Max Lucado Quotes

Our fleshly nature tempts us to put ourselves above others or seek a position or place for ourselves instead of allowing others to have it.

Individuals motivated by self-interest, self-indulgence, and a false sense of self-sufficiency pursue selfish ambition for the purpose of self-glorification.

Up to his twenty-sixth year, the heart of Ignatius was enthralled by the vanities of the world. His special delight was in the military life, and he seemed led by a strong and empty desire of gaining for himself a great name.

I am unknown because I've avoided the limelight so that I could serve. In the case of Donald Trump, he has avoided service so that he could seek the limelight.

In my younger years my dedication may have expressed itself egotistically.

I've never tried to enhance my reputation. Never moved upwards from one thing to another. That sort of thing is of no interest to me at all.

I don't want to be seen as the kind of person who does things and then expects publicity in return.

Humility was an important part of the way I grew up. And I found that to be less common when I moved to California. That's not to say humble people don't exist there, but ambition seems really important.

I don't do the whole, 'Put my name on it, make me famous' thing.

I've certainly had a lot of experiences in my life where I was much too self-centered.

I'm never in my life going to do a record that's a tribute to myself. I don't need it.

Power, greed, and perhaps more than anything, ego, are powerful emotions and motivators.

Where's the mileage in an autobiography? Anyone who writes one inevitably casts themselves as a hero, and I'm not about to do that.

I'm not into fame and ego.

Sheer egoism... Writers share this characteristic with scientists, artists, politicians, lawyers, soldiers, successful businessmen - in short, with the whole top crust of humanity.

Pride takes innumerable forms but has only one end: self-glorification. That’s the motive and ultimate purpose of pride—to rob God of legitimate glory and to pursue self-glorification, contending for supremacy with Him. The proud person seeks to glorify himself and not God, thereby attempting in effect to deprive God of something only He is worthy to receive

Some of us want the crown before the cross.

At the deepest level, pride is the choice to exclude both God and other people from their rightful place in our hearts. Jesus said the essence of the spiritual life is to love God and to love people. Pride destroys our capacity to love.

I’m just sick of ego, ego, ego. My own and everybody else’s. I’m sick of everybody that wants to get somewhere, do something distinguished and all, be somebody interesting. It’s disgusting.

Using every means possible to show that, although you're just an ordinary human being, you're far above other mortals.

One of the chief differences between an adult and a juvenile is that the adult knows when he is an ass while the juvenile never does.

The vain man makes a merit of misfortune, and triumphs in his disgrace.

We cannot free ourselves from pride and selfish ambition; a divine rescue is absolutely necessary.

Man is not meant to be humble, he’s meant to be humbled.

He who sounds his own trumpet will soon find plenty to laugh at him.