Quotes About Self-praise

Sometimes I feel like you can toot your own trumpet too much. I don't really like that.

I've just got an exceptional memory, if I say so myself.

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

God hates those who praise themselves.

When someone sings his own praises, he always gets the tune too high.

Every one speaks well of his own heart, but no one dares speak well of his own mind.

A vain man finds it wise to speak good or ill of himself; a modest man does not talk of himself.

A man that extols himself is a fool and an idiot

It is the natural disposition of all men to listen with pleasure to abuse and slander of their neighbour, and to hear with impatience those who utter praises of themselves.

I have a mug that actually verifies that I'm the world's best dad. That's a mug. That's not me talking. You can't just buy those.

When I was ten years old, I had great pride in myself, which sometimes even took the form of boasting and self-praise; although I myself did not want to, I used to assume the air of someone undertaking some great work and mighty act of heroism.

For what is the self-complacent man but a slave to his own self-praise.

I like to hear a man talk about himself because then I never hear anything, but good.

Every man who praises himself brushes the luster from his best efforts.

A fat man is never so happy as when he is describing himself as "robust.

Self-laudation abounds among the unpolished, but nothing can stamp a man more sharply as ill-bred.

I will praise any man that will praise me.

Prosperity inebriates men, so that they take delights in their own merits.

A vain man finds his account in speaking good or evil of himself.

A man is never more serious than when he praise himself.

Humility is the embarrassment you feel when you tell people how wonderful you are.

I think that everything starts to go to hell when you start smelling your own farts and complimenting yourself on how great they smell. We're not going to turn into fart-smellers.

I don't know how humble a person can be while consistently spouting statements like 'I, Donald Trump, am a totally gifted politician,' or 'I'm, like, a smart person.'

To praise oneself is considered improper, immodest; to praise one's own sect, one's own philosophy, is considered the highest duty.