Best ego & hurt Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

“People used to complain about 'the idle rich.' But the idle rich did not do the kind of harm being done by today's busybody rich, who feed their own egos by bankrolling political crusades on the left which hurt the very people that the left claims to care about -- working people, minorities, and children.”

People Kind Children Done Care Today Political Used Left Hurt Rich Ego Claims Harm Complaining Minorities Idle Crusades Being Done Busybodies

Author:Thomas Sowell

“Fear seems to have many causes. Fear of loss, fear of failure, fear of being hurt, and so on, but ultimately all fear is the ego's fear of death, of annihilation. To the ego, death is always just around the corner. In this mind-identified state, fear of death affects every aspect of your life.”

Mind States Seems Causes Hurt Loss Ego Aspect Corners Fear Of Death Fear Of Failure Annihilation Around The Corner Being Hurt

Book:The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment

Source: The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment

“I definitely have a sexual ego thing. But if I'm suggestive, it's in a nice way. Luckily, no one's ever been hurt...a few girls have passed out, that's all.”

Ifs Way Girl Hurt Nice Ego Been Hurt

Author:Andy Gibb

“I've always had a very developed superego. I also had a very powerful id, but there was no ego in the middle. So writing was always like letters sent from the id to the superego, saying, "What's going on here?" What I loved about writing was that I was totally weightless. I was amazed at the fact that I could be myself without being afraid that anyone would get hurt.”

Writing Facts Hurt Powerful Middle Ego Letters Amazed Very Powerful Being Afraid Superego

Author:Etgar Keret

“I believe in courtesy, the ritual by which we avoid hurting other people's feelings by satisfying our own egos.”

People Believe Feelings I Believe Hurt Kindness Ego I Believe In Ritual Satisfying Courtesy Hurting Others

Book:Civilization

Source: Civilization

“I'm always afraid, because I do most of my stuff at home, where nobody bothers me, and I don't have to stroke somebody's ego or be careful about hurting someone's feelings. But I also want to know that I can still go into the world and be with other people and make music.”

People Knows World Want Stills I Can Feelings Home Stuff Hurt Ego Careful Bother Be Careful Strokes Hurting Someone

Author:Jack White

“The ego hurts you like this: you become obsessed with the one person who does not love you. blind to the rest who do.”

Persons Doe Hurt Love You Ego Blind Obsessed

Author:Warsan Shire

“Do you want to have your feelings hurt a little bit because you have some negative feedback, or do you want to continue down the disastrous track you're on and have a huge disaster? Talk about a bruised ego. It may ruin your career.”

Want May Littles Feelings Bits Hurt Careers Huge Ego Little Bit Negative Track Disaster Ruins Feedback Hurt Feelings Bruised Negative Feedback

Author:Charles Koch

“When a guy has his ego hurt, he's liable to jump into a fight he doesn't need to have.”

Needs Guy Fighting Hurt Ego Liable

Author:Roger Ailes

“They say that only very good friends quarrel. But at the end of the day a quarrel is a fight between two people’s egos. Since people cannot understand each other by just being honest. May be its impossible to live your whole life without getting hurt but don’t hurt the people close to you.”

People May Two Ends Whole Fighting Hurt Impossible Honest Ego Very Good Whole Life Being Honest The End Of The Day Just Being Good Friend Quarrels Getting Hurt Very Good Friends

Author:Ai Yazawa

“Sorry doesn’t mean anything! Not when you’re still with him. It’s not just that you cheated—it’s that he’s still here, and you’re still with him. It just goes on and on, and it hurts every single time I see you with him. I hate it that he makes you smile, and that there’s nothing I can do to stop this. I can’t think straight, and everything hurts, and nothing makes sense anymore. You’re shredding my heart with one hand and stroking his ego with the other. And it’s killing me, Faythe. You’re killing me. And it’s only going to get worse, now that everyone knows.”

Thinking Knows Heart Mean Stills I Can Hands Hate Can Do Hurt Goes On My Heart Ego I Hate Killing Sorry Make Sense It Hurts Cheated Make You Smile Shredding Nothing Makes Sense You Cheated

Author:Rachel Vincent

“of all the unusual features of Stargirl, this struck me as the most remarkable. Bad things did not stick to her. Correction: her bad things did not stick to her. If we were hurt, if we were unhappy or otherwise victimized by life, she seemed to know about it, and to care, as soon as we did. But bad things falling on her -- unkind words, nasty stares, foot blisters -- she seemed unaware of. I never saw her look in a mirror, never heard her complain. All of her feelings, all of her attentions flowed outward. She had no ego.”

“You're thinking that people don't keep up old jealousies for twenty years or so. Perhaps not. Not just primitive, brute jealousy. That means a word and a blow. But the thing that rankles is hurt vanity. That sticks. Humiliation. And we've all got a sore spot we don't like to have touched.”

People Thinking Years Mean Hurt Ego Twenties Sticks Blow Spots Vanity Touched Primitive Humiliation Brutes

Book:The Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries: Whose Body?, Clouds of Witness, and Unnatural Death

Source: The Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries: Whose Body?, Clouds of Witness, and Unnatural Death

“If your ego is hurt you may become angry. Understand that ego itself is a disease. Dissolve your ego as far as possible. If you have inferiority complex, or have a very deficient ego you will loose your temper very easily.”

Ifs May Hurt Ego Disease Anger Angry Complexes Temper Inferiority Inferiority Complex

Author:Rajneesh

“The ego is your enemy, not your friend. It is the ego that gives you wounds and hurts you. It is the ego that makes you violent, angry, jealous, competitive. It is the ego that is continuously comparing and feeling miserable.”

Giving Feelings Hurt Enemy Ego Angry Wounds Violent Miserable Compare Jealous

Author:Rajneesh

“I was hitting him with what I thought was my full strength, I hit him in the head about four times and every time I hit him, I was like, 'I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry'. And he's like, 'It's fine, it didn't even hurt'. Yeah, that was kind of an ego deflater!”

Kind Remember Hurt Four Fine Ego Yeah Sorry Hitting I'm Sorry

Author:Robert Pattinson

“Part of what makes you great as a young player can hurt you at the end of your career, in terms of you need a certain amount of ego, a certain amount of arrogance to be able to play well and to push yourself and trick yourself into thinking you're better than you really are.”

Thinking Needs Wells Ends Play Able Young Certain Term Hurt Careers Player Amount Ego Tricks Arrogance Better Than You Push Yourself

Author:David Cone

“I just recently joined Twitter. It's very positive - I love all the accolades. If my ego is hurting, I can just open my Twitter account and see 'Oh, I love you! I love the show!' and it's great. I'm trying to find the balance between trying to be funny, being honest and just being a promoter as the guy on 'Royal Pains.'”

Ifs Trying I Can Shows Pain Guy Hurt Honest Love You Balance Ego Accounts Being Honest Just Being Royal I Love You Very Positive Promoters Accolades

Author:Mark Feuerstein

“I will go through a lot of pain to beat someone. If there's pride and ego on the line, if I'm desperate, then I'm willing to go to a place where it hurts a lot more.”

Ifs Pain Hurt Lines Willing Pride Ego Beats Desperate It Hurts

Author:Shalane Flanagan

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