Samuel Johnson Quotes

There is no folly of which a man who is not a fool cannot get rid except vanity; of this nothing cures a man except experience of its bad consequences, if indeed anything can cure it.

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

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

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

Egotism, pride, etc. must be given up.

Let us watch against PRIDE in every shapepride of intellect, pride of wealth, pride in our own goodness.

Often the contempt of vainglory becomes a source of even more vainglory, for it is not being scorned when the contempt is something one is proud of.

Pride, like humility, is destroyed by one's insistence that he possesses it.

conceit is the devil's horse, and reformers generally ride it when they are in a hurry.

Yes, vanity is a weakness indeed. But pride - where there is a real superiority of mind, pride will be always under good regulation.

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.

Pride is pleasure arising from a man's thinking too highly of himself.

Vanity can easily overtake wisdom. It usually overtakes common sense.

In general, pride is at the bottom of all great mistakes.

Some nights, I was so good that I could have become an egotist.

Vanity is my favourite sin.

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

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

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

We are shallow because we are 'mayabang,' ego driven, and do not have the humility to understand that we are only human, much too human to mistake knowledge for wisdom.

The vanity of teaching doth oft tempt a man to forget that he is a blockhead.

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

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.

People that are conceited of their own merit take pride in being unfortunate, that themselves and others may think them considerable enough to be the envy and the mark of fortune.