Mignon McLaughlin Quotes

Never be haughty to the humble, never be humble to the haughty.

I don't think a man has to go around shouting and play-acting to prove he is something. And a real man don't go around putting other guys down, trampling their feelings in the dirt, making out they're nothing.

Never be haughty to the humble; never be humble to the haughty.

The very essence of the male animal, from the bantam rooster to the four-star general, is to strut.

It's okay to be confident, but not arrogant.

Clearly I've got an ego.

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

Every once in a while, I'll have a 'Do you know who I am?' moment, at least in my head. I hate that.

I've been in things that have impressed people and they've come up to congratulate you but in a kind of, you-must-think-you're-really-special way.

Some men never feel small, but these are the few men who are.

Some smart man once said that on the most exalted throne in the world, we are seated on nothing but our own arse.

I have a healthy amount of humility.

It's a real man who can go out with a woman who's taller than he is. That's an alpha male right there.

The only way to get under me is to get over yourself.

I mean, I don't like anyone who likes themselves too much.

He who does not think much of himself is much more esteemed than he imagines.

Humility is a grace that shines in a high condition but cannot, equally, in a low one because a person in the latter is already, perhaps, too much humbled.

I'm very flattered, but I don't think I'm the sexiest man on the planet.

I don't have an ego; I'm not egotistical or anything like that.

I have a gigantic ego and need to be at the top of the pile and be doing amazingly well; also, at the same time, I'm just pleased to be anywhere.

The truly proud man knows neither superiors nor inferiors. The first he does not admit of: the last he does not concern himself about.

He who takes his rank lightly raises his own dignity.

Deceive the rich and powerful if you will, but don't insult them.

Never descend to the ways of those above you.

Men and nations cannot bear to feel inferior.