Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes

Take away the self-conceited, and there will be elbowroom in the world.

Vanity is not high on my list of priorities.

Egotism, pride, etc. must be given up.

Vain men delight in telling what Honours have been done them, what great Company they have kept, and the like; by which they plainly confess, that these Honours were more than their Due, and such as their Friends would not believe if they had not been told: Whereas a Man truly proud, thinks the greatest Honours below his Merit, and consequently scorns to boast. I therefore deliver it as a Maxim that whoever desires the Character of a proud Man, ought to conceal his Vanity.

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

One may be humble out of pride.

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

I really do not see much use in exalting the humble and meek; they do not remain humble and meek long when they are exalted.

It's not about ego. Really. If it was ego, I'd be telling you about my awesome... oh, never mind.

Egotism is the tongue of vanity.

Vanity is a confounded donkey, very apt to put his head between his legs, and chuck us over; but pride is a fine horse, that will carry us over the ground, and enable us to distance our fellow-travelers.

We are never, never so much in danger of being proud as when we think we are humble.

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

Success didn't spoil me, I've always been insufferable.

I never saw movies I was in because my mom told me that would be prideful, being stuck on yourself.

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

Modesty, tis a virtue not often found among poets, for almost every one of them thinks himself the greatest in the world.

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.

That Man indeed can never be good at heart, who is full of himself and his own Endowments.

For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and everyone who humbles himself will be exalted.

I don't need to pat myself on the back until my arm breaks. I don't need any of that.

A vain man finds it wise to speak good or ill of himself; a modest man does not talk of himself.

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

I never wanted to come off as self-important.

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.