Conceit Quote by Aesop Download Open image “Conceit may bring about one's own downfall.” — Aesop ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.4 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Conceit Downfall May
Conceit is an insuperable obstacle to all progress. On the other hand, it is of little use to take criticism in a slavish spirit… — Ellen Terry Copy Share Image
“Now shame is the only direct attack on conceit, the defensive image of oneself. Conceit is the common denominator of the Organization man, the… — Paul Goodman Copy Share Image
“in the course of my observation, these disputing, contradicting, and confuting people are generally unfortunate in their affairs. They get victory sometimes, but they… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
“Our confidence in our invulnerability is the weakness he will profit from.” — Peter Hellman Copy Share Image
... perhaps there is no conceit so arrogant as the conceit which follows a conviction of emancipation. — Margaret Deland Copy Share Image
It is almost always the unhappiness of a victorious disputant to destroy his own authority by claiming too many consequences, or diffusing his proposition… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Do nothing rashly; want of circumspection is the chief cause of failure and disaster. Fortune, wise lover of the wise, selects him for her… — J. K. Bharavi Copy Share Image
“Outcasts, callused from being in exile for too long, learn to thrive on being the hated; the attention and infamy of our actions fuel… — Mike Norton Copy Share Image
No worse fate can befall a young man or woman than becoming prematurely entrenched in prudence and negation. — Knut Hamsun Copy Share Image
“Lay not the blame on me, O sailor, but on the winds. By nature I am as calm and safe as the land itself,… — Aesop Copy Share Image
It is in vain to expect our prayers to be heard, if we do not strive as well as pray. — Aesop Copy Share Image
Don't let your special character and values, the secret that you know and no one else does, the truth - don't let that get… — Aesop Copy Share Image
Every man carries two bags about him, one in front and one behind, and both are full of faults. The bag in front contains… — Aesop Copy Share Image
once upon a time all the rivers combined to protest against the action of the sea in making their waters salt. "When we come… — Aesop Copy Share Image
“A session of boasting won't attract any real friends. It will set you up on a pedestal, however, making you a clearer target.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
Most of us think of pride as self-centeredness, conceit, boastfulness, arrogance, or haughtiness. All of these are elements of the sin, but the heart,… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
Conceit is a sure sign of insecurity; humility denotes awareness. — Sivaya Subramuniyaswami Copy Share Image
Conceit is a weird disease - it makes everybody sick except the guy who has it. — James Dobson Copy Share Image
Be very slow to believe that you are wiser than all others; it is a fatal but common error. Where one has been saved… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
History repeats the old conceits, the glib replies, the same defeats. — Elvis Costello Copy Share Image
Being carefree, you can fit in anywhere. If you’re not carefree you keep on bumping up against things. Your life becomes so narrow, so… — Tsoknyi Rinpoche Copy Share Image
This man, who for twenty-five years has been reading and writing about art, and in all that time has never understood anything about art,… — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
There is nothing like a good bit of pain for taking the conceit out of one. — Jane Welsh Carlyle Copy Share Image
If you want to conquer conceit, do not desire praise, laurels, nice garments, respect, favor, but like to be blamed and slandered by people. — Vladimir Aleksandrovich Antonov Copy Share Image
