The best way to get approval is not to need it.

Hugh MacLeod

The ultimate aim of the ego is not to see something, but to be something.

Muhammad Iqbal

Leaders who fail to prune their pride will meet demise. That's not a guess, it's a guarantee. With pride, it's not a matter of 'if' we will fall, but 'when.' There are no exceptions.

John C. Maxwell

Everyone experiences bouts of jealousy; but the dignified person conceals it, while the vulgar one acts upon it.

Ibn Taymiyyah

If I despised myself, it would be no compensation if everyone saluted me, and if I respect myself, it does not trouble me if others hold me lightly.

Max Nordau

It's hard to be humble when you are as great as I am.

Muhammad Ali