15 Best Self-Deception Quotes

It is very often nothing but our own vanity that deceives us.

Someone once told me that if you’re too good a liar, you forget how to believe yourself. – Maggie Hart

You know how you sound, Mr. Blaine? Like a man who's trying to convince himself of something he doesn't believe in his heart. – Ilsa Lund

I did it for me. I liked it. I was good at it. And I was really… I was alive. – Walter White

We are not killers. We are businessmen. – Josto Fadda

You don’t know the difference between the truth and a lie anymore because you’ve been lying to yourself for years. – Wendy Byrde

I've never once thought of myself as wrong. Not in the past, and not now. – Light Yagami

You're not cursed. You were just in love. A rather pathetic self-inflicted spell. – Sophie

You are not my type! I mean, you're a girl ogre! – Shrek

If you want to keep a secret, you must also hide it from yourself.

In order to obtain a pleasure, one must first be convinced that it is important, and so one must deceive oneself.

And I knew exactly what to do. But in a much more real sense, I had no idea what to do. – Michael Scott

My life is good. Really good. It's great. – Nacho

It's not a lie if you believe it. – George Costanza

The only thing standing between you and your goal is the bullshit story you keep telling yourself as to why you can't achieve it. – Jordan Belfort