Quotes about Conceit
Since many are boasting according to the flesh, I too will boast.
- 2 Corinthians 11:18
He must not be a recent convert, or he may become conceited and fall under the same condemnation as the devil.
- 1 Timothy 3:6
As it is, you boast in your proud intentions. All such boasting is evil.
- James 4:16
You say, ‘I am rich; I have grown wealthy and need nothing.’ But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked.
- Revelation 3:17
Vanity can create a very cruel space for you if you don't know how to manage it.
- Lady Gaga
Pride is a steamroller. It'll clear the path for a while, but sooner or later it'll shift into reverse, and then . . . look out.
- Lisa Wingate
Self-righteousness is the devil's masterpiece to make us think well of ourselves.
- Thomas Adams
Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.
- John Wooden
The less we feel we need to address pride, the more it has already blinded us.
- Lysa TerKeurst
For what is the self-complacent man but a slave to his own self-praise.
- St. Augustine
Original sin is that thing about man which makes him capable of conceiving of his own perfection and incapable of achieving it.
- Reinhold Niebuhr
Conceit is a fog that envelops a man's real character beyond his own recognition. It weakens his native ability and strengthens all his inconsistencies .
- Napoleon Hill