Vladimir Putin Quotes

Nobody has single-handedly done more for the U.S. than me.

I now know all the people worth knowing in America, and I find no intellect comparable to my own.

Conceit is God's gift to little men.

Under all wrongdoing lies personal vanity or the feeling that we are endowed and privileged beyond our fellows.

In many people it is already an impertinence to say 'I'.

Arrogance on the part of the meritorious is even more offensive to us than the arrogance of those without merit: for merit itself is offensive.

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.

Washington is a city of arrogance.

We’ve been an arrogant country.

The biggest turn-off for me is people who think the world of themselves. Arrogance is not a sexy quality, and it really gets on my nerves.

By my count, more business leaders have failed and derailed because of arrogance than any other character flaw.

Lord Birkenhead is very clever but sometimes his brains go to his head.

As far as big egos, there are definitely guys out there that just think God only knows what about themselves.

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

Egos turn me off, big time.

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

Pride defeats its own end, by bringing the man who seeks esteem and reverence into contempt.

I was a modest, good-humoured boy. It is Oxford that has made me insufferable.

When I would be myself, I was being big-headed. I was being egotistical. I was a megalomaniac, when it really was just having not to be a monkey for a few hours a day. And fulfilling the need to be a man.

The smaller the mind the greater the conceit.

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 silent killer of all great men and women of achievement - particularly men, I don't know why, maybe it's the testosterone - I think it's narcissism. Even more than hubris. And for women, too. Narcissism is the killer.

Arrogance is a creature. It does not have senses. It has only a sharp tongue and the pointing finger.

Frankly, it's embarrassing to have a house filled with giant portraits of yourself.