Quotes About Self-importance

I just think people overvalue argument because they like to hear themselves talk.

Feeling important is a vice, not a virtue, however concealed as participation in something noble.

Sentirse importante es un vicio, no una virtud, no importa lo escondido que está como participación en algo noble.

Sentirse importante es un vicio, no una virtud, no importa lo escondido que esté como participación en algo noble.

Arrogance is blindness.

Nothing seduces vanity like the word "help".

I react very badly when mediocrity throws a tantrum of entitlement.

Is pride, the never-failing vice of fools.

We're all victims of our own hubris at times.

You have to admire such arrogance, it must have taken years to cultivate.

Because handsomeness is always accompanied by vanity. And I suppose ugliness is accompanied by a wealth of virtues?

1. I am superior to others. Circle one: Doesn't apply to me. Partially applies to me. Fully applies to me. And: I would not feel sorry if someone were blamed for something I did. Circle one: Doesn't apply to me. Partially applies to me. Fully applies to me.

Mr. Beeston took a step forward and cleared his throat in his I-know-you-work-for-Neptune-but-I'm-clearly-the-most-important-person-here kind of way.

Such hats often signified humans who considered themselves important, which was adorable for the first few moments and trying ever after.

The need to magnify themselves, to bestir themselves, is characteristic of all illegitimates.

That cowboy's really full of himself. He thinks he's something and that means he's not.

None so empty as those who are full of themselves.

The most important thing I have learned over the years is the difference between taking one's work seriously and taking ones self seriously. The first is imperative, and the second disastrous.

I think our generation has a delusional level of self importance. Must I remind you that nobody is checking for you.

Once we get over our inflated ideas of self importance, we might actually do something important.

Self-importance is our greatest enemy. Think about it - what weakens us is feeling offended by the deeds and misdeeds of our fellowmen. Our self-importance requires that we spend most of our lives offended by someone.

Every act of conscious learning requires the willingness to suffer an injury to one's self-esteem. That is why young children, before they are aware of their own self-importance, learn so easily; and why older persons, especially if vain or important, cannot learn at all.

Ur pride and self-importance are European, while our development and actions are Asiatic.

Possessed he is with greatness and speaks not to himself but with a pride that quarrels at self-breath.