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I remain attached to the Lord's Feet, and eradicate self-conceit from within. (Quote by - Sri Guru Granth Sahib)

Philosophy! Empty thinking by ignorant conceited men who think they can digest without eating!. (Quote by - Iris Murdoch)

The world tolerates conceit from those who are successful, but not from anybody else. (Quote by - John Blake)

I've never any pity for conceited people, because I think they carry their comfort about with them. (Quote by - George Eliot)

He fell in love with himself at first sight and it is a passion to which he has always remained faithful. Selflove seems so often unrequited. (Quote by - Anthony Powell)

There's a big difference between confidence and conceit. (Quote by - John Unitas)

He was a very unpretentious guy, and there was nothing conceited about him at all. He had a great body, and was good-looking with curly hair. He was a great guy to be around. (Quote by - Johnny Pesky)

People think that I'm conceited, and I'm not a nice person. (Quote by - Slick Rick)

The eyes which look upon corruption do not know the Love and the Fear of God. Conquering self-conceit, one obtains the Name. (Quote by - Sri Guru Granth Sahib)

Genuine ignorance is.. profitable because it is likely to be accompanied by humility, curiosity, and open mindedness; whereas ability to repeat catch-phrases, cant terms, familiar propositions, gives the conceit of learning and coats the mind with varnish waterproof to new ideas. (Quote by - John Dewey)

Infatuated, half through conceit, half through love of my art, I achieve the impossible working as no one else ever works. (Quote by - Alexandre Dumas)

Early risers are conceited in the morning and stupid in the afternoon. (Quote by - Rose Henniker Heaton)

The body is wild, and the mind is foolish. Practicing egotism, selfishness and conceit, your life is passing away. (Quote by - Sri Guru Granth Sahib)

One who eliminates selfishness and conceit is redeemed in the Court of the Lord. (Quote by - Sri Guru Granth Sahib)

The overweening self-respect of conceited men relieves others from the duty of respecting them at all. (Quote by - Henry Ward Beecher)

Luxury is the wolf at the door and its fangs are the vanities and conceits germinated by success. When an artist learns this, he knows where the danger is. (Quote by - Tennessee Williams)

Some who are far from atheists, may make themselves merry with that conceit of thousands of spirits dancing at once upon a needle's point. (Quote by - Ralph Cudworth)

Those who draw their sustenance from science are blessed. It is for me to only derive an occasional pleasure. This is nothing worthy of conceit, but I am indeed touched by the joys. This book is an ode to such joys, a digest of my collections from various sources. (Quote by - Rabindranath Tagore)

If there is one thing that will make a man peculiarly and insufferable self-conceited, it is to have his stomach behave itself, the first day at sea, when nearly all his comrades are seasick. (Quote by - Mark Twain)

Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful. (Quote by - John Wooden)

Always hold your head up but be careful to keep your nose at a friendly level. (Quote by - Max L. Forman)

Without sounding conceited about it, it was hard but it did not seem like such a huge leap, because I had done a lot of big films and been around enough talented directors to know what to do if I was in their position. (Quote by - James McTeigue)

There is something elegantly sinister about the Rolling Stones. They sit before you at a press conference like five unfolding switchblades; their faces set in rehearsed snarls; their hair studiously unkempt and matted; their clothes part of some private conceit; and the way they walk and talk and the songs they sing all become part of some long mean reach for the jugular. (Quote by - Pete Hamill)

It's one of the great gifts of having so little money that you are able to make these kinds of radical conceits that you could never afford to do had you had a reasonable budget,. (Quote by - Todd Solondz)

Self-esteem is different than conceit. Conceit is the weirdest disease in the world. It makes everyone sick except the one who has it. (Quote by - Hartman Rector Jr.)

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