Quotes for All
I am so secure in who I am. I really am! And I’m not conceited. I just think, ‘Wow, okay, that’s the life you want to live.’ It wasn’t about who he chose. I mean, I had moments, ‘Am I not sexy enough? Am I not pretty enough? Am I not smart enough?’ But in … Read more
Who will tell whether one happy moment of love or the joy of breathing or walking on a bright morning and smelling the fresh air, is not worth all the suffering and effort which life implies. Erich Fromm
Does a man reproach thee for being proud or ill-natured, envious or conceited, ignorant or detracting? Consider with thyself whether his reproaches are true. If they are not, consider that thou art not the person whom he reproaches, but that he reviles an imaginary being, and perhaps loves what thou really art, though he hates … Read more
What is the first business of one who practices philosophy? To get rid of self-conceit. For it is impossible for anyone to begin to learn that which he thinks he already knows. Epictetus
There’s nothing more arrogant or conceited than youth, and there’s nothing other than machinery that can replace youth. Elliott Gould
Conceit is an insuperable obstacle to all progress. Ellen Terry
Nobody can be kinder than the narcissist while you react to life in his own terms. Elizabeth Bowen
He was one of the numerous and varied legion of dullards, of half-animated abortions, conceited, half-educated coxcombs, who attach themselves to the idea most in fashion only to vulgarize it and who caricature every cause they serve, however sincerely. Fyodor Dostoevsky
People that are conceited of their own merit take pride in being unfortunate, that themselves and others may think them considerable enough to be the envy and the mark of fortune. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Conceit causes more conversation than wit. Francois de La Rochefoucauld