Quotes about Vanity

Olympic medals and tennis trophies, all they signified was that the owner had done something of no benefit to anyone more capably than everyone else.

People living in the vanity of their own mind not only destroy themselves, but far too often, they bring destruction to others around them.

Whenever a man's friends begin to compliment him about looking young, he may be sure that they think he is growing old.

Man may think human intellect and reasoning are almighty, that the brain is able to comprehend all truths of the world; but the verdict of God's Word is, "vanity of vanities.

You're thinking that people don't keep up old jealousies for twenty years or so. Perhaps not. Not just primitive, brute jealousy. That means a word and a blow. But the thing that rankles is hurt vanity. That sticks. Humiliation. And we've all got a sore spot we don't like to have touched.

I wanted it all to be wonderful for you.' She waited for him to find his own answer to this, which he did with disarming swiftness. 'That's vanity, I suppose. Take pen and ink and write it down. His lordship is in the enjoyment of very low spirits, owing to his inexplicable inability to bend Providence to his own designs.

Self-conceit may lead to self-destruction.

Pride goes before destruction.

He who knows himself well is mean and abject in his own sight, and takes no delight in the vain praise of men.

All the windy ways of men Are but dust that rises up, And is lightly laid again.

I consider it an indubitable mark of mean-spiritedness and pitiful vanity to court applause from the pen or tongue of man.

A man given to pride is usually proud of the wrong thing.