Evan Esar Quotes

There is not one wise man in twenty that will praise himself.

If you are the greatest, why would you go around talking about it?

You never can stay enough humbled.

Men of real merit, and whose noble and glorious deeds we are ready to acknowledge, are yet not to be endured when they vaunt their own actions.

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

When boasting ends, there dignity begins.

Tooting my own horn is of no interest to me... it takes you away from real life. It's a waste, and I don't find a need to sing my own praises.

I try not to be proud. I try to actively attack pride.

I hope I don't have a big ego. I try to keep that in check. But I am a prideful person, I will say.

I might have faults but I'm not a big head.

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.

Boasting of glory does not make glory.

I wasn't raised to be the braggart.

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

I was never that kid who used to brag about anything.

Sometimes, I get so annoyed when other people brag. And sometimes, I know that I'm better than that or I've got something better in the works; I don't say anything. I just say, 'Really? That's great.'

I'd be pretty saddened to hear anyone say, 'Yeah, listen to this... God, I'm awesome, the way this all sits together,' about their own work.

I'll downplay myself before I compliment myself.

I was brought up not to brag. I've always disliked people who do.

I don't know how humble a person can be while consistently spouting statements like 'I, Donald Trump, am a totally gifted politician,' or 'I'm, like, a smart person.'

This is why it's hard to talk about winning awards. You can't do it without sounding like a tool.

I don't like to praise myself - that I am the quickest, that I am the strongest, that I am the most technical guy - I never do that.

You must never get carried away by your success; many people tend to do so after they achieve success in the initial stages of their life. Your feet must be on the ground all the time.

I never try to get ahead of myself because there's nothing that bothers me more than cockiness. I don't think that's necessary at all.

Nothing ought more to humiliate men who have merited great praise than the care they still take to boast of little things.