Dietrich Bonhoeffer Quotes

I used to spend a lot of time just thinking about myself, thinking that the party started when I showed up.

You can't get too caught up in yourself.

I have often wished I had time to cultivate modesty... but I am too busy thinking about myself.

Entitlement is just the grossest kind of human behavior.

There is no harder lesson for man to learn than the lesson of humility. It is the rarest of all gifts. It is a very rare thing to find a man or woman that is following closely the footsteps of the Master in meekness and humility.

Many said selfishness was the flaw of our modern age; but then self-conceit emerged from a corner of the deepest hell to join selfishness.

There is no room for God in a mind that's full of self.

I never saw movies I was in because my mom told me that would be prideful, being stuck on yourself.

There are two kinds of egotists: Those who admit it, and the rest of us.

Selfishness is one of the more common faces of pride. 'How everything affects me' is the center of all that matters - self-conceit, self-pity, worldly self-fulfillment, self-gratification, and self-seeking.

To be a man's own fool is bad enough, but the vain man is everybody's.

Pride is a sin that can readily be seen in others but is rarely admitted in ourselves.

The only way to get under me is to get over yourself.

A lot of self-importance goes on in the fashion industry. I'm not like that.

I am a greedy, selfish bastard. I want the fact that I existed to mean something.

To disregard what the world thinks of us is not only arrogant but utterly shameless.

I was a young, new, hot star, and I had this unbelievable arrogance. As time went on, the strident narcissism and arrogance slowly diminished. But I was definitely there. I'm older now. And a big crybaby.

I have altogether failed to comprehend as to how undue pride or vain-gloriousness could ever stand in the way of a man believing in God.

The biggest obstacle that stalls leaders' growth is the human ego. When leaders start to think they know it all, they stop growing.

Ego can be a dangerous thing. We all have one but it needs to be contained.

I've never been a big fan of me, me, me.

Vanity is not high on my list of priorities.

Life's about ego. So for someone to talk about my ego, as they are writing their piece about my ego, I'm wondering what they're doing with their ego?

Ignoring the source of creation and trying to conduct your life yourself is a terribly egoistic and ignorant attitude towards life.

Egotism, pride, etc. must be given up.