Quotes about Conceit

Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? There is more hope of a fool than of him.

Walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet.

Be not wise in your own conceits.Recompense to no man evil for evil.

Leaders who fail to prune their pride will meet demise. That's not a guess, it's a guarantee. With pride, it's not a matter of 'if' we will fall, but 'when.' There are no exceptions.

Pride renders faith impossible.

But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of stress. 2For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, 3inhuman, implacable, slanderers, profligates, fierce, haters of good, 4treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, 5holding the form of religion but denying the power of it. Avoid such people. 6For among them

Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose.

That is Pride," explained Wisdom. "It is the hardest enemy to see after you have been in the glory. Those who refuse to put on this cloak will suffer much at the hands of that most devious enemy.

We can bear to be deprived of everything but our self-conceit.

The hallmark of conversion is to see one's own spiritual poverty. arrogance and conceit ought to be inimical to the life of the believer. A deep awareness of one's own new hungers and longings is a convincing witness both to God and God's grace within.

Pride rises above and against the knowledge of God, acting as if He is unworthy to be retained in our thoughts.

Self-conceit may lead to self-destruction.