Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes

You definitely need self-belief and confidence, but there is a very fine line between that and arrogance. I would like to think I sit on the other side of that.

In reality, there is, perhaps, no one of our natural passions so hard to subdue as pride.

There's a line that separates having confidence and being conceited. I don't cross that line, but I have a lot of confidence in myself.

When boasting ends, there dignity begins.

The delicate balance between modesty and conceit is popularity.

If I'm too cocky or too arrogant, it's like, 'Ugh.' But if you're too on the other side, you take away some of those other emotional aspects, and I just kinda like to have a balance.

It's a fine thing to rise above pride, but you must have pride in order to do so.

Vanity is a mark of humility rather than of pride.

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.

You need ego but mine is not blinding.

True humility is intelligent self respect which keeps us from thinking too highly or too meanly of ourselves. It makes us modest by reminding us how far we have come short of what we can be.

When you have a lot of success you don't need vanity any more.

There are two kinds of pride, both good and bad. 'Good pride' represents our dignity and self-respect. 'Bad pride' is the deadly sin of superiority that reeks of conceit and arrogance.

Our vanity is the constant enemy of our dignity.

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 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.

Vanity is not important to me.

Whenever you get one inch above the ground in your own esteem, you are that inch too high!

I don't wake up each morning saying, 'Oh, wow, it's me. I think I'm the cat's meow. I'm the best.'

I don't want to sound too cocky. But I consider myself superwoman.

I did not have any delusions of grandeur as a kid.

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

I'm not so vain as to believe that my involvement changes anything whatsoever.

I definitely don't think that I'm hot doo-doo. I don't.

I don't sort of sit in a chair and pompously feel proud of myself about all the things we might have accomplished.