E. M. Forster Quotes

I am the best. There is nobody better than me.

Don't be humble... you're not that great.

My ego is really good. I don't need to watch myself on TV, like some others.

What hypocrites we seem to be whenever we talk of ourselves! Our words sound so humble, while our hearts are so proud.

Let the degree of egotism be the measure of confidence.

Clearly I've got an ego.

There's a line that separates having confidence and being conceited. I don't cross that line, but I have a lot of confidence in myself.

He that humbleth himself wishes to be exalted.

Humility is not my forte, and whenever I dwell for any length of time on my own shortcomings, they gradually begin to seem mild, harmless, rather engaging little things, not at all like the staring defects in other people's characters.

One may be humble out of pride.

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

The thing I hate most is false modesty. The artists who are, like, 'Oh, you know, I'm really not that good. Oh, I can't believe I'm here.' I find it vaguely sinister, even.

Conceit spoils the finest genius. There is not much danger that real talent or goodness will be overlooked long; even if it is, the consciousness of possessing and using it well should satisfy one, and the great charm of all power is modesty.

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.

False modesty can be worse than arrogance.

I mean, I don't like anyone who likes themselves too much.

I will give you a definition of a proud man: he is a man who has neither vanity nor wisdom one filled with hatreds cannot be vain, neither can he be wise.

It's not about ego. Really. If it was ego, I'd be telling you about my awesome... oh, never mind.

A vain man finds it wise to speak good or ill of himself; a modest man does not talk of himself.

Forget 'full of myself,' I'm not remotely impressed with myself.

I'm quite modest. I don't want to tell people I'm a leader.

I don't have an ego; I'm not egotistical or anything like that.

Even if we achieve gigantic successes in our work, there is no reason whatsoever to feel conceited and arrogant. Modesty helps one to go forward, whereas conceit makes one lag behind.

I don't wake up and say, 'Gee, it's a nice day, and I'm a legend.'