Francis Quarles Quotes

There are two kinds of egotists: Those who admit it, and the rest of us.

There's a deceptive sin that can keep us from walking in love: pride. It's deceptive because when you have pride, you're usually too proud to admit it. I know this because I used to have teachings on pride and they didn't sell well.

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

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.

To be a man's own fool is bad enough, but the vain man is everybody's.

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

Pride is a sin that can readily be seen in others but is rarely admitted in ourselves.

I'm not conceited. Conceit is a fault and I have no faults.

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.

If I was sharp in every area, I might be too big-headed or something.

You don't want to be flattered and become big-headed by getting awards. But, well, I am.

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

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.

I have no business carrying myself like some diva.

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

It's the height of folly to want to be the only wise one.

I may be a vain person, but I'm not a vain performer.

I don't choose to be humble.

Vanity is not high on my list of priorities.

I'm trying not to get too big-headed.

Frankly, my head can never be bloated.

Provided a man is not mad, he can be cured of every folly but vanity; there is no cure for this but experience, if indeed there is any cure for it at all.

We are never, never so much in danger of being proud as when we think we are humble.

Celebrity is okay as long as you know it's not about you.