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Letter "W" » with conceit
«Conceit is God's gift to little men»
«Self-esteem is different than conceit. Conceit is the weirdest disease in the world. It makes everyone sick except the one who has it.»
«Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.»
Author: John Wooden
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About:
God,
Talent
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Keywords:
careful,
conceit,
conceits,
fame,
grateful,
humble,
humbles,
humbling,
self-giving,
talent,
The Grateful,
with conceit
«There is a difference between conceit and confidence. Conceit is bragging about yourself. Confidence means you believe you can get the job done.»
«The smaller the mind the greater the conceit»
«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?»
«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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Keywords:
arrogance,
artificially,
conceit,
conceits,
dignity,
falsehoods,
increases,
maintained,
network,
patriotism,
robs,
self respect,
superstition,
The Network,
with conceit
«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.»
Author: Og Mandino
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Essayist,
Psychologist)
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Keywords:
boast,
conceit,
conceits,
correct,
fist,
FISTED,
fists,
guard,
halt,
halted,
halting,
halts,
hole,
importance,
on guard,
pail,
pails,
Pride and,
remaining,
remove,
remove it,
speak for,
tempted,
The Hole,
traps,
watering hole,
with conceit
«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)
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About:
Men and Women
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Keywords:
conceit,
conceits,
dearest,
delight,
delighting,
gratifies,
gratify,
Hers,
into the wind,
self,
though,
winded,
with conceit,
wound,
wounding
«Conceit is incompatible with understanding»