Quotations are the fundamental distillation of a writer’s life and thinking as recorded in words and phrases for posterity. Through them the reader is afforded the unique opportunity to share in the thoughts, the life and the experiences of the writer. In a special way, they offer the reader a window into the mind of the author and hopefully an inducement to read further and learn more about the author and the story he relates.


On a wider scale, they are, as William Feather wrote, “the wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages preserved into perpetuity“, and as such they are available for the enrichment and enhancement of humanity, regardless of age, sex, race, educational or economic status. They are indeed, as the Talmud states, “food for the famished”.

The collection of quotations presented in this blog, have been chosen by me because of their special impact upon me. They have been published so that you too, may experience the joy I have had over the years reading them and getting to know the authors.


I trust that you will come to know the feeling of deep satisfaction possible from reading them, searching out the author and meditating upon their meaning and their impact on your life.

Thursday, July 31, 2008

CONCEIT

For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled;
And he who humbles himself will be exalted. ……Luke 18:14

Do nothing out of Selfish Ambition or Vain Conceit,
But in humility consider others better than yourself. ….Philippians 2:3

Conceit, more rich in matter than in words, brags of his substance;
They are but beggars who count their worth. …..William Shakespeare

Conceit is an insuperable obstacle to all progress. …..Ellen Terry

He who boasts of his accomplishments will heap ridicule. ….Philippine Proverb

Pride and Conceit were the original sins of man. …..Alain Rene Lesage

The would tolerates Conceit from those who are successful;
But not from anyone else. ….John Blake

When nature leaves a hole in a person’s mind,
She generally plasters it over with a thick coat of Self-Conceit.
……Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Let us not become Conceited, provoking and envying each other. …… Galatians 5:26

Conceit in weakest bodies, strongest works. ……. William Shakespeare

Every man has a right to be Conceited, until he is successful. ……..Benjamin Disraeli

To attempt to advise Conceited people is like whistling against the wind. ……Thomas Hood

A Conceited person never gets anywhere,
Because he thinks he is already there. ……Author Unknown

The overweening self-respect of Conceited men
relieves others from the duty of respecting them at all. …….Henry Ward Beecher

I never have any pity for Conceited people,
Because I think they carry their comfort about with them. …….George Eliot.

Conceit causes more conversation than wit. …… Duc de La Rochefoucauld

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