Louisa May Alcott Quotes

You have a good many little gifts and virtues, but there is no need of parading them, for conceit spoils the finest genius. There is not much danger that real talent or goodness will be overlooked long, and the great charm of all power is modesty.

Don't be humble... you're not that great.

There's a line that separates having confidence and being conceited. I don't cross that line, but I have a lot of confidence in myself.

Even if we achieve gigantic successes in our work, there is no reason whatsoever to feel conceited and arrogant. Modesty helps one to go forward, whereas conceit makes one lag behind.

Pride is pleasure arising from a man's thinking too highly of himself.

Vanity is a mark of humility rather than of pride.

I think people who lack humility are really annoying.

The delicate balance between modesty and conceit is popularity.

The only cure for vanity is laughter, and the only fault that is laughable is vanity.

If you feel that you are good, don't be too proud of it.

My ego is really good. I don't need to watch myself on TV, like some others.

If I had only one sermon to preach it would be a sermon against pride.

A lot of self-importance goes on in the fashion industry. I'm not like that.

There are two kinds of pride, both good and bad. 'Good pride' represents our dignity and self-respect. 'Bad pride' is the deadly sin of superiority that reeks of conceit and arrogance.

I mean, I don't like anyone who likes themselves too much.

I will give you a definition of a proud man: he is a man who has neither vanity nor wisdom one filled with hatreds cannot be vain, neither can he be wise.

Some are made modest by great praise, others insolent.

On occasions I have been big-headed. I think most people are when they get in the limelight. I call myself Big Head just to remind myself not to be.

The more people that praise you, the more there is danger to develop arrogance.

I am not the humblest person in the world. I admit that.

Pride, which inspires us with so much envy, is sometimes of use toward the moderating of it too.

I've got it all: I'm good-looking, I'm educated, I can sing, and I can play rugby. Ridiculous, isn't it?

Vanity is not important to me.

I don't choose to be humble.

Vanity is not high on my list of priorities.