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Here are the best inspirational quotes and sayings for 2023 about ego that will inspire you to keep a check on attitude and pride.
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What Is Ego Sayings
1. “All ego really is, is our opinions, which we take to be solid, real, and the absolute truth about how things are” – Pema Chödrön
2. “Ego is to the true self what a flashlight is to a spotlight” – John Bradshaw
3. “The ego is the single biggest obstruction to the achievement of anything” – Richard Rose
4. “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” – Ram Dass
5. “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
6. “A man’s ego is the fountainhead of human progress” – Ayn Rand
7. “The ego is nothing other than the focus of conscious attention” – Alan Watts
8. “Ego is the immediate dictate of human consciousness” – Max Planck
Short Quotes About Ego
9. “Ego trip: a journey to nowhere” – Robert Half
10. “Your ego is your soul’s worst enemy” – Rusty Eric
11. “Conquer and tame the ego” – Angelica Hopes
12. “Ego interrupts intuition” – Danielle LaPorte
13. “Big egos have little ears” – Robert Schuller
14. “The ego is not master in its own house” – Sigmund Freud
15. “When the ego dies, the soul awakes” – Mahatma Gandhi
16. “The Ego’s job is to kill everything but itself” – Byron Katie
Control Your Ego Quotes
17. “Dissolve your ego before it dissolves your self” – Maxime Lagacé
18. “You can either be a host to God or a hostage to your ego. It’s your call” – Wayne Dyer
19. “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
20. “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
21. “Ego is a drug. Use in moderation, if at all” – Lex Fridman
22. “Be capable of negating your ego” – Robert Greene
23. “Check your ego at the door. The ego can be the great success inhibitor. It can kill opportunities, and it can kill success” – Dwayne Johnson
24. “If you get your ego in your way, you will only look to other people and circumstances to blame” – Jocko Willink
Quotes About Ego In Relationship
25. “Big egos are big shields for lots of empty space” – Diana Black
26. “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
27. “A bad day for your ego is a great day for your soul” – Jillian Michaels
28. “Your ego screams for people to acknowledge you. But you must do nothing. Take it. Eat it until you’re sick. Endure it. Quietly brush it off and work harder” – Ryan Holiday
29. “Ego is more than just off-putting and obnoxious. Instead, it’s the sworn enemy of our ability to learn and grow” – Ryan Holiday; The Daily Stoic
30. “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
31. “Ego is a social fiction for which one person at a time gets all the blame” – Robert Anton Wilson
32. “The ego is as little absolutely permanent as are bodies” – Ernst Mach
Quotes About Negative Ego
33. “The ego relies on the familiar. It is reluctant to experience the unknown, which is they very essence of life” – Deepak Chopra
34. “Our ego is our silent partner – too often with a controlling interest” – Cullen Hightower
35. “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
36. “The key is to ego is distinguishing between when it’s serving you and when it’s getting in your way” – Shane Parrish
37. “One may understand the cosmos, but never the ego; the self is more distant than any star” – Gilbert K. Chesterton
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