Samuel Butler Quotes

What hypocrites we seem to be whenever we talk of ourselves! Our words sound so humble, while our hearts are so proud.

Any time you talk about your own stuff you sound self-aggrandising.

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.

It's not about ego. Really. If it was ego, I'd be telling you about my awesome... oh, never mind.

I never wanted to come off as self-important.

We say little, when vanity does not make us speak.

I never wanted to be 'the big I-Am.'

Mastery passes often for egotism.

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

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

One may be humble out of pride.

The minute I get a big head and start acting like the big man on campus, it's all downhill from there.

There's a little more ego involved in these jobs than people might realize.

I thought it was quite vain to say, I want to be a model.

It's hard to be humble, when you're as great as I am.

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

False modesty can be worse than arrogance.

I'm kind of concerned about 'Ego & Hubris' because I'm thinking that people will read it and maybe even be entertained by it, but at the end of it, you know, they'll wonder, 'Why did this guy write this? What was the point of it?'

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

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 would warn my brethren and sisters to never flatter persons because of their ability; for they cannot bear it. Self is easily exalted, and in consequence, persons lose their balance.

Pride and vanity, the opposites of humility, can destroy our spiritual health as surely as a debilitating disease can destroy our physical health.

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'm not great enough to be humble.

I have no business carrying myself like some diva.