Quotes About Self-praise

But was there ever dog that praised his fleas?

For when a man praises himself, it is intellectual suicide.

Lead yourself whenever your boss' leadership deteriorates. When your boss doesn't praise what you do, praise yourself. When your boss doesn't make you big, make yourself big. Remember, if you have done your best, failure does not count.

Isn't this fantastic, what a star I am?

old age is boastful; and it is pardonable for old men to praise themselves when others no longer do it.

There is not one wise man in twenty that will praise himself.

Little Jack Horner sat in the corner,Eating a Christmas pie.He put in his thumb, and pulled out a plum,And said, "What a good boy am I!"

Isto é, creio, demasiado elogio próprio; mas não seria eu ingrata com a natureza, e para com uma figura a que devo as bênçãos ímpares do prazer e da fortuna, se suprimisse, presa de uma modéstia afetada, a descrição de dons tão valiosos.

Falsehood often lurks upon the tongue of him, who, by self-praise, seeks to enhance his value in the eyes of others.

Self-praise is for losers. Be a winner. Stand for something. Always have class, and be humble

In this Manner did she applaud her own Conduct, and exult with the Imagination that she had more Prudence than all her Sex beside. And it must be confessed, indeed, that she preserved an

The advantage of doing one's praising for oneself is that one can lay it on so thick and exactly in the right places.

The advantage of doing one's praising for oneself is that one can lay it on so thick and in exactly the right places.

Be sure don't let people's telling you, you are pretty, puff you up; for you did not make yourself, and so can have no praise due to you for it. It is virtue and goodness only, that make the true beauty.

Credit you give yourself is not worth having.

It is a sign that your reputation is small and sinking if your own tongue must praise you.

The spectacle is the ruling order's nonstop discourse about itself, its never-ending monologue of self-praise, its self-portrait at the stage of totalitarian domination of all aspects of life.

The lizard that jumped from a high Iroko tree to the ground said he would praise himself if no-one else did.

When actors talk about research, they're just patting themselves on the back.

Newt Gingrich is a very intelligent man, if he says so himself.

Said he (Sung Dynasty critic): "In my young days I praised the masters whose pictures I liked, but as my judgment matured I praised myself for liking what the masters had chosen to have me like.

The best modesty is shown while bragging

My best and worst 'Idol' moments? I don't have a worst 'Idol' moment... I've been spectacular. Yes, I am going to toot my own horn. And then my best moment is every single moment. I'll toot it again!

Sometimes it's okay to give yourself a pat on the back and say, 'That was cool. That made me feel good.'