J. D. Salinger Quotes

I can talk about humility, but I'm not humble. I mean, if you say, I'm humble, you've just contradicted yourself. But I'm trying to be, man, I'm trying so hard.

Pride is a thing that I have tried to abandon completely. Try as I might, pride still creeps into many of the things I do.

You know what keeps me humble? Mirrors!

If thou seest anything in thyself which may make thee proud, look a little further and thou shalt find enough to humble thee; if thou be wise, view the peacock's feathers with his feet, and weigh thy best parts with thy imperfections.

In my younger years my dedication may have expressed itself egotistically.

I never saw movies I was in because my mom told me that would be prideful, being stuck on yourself.

I'm always amazed that people take what I say seriously. I don't even take what I am seriously.

Vanity is a mark of humility rather than of pride.

For our vanity is such that we hold our own characters immutable, and we are slow to acknowledge that they have changed, even for the better.

I just don't take myself as seriously anymore. But as a result of that, I am taking myself more seriously. My ego has gone on holiday, and it can't get a flight back home.

If you spend the first 30 years of your life only trying to look good, you're not going to know yourself very well. If you got it, flaunt it.

I never knew a more presumptuous person than myself. The fact that I say that shows that what I say is true.

The surest cure for vanity is loneliness.

If you get conquered by ego, then you are losing the fight.

My ego and my vanities have nothing to do with comedy.

Vanity can apply to both insecurity and egotism. So I distance myself, because I feel everything.

I really don't look at my accomplishments. I really don't think about myself much.

Your patient has become humble; have you drawn his attention to the fact? All virtues are less formidable to us once the man is aware that he has them, but this is specially true of humility.

A man who is not a fool can rid himself of every folly except vanity.

What else is there for me to conquer? Hopefully my ego.

I have as big of an ego as it gets, but I have, stunningly, a lot of humility considering some of the accomplishments I've had.

It's all very confusing. I think I'm very honest and candid, but I'm also proud of how honest and candid I am -- so where does that put me?

The first casualty of hitting rock bottom is vanity.

It's a good habit to trumpet your failures and be quiet about your successes.

If you had felt yourself sufficient, it would have been a proof that you were not.