Being Self Centered Quotes

Self esteem is not the same as being self centered, self absorbed or selfish. Self esteem is also not complacency or overconfidence, both of which and set us up for failure. Self esteem is a strong motivator to work hard. Self esteem is related to mental health and happiness.

If you run for mayor, people say you're being egotistical. If you decide you won't run for mayor, people say you're being self-centered and egotistical.

Every type of evil we've got in us is the result of that one true illness of the human mind - that is, of being self-centered.

The more self-centered and egotistical a guy is, the better ballplayer he's going to be.

I think that in today's world, by nature, we are all self-centered. And that often leads to selfishness.

The idea that an individual can find God is terribly self-centered. It is like a wave thinking it can find the sea.

It's self-centered to think that human beings, as limited as we are, can describe divinity.

We have self-centered minds which get us into plenty of trouble. If we do not come to understand the error in the way we think, our self-awareness, which is our greatest blessing, is also our downfall.

What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight; build it anyway.

People are unreasonable, illogical and self-centered. Love them anyway.... Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable. Be honest and frank anyway.... What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight. Build anyway. .. Give the world the best you have and you'll get kicked in the teeth. Give the world the best you've got anyway.

If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives. Do good anyway.

It took cancer to realize that being self-centered is not the way to live. The answer is to try and help others.

It is in a way a mystery that, instead of demanding that their governments give primary attention to their own needs and aspirations, most of the citizens of big counties-those, that is, that have the status of being "powers" in the world-far from being self-centered or materialistic as they are commonly credited with being, the ordinary citizen and his elected representative all too often turn out to be romantics, ready and eager to sacrifice programs of health, education and welfare for the power and pride of the nation.

No one can find inner peace except by working, not in a self- centered way, but for the whole human family.