Henry Ward Beecher Quotes

Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves; vanity, to what we would have others think of us.

Vanity is a static thing. It puts it faith in what it has, and is easily wounded. Pride is active, and satisfied only with what it can do, hence accustomed not to feel small stings.

Vanity is great motivation, to be fair.

Egotism: The art of seeing in yourself what others cannot see.

I have a lot of vanity.

Pampered vanity is a better thing perhaps than starved pride.

I love playing ego and insecurity combined.

Every one thinks highly of his own

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.

There are no grades of vanity; there are only grades of ability in concealing it.

Every one at the bottom of his heart cherishes vanity; even the toad thinks himself good-looking,--"rather tawny perhaps, but look at his eye!

Vanity is a confounded donkey, very apt to put his head between his legs, and chuck us over; but pride is a fine horse, that will carry us over the ground, and enable us to distance our fellow-travelers.

If vanity does not entirely overthrow the virtues, at least it makes them all totter.

Pride differs in many things from vanity, and by gradations that never blend, although they may be somewhat indistinguishable. Pride may perhaps be termed a too high opinion of ourselves founded on the overrating of certain qualities that we do actually possess; whereas vanity is more easily satisfied, and can extract a feeling of self-complacency from qualifications that are imaginary.

I've always been a narcissist.

Vanity is something that will only get in the way of doing your best work, and ultimately if you're truly vain you care more about your work than how you look in your work. I actually consider myself a pretty vain guy when it comes to that.

Like anybody, you have moments when you question yourself and you're insecure.

In real life, I'm gorgeous, beautiful.

Vanity can create a very cruel space for you if you don't know how to manage it.

I loathe narcissism, but I approve of vanity.

Our vanity is hardest to wound precisely when our pride has just been wounded.

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

If you see a man who is so obviously impressed with his own appearance, then you wonder what his priorities are.

I stare at myself in the mirror and I think, 'Wow, I'm really great-looking.'... I think I'm the greatest, anyway.

My vanity is not remotely physical, it is cerebral. I suppose feeling self-conscious might be a form of vanity, though.