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«Self-esteem is different than conceit. Conceit is the weirdest disease in the world. It makes everyone sick except the one who has it.»
Author: Hartman Rector, Jr.
| About:
Self-esteem
| Keywords:
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«Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.»
Author: John Wooden
| About:
God,
Talent
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«There is a difference between conceit and confidence. Conceit is bragging about yourself. Confidence means you believe you can get the job done.»
Author: Johnny Unitas
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«If we long to believe that the stars rise and set for us, that we are the reason there is a Universe, does science do us a disservice in deflating our conceits?»
Author: Dr. Carl Sagan
(Astronomer, Scientist, Writer)
| About:
Belief,
Science
| Keywords:
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«Patriotism ... is a superstition artificially created and maintained through a network of lies and falsehoods; a superstition that robs man of his self-respect and dignity, and increases his arrogance and conceit.»
Author: Emma Goldman
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«Let your actions always speak for you, but be forever on guard against the terrible traps of false pride and conceit that can halt your progress. The next time you are tempted to boast, just place your fist in a full pail of water, and when you remove it, the hole remaining will give you a correct measure of your importance.»
«Woman's dearest delight is to wound Man's self-conceit, though Man's dearest delight is to gratify hers»
Author: George Bernard Shaw
(Critic, Essayist, Playwright)
| About:
Men and Women
| Keywords:
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«Conceit is incompatible with understanding»
Author: Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy
(Novelist, Philosopher, Thinker)
| About:
Conceit
| Keywords:
conceit, conceits, incompatible, understanding, with conceit