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" Quotes and Sayings About conceit

If we long to believe that the stars rise and set for us, that we are the reason there is a Universe, does science do us a disservice in deflating our conceits?

Believe Disservice Long Reason
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God how I hate new countries: They are older than the old, more sophisticated, much more conceited, only young in a certain puerile vanity more like senility than anything.

Certain Conceited Countries God
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Conceit spoils the finest genius. There is not much danger that real talent or goodness will be overlooked long; even if it is, the consciousness of possessing and using it well should satisfy one, and the great charm of all power is modesty.

Charm Conceit Consciousness Danger
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Luxury is the wolf at the door and its fangs are the vanities and conceits germinated by success. When an artist learns this, he knows where the danger is.

Artist Danger Door He
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Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.

Be Careful Be Grateful Be Humble Careful
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Above all, you must fight conceit, envy, and every kind of ill-feeling in your heart.
Above Conceit Envy Every
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Whenever nature leaves a hole in a person's mind, she generally plasters it over with a thick coat of self-conceit.

Coat Generally Hole Leaves
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Philosophy! Empty thinking by ignorant conceited men who think they can digest without eating!

Conceited Digest Eating Empty
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To attempt to advise conceited people is like whistling against the wind.

Attempt Advise Conceited people Whistling
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