Harry Callahan Quotes

A lot of rock bands are truly a legend in their own minds.

Mastery passes often for egotism.

I might have some delusions of grandeur.

Egotism: The art of seeing in yourself what others cannot see.

I'm not conceited. Conceit is a fault and I have no faults.

The whole shadow of Man is only as big as his hat.

Vanity can apply to both insecurity and egotism.

Some say I'm arrogant, some say I'm deluded.

When I got successful and people started talking about me, I didn't want anyone thinking I thought I was a 'big time Charlie.'

Whenever you get one inch above the ground in your own esteem, you are that inch too high!

If a man thinks he is not conceited, he is very conceited indeed.

There was one who thought himself above me, and he was above me until he had that thought.

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

This requires a level of delusion/egomania usually reserved for popes and drag queens

It's not terrible, people telling you you're great; what's terrible is when you start believing it.

Pride differs in many things from vanity, and by gradations that never blend, although they may be somewhat indistinguishable. Pride may perhaps be termed a too high opinion of ourselves founded on the overrating of certain qualities that we do actually possess; whereas vanity is more easily satisfied, and can extract a feeling of self-complacency from qualifications that are imaginary.

I look upon the too good opinion that man has of himself, as the nursing mother of all false opinions, both public and private.

Anyone who thinks they're indispensible is fooling themselves.

Clearly I've got an ego.

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

Vanity is something that will only get in the way of doing your best work, and ultimately if you're truly vain you care more about your work than how you look in your work. I actually consider myself a pretty vain guy when it comes to that.

Egotism is the anesthetic that dulls the pain of stupidity.

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

Where talent is a dwarf, self-esteem is a giant.