Muhammad Ali Quotes

Mastery passes often for egotism.

Any time you talk about your own stuff you sound self-aggrandising.

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

Some nights, I was so good that I could have become an egotist.

Even a cock crows over his own dunghill.

I'm the greatest thing that ever lived! I'm the king of the world! I'm a bad man. I'm the prettiest thing that ever lived.

I never knew a more presumptuous person than myself. The fact that I say that shows that what I say is true.

On occasions I have been big-headed. I think most people are when they get in the limelight. I call myself Big Head just to remind myself not to be.

I'm not great enough to be humble.

Oh, the cleverness of me!

The biggest turn-off for me is people who think the world of themselves. Arrogance is not a sexy quality, and it really gets on my nerves.

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

I now know all the people worth knowing in America, and I find no intellect comparable to my own.

The minute I get a big head and start acting like the big man on campus, it's all downhill from there.

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

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.

Pride and vanity, the opposites of humility, can destroy our spiritual health as surely as a debilitating disease can destroy our physical health.

People that are conceited of their own merit take pride in being unfortunate, that themselves and others may think them considerable enough to be the envy and the mark of fortune.

Pride is not the worst of sins. In fact, it's one of the most interesting ones.

We say little, when vanity does not make us speak.

Vanity can apply to both insecurity and egotism.

Bragging just sounds good, man.

I've got it all: I'm good-looking, I'm educated, I can sing, and I can play rugby. Ridiculous, isn't it?

I don't know how humble a person can be while consistently spouting statements like 'I, Donald Trump, am a totally gifted politician,' or 'I'm, like, a smart person.'