Ego - Bible Quotes & Promises - Inspirational Quotes

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Bible Quotes

And as he was setting out on his journey, a man ran up and knelt before him and asked him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” And Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone.
(Mark 10:17,18) ESV

I can do nothing on my own. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just, because I seek not my own will but the will of him who sent me.
(John 5:30) ESV

If I alone bear witness about myself, my testimony is not deemed true.
(John 5:31) ESV

So if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort from love, any participation in the Spirit, any affection and sympathy, complete my joy by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind. Do nothing from rivalry or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others. Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, ...
(Philippians 2:1-10) ESV

Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person.
(Colossians 4:6) ESV¹

Inspirational Quotes from Famous People

An actor is totally vulnerable. His total personality is exposed to critical judgment - his intellect, his bearing, his diction, his whole appearance. In short, his ego.
--Alec Guinness – English Actor Born 1914 Died 2000

An actress must never lose her ego - without it she has no talent.
--Tom Lehrer – American Musician Born 1928

Avoid having your ego so close to your position that when your position falls, your ego goes with it.
--Colin Powell – American Statesman Born 1937

Drugs, alcohol and ego. They are a bad mix.
--Don Dokken – German Musician Born 1953

Ego is to the true self what a flashlight is to a spotlight.
--John Bradshaw – American Philosopher

Every normal person, in fact, is only normal on the average. His ego approximates to that of the psychotic in some part or other and to a greater or lesser extent.
--Sigmund Freud – Austrian Psychologist Born 1856 Died 1939

Everyone in showbiz is driven by ego, so how do you go from having loads of fame to working at 7-11? You can't do it!
--Ryan Seacrest – American Entertainer Born 1974

I fed my ego, but not my soul.
--Yakov Smirnoff – Russian Comedian Born 1951

I get pretty terrified, to be honest, when I'm on tour. You really have to muster a lot of ego to go our there, which I find rather draining.
--Michael Hutchence – Australian Musician Born 1960 Died 1997

I have a huge ego and a huge inferiority complex at the same time.
--Barry Gibb – English Musician Born 1946

I like the moment when I break a man's ego.
--Bobby Fischer – American Celebrity Born 1943 Died 2008

I try not to have too much of an ego. I'll do anything.
--Rob Schneider – American Comedian Born 1963

I used to get some ego thing out of saying I wasn't a star, just an actress. Forget it. I'm a star. I wanted it. I worked for it. I got it.
--Valerie Harper – American Actress Born 1940

It's a business you go into because your an egocentric. It's a very embarrassing profession.
--Katharine Hepburn – American Actress Born 1907 Died 2003

The ego is not master in its own house.
--Sigmund Freud – Austrian Psychologist Born 1856 Died 1939³