Henry Ward Beecher Quotes

The people I respect the least are the ones that take themselves way too seriously.

Stupidity combined with arrogance and a huge ego will get you a long way.

He is arrogance with a capital A.

You aren't that big a hot shot that we'd build this for you.

Have we gotten too full of ourselves? Possibly.

I have always been an arrogant man.

A bit of arrogance is nice every now and then.

Whenever you get one inch above the ground in your own esteem, you are that inch too high!

If a man thinks he is not conceited, he is very conceited indeed.

Conceit may puff a man up, but never prop him up.

Conceited little mega-puppy.

We are so conceited and so unproud.

If you think you are not conceited, it means you are very conceited indeed.

Conceit is an outward manifestation of inferiority.

Pride is over-estimation of oneself by reason of self-love.

men are so conceited they’ll believe anything that flatters them

An ostentatious man will rather relate a blunder or an absurdity he has committed, than be debarred from talking of his own dear person.

In the fallen there is danger of pride and vainglory, since they prefer their own judgment to the judgment of everyone else, usurping what is not their own by setting themselves up as judges in their own cause when the rightful judge is their superior.

It is extremely arrogant and very foolish to think that you can ever outwit your audience.

Mastery passes often for egotism.

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

Success didn't spoil me, I've always been insufferable.

Vanity can easily overtake wisdom. It usually overtakes common sense.

In general, pride is at the bottom of all great mistakes.

You can get a bit 'head in the clouds' - well, I do - and full of myself if I stick in front of the camera for too long. I forget there is hard work that needs to be done.