A person is obligated to say, “The world was created for me” (Talmud Sanhedrin 37a). 

We are obligated to be aware of our own greatness.  Feel proud that you were created in the image of God.  Pride in the awareness of the greatness and elevation of your soul is not only proper, but it is actually an obligation.  It is a binding duty to recognize your virtues and to live with this awareness. 

~ R’ Avraham Grodzinski zt”l