82 Quotes About Conceit
- Author Christopher Hitchens
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The prince's official job description as king will be 'defender of the faith,' which currently means the state-financed absurdity of the Anglican Church, but he has more than once said publicly that he wants to be anointed as defender of all faiths—another indication of the amazing conceit he has developed in six decades of performing the only job allowed him by the hereditary principle: that of waiting for his mother to expire.
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- Author Amit Kalantri
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When I see an arrogant man, I see one less competitor.
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- Author David Whyte
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No matter the self-conceited importance of our labors we are all compost for worlds we cannot yet imagine.
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- Author R.J. Intindola
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The humble rarely brag about accomplishments because they are typically significant, and their mannerism is one of confidence; but those with low self-esteem have developed a character of conceit and deception. You’re thinking of one now. RJ Intindola – (Gandolfo) – 1982
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- Author Al-Ghazzali
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Declare your jihad on thirteen enemies you cannot see -egoism, arrogance, conceit, selfishness, greed, lust, intolerance, anger, lying, cheating, gossiping and slandering. If you can master and destroy them, then you will be read to fight the enemy you can see.
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- Author Mokokoma Mokhonoana
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Being bigheaded can be as irritating and as dangerous as being small-minded.
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- Author Oliver Markus
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Self-publishing a shitty book doesn't make you an author any more than singing in the shower makes you a rockstar or squeezing your pimple makes you a dermatologist.
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- Author Amit Kalantri
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Arrogant men with knowledge make more noise from their mouth than making a sense from their mind.
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- Author Knut Hamsun
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How conceited I was, and how mistaken!
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