlooks. You can't be as much of a bitch as you were before, you can't be as much as an egomaniac, you can't feel as much like the world owed you something, you can't be the 'where's mine?' guy. ↗

— Anthony Kiedis

#outlook #change

You want a friend in this city? [Washington, DC.] Get a dog! ↗

— Harry S. Truman

#dogs #egotism #faithfulness #friends #friendship

However low he may fall, a man can never deny himself the delight of feeling cleverer, more powerful or even better fed than his companions. ↗

— Maxim Gorky

#men

I am the burrito in the taco. Hold your skepticism, and the lettuce. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#funny #funny

If egotism means a terrific interest in one's self, egotism is absolutely essential to efficient living. ↗

— Arnold Bennett

#efficient #egotism #essential #interest #living

Mastery passes often for egotism. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

#mastery #often #passes

Intolerance is the most socially acceptable form of egotism, for it permits us to assume superiority without personal boasting. ↗

— Sydney J. Harris

#assume #boasting #egotism #form #intolerance

Apology is only egotism wrong side out. ↗

— Oliver Wendell Holmes

#egotism #only #out #side #wrong