Conceit Quotes

183 quotes by 150 authors

The delicate balance between modesty and conceit is popularity. — Max Beerbohm
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, or… — Ezra Taft Benson
The smaller the mind the greater the conceit. — Aesop
Self-conceit may lead to self destruction. — Aesop
You have a good many little gifts and virtues, but there is no need of parading them, for conceit spoils the finest genius. There is… — Louisa May Alcott
Sometimes a neighbor whom we have disliked a lifetime for his arrogance and conceit lets fall a single commonplace remark that shows us another side,… — Willa Cather
Frivolity is inborn, conceit acquired by education. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Often Satan injects pride into the believer's spirit, evoking in him an attitude of self-importance and of self-conceit. He causes him to esteem himself a… — Watchman Nee
Conceit is a sure sign of insecurity; humility denotes awareness. — Sivaya Subramuniyaswami
When strong, avoid them. If of high morale, depress them. Seem humble to fill them with conceit. If at ease, exhaust them. If united, separate… — Sun Tzu
Very little in science fiction can transcend the gimmickry of a technical conceit, yet without that conceit at its heart a book is not truly… — Janet Morris
The first sin in our universe was Lucifer's self conceit. — Thomas Carlyle
Therefore be on your guard against the Jews, knowing that wherever they have their synagogues, nothing is found but a den of devils in which… — Martin Luther
Conceit may puff a man up, but never prop him up. — John Ruskin
Conceit is vanity driven from all other shifts, and forced to appeal to itself for admiration. — William Hazlitt
Success seems to be that which forms the distinction between confidence and conceit. — Charles Caleb Colton
Declare your jihad on thirteen enemies you cannot see - Egoism, Arrogance, Conceit, Selfishness, Greed, Lust, Intolerance, Anger, Lying, Cheating, Gossiping and Slandering. If you… — Al-Ghazali
We receive mixed messages about taking good care of ourselves. Love thy neighbor as thyself means to love thyself and thy neighbor. Yet, self-love often… — Jennifer James
Failure is instructive. The person who really thinks learns quite as much from his failures as from his successes. Genuine ignorance is profitable because it… — John Dewey
Since Copernicus, man seems to have got himself on an inclined plane-now he is slipping faster and faster away from the center into-what? into nothingness?… — Friedrich Nietzsche

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