Johann Gottfried von Herder Quotes

Anyone who thinks they're indispensible is fooling themselves.

I believe that people start to get into trouble when they start to believe their own hype.

In hindsight, I slid into arrogance based upon past success.

Self-conceit may lead to self destruction.

Stupidity combined with arrogance and a huge ego will get you a long way.

The silent killer of all great men and women of achievement - particularly men, I don't know why, maybe it's the testosterone - I think it's narcissism. Even more than hubris. And for women, too. Narcissism is the killer.

Nationalism is a silly cock crowing on its own dunghill.

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

I find it alarming that people are so convinced they're the best at anything - presenting, hairdressing, getting dressed.

There is a danger in believing your own hype.

Vanity can easily overtake wisdom. It usually overtakes common sense.

In general, pride is at the bottom of all great mistakes.

When your persona begins to take over your music and becomes more important, you enter a dangerous place. Once you have people around you who don't question you, you're in a dangerous place.

Much like anyone with too much time on his or her hands, I feel as though I am the most important person on earth and everything I do is relevant. I say the most charming and inspired things when no one is around.

I think people who lack humility are really annoying.

Bonfire of the Vanities: The lesson of that book is, never start believing your own press.

As far as big egos, there are definitely guys out there that just think God only knows what about themselves.

It is not love that should be depicted as blind, but self-love.

The worst disease which can afflict business executives in their work is not, as popularly supposed, alcoholism; it's egotism.

Such is the nature of men, that howsoever they may acknowledge many others to be more witty, or more eloquent, or more learned; yet they will hardly believe there be many so wise as themselves.

The worst thing you could ever get is people who think they know everything.

We thought because we had power, we had wisdom.

We’ve been an arrogant country.

You never want to inhale your press clippings.

It's hubris to think that the way we see things is everything there is.