Lewis B. Smedes Quotes

Conceit is an outward manifestation of inferiority.

Conceit is God's gift to little men.

Under all wrongdoing lies personal vanity or the feeling that we are endowed and privileged beyond our fellows.

Such is the nature of men, that howsoever they may acknowledge many others to be more witty, or more eloquent, or more learned; yet they will hardly believe there be many so wise as themselves.

The arrogance that accompanies merit offends us even more than the arrogance of people who are lacking in merit: since merit itself offends us.

The biggest turn-off for me is people who think the world of themselves. Arrogance is not a sexy quality, and it really gets on my nerves.

Clearly I've got an ego.

Egotism is the anesthetic that dulls the pain of stupidity.

I forgive all personal weaknesses except egomania and pretension.

By my count, more business leaders have failed and derailed because of arrogance than any other character flaw.

I have a lot of vanity.

As far as big egos, there are definitely guys out there that just think God only knows what about themselves.

I have been vain since birth.

Vanity working on a weak head, produces every sort of mischief.

Pride is an independent, me-oriented spirit. It makes people arrogant, rude and hard to get along with. When our heart is prideful, we don't give God the credit and we mistreat people, looking down on them and thinking we deserve what we have.

We have no patience with other people's vanity because it is offensive to our own.

If you're going to put yourself above everybody else, you might end up alone.

The smaller the mind the greater the conceit.

The silent killer of all great men and women of achievement - particularly men, I don't know why, maybe it's the testosterone - I think it's narcissism. Even more than hubris. And for women, too. Narcissism is the killer.

I've been asked many times if I considered myself a narcissist, so I looked up the real meaning of the word, and I came to the conclusion that indeed I am one. I think of myself as better than other people, not every person, but many, unique and talented, and I aim to success.

I haven't had the egomaniac star yet in any of my films. It's always been a pleasure.

Nothing ages as poorly as a beautiful woman's ego.

Have we gotten too full of ourselves? Possibly.

Vanity can apply to both insecurity and egotism.

'Vanity' means worthlessness.