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- Most of us think of pride as self-centeredness, conceit, boastfulness, arrogance, or haughtiness. All of these are elements of the sin, but… — Ezra Taft Benson
- When he is pushed, tormented, defeated, he has a chance to learn something; ... he learns his ignorance, is cured of the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Conceit, more rich in matter than in words, brags of his substance: they are but beggars who can count their worth. — William Shakespeare
- I have always felt that the first duty of a writer was to ascend - to make flights, carrying others along if… — Elwyn Brooks White
- 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… — 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… — Willa Cather
- 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… — Watchman Nee