Quotes about Conceit
Pride goes before destruction.
— Aesop
The smaller the mind, the greater the conceit.
— Aesop
For what are they all in their high conceit, When man in the bush with God may meet?
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
A man given to pride is usually proud of the wrong thing.
— Henry Ford
To withhold deserved praise lest it should make its object conceited is as dishonest as to withhold payment of a just debt lest your creditor should spend the money badly.
— George Bernard Shaw
An honest assessment of our own capabilities, without conceit and without false modesty, is one of the first essentials of a useful life.
— William Barclay
Through pride the devil became the devil. Pride leads to every vice, it's the complete anti-God state of mind.
— CS Lewis
Sin corrupts even our good deeds. We injure our shoulder trying to pat ourselves on the back.
— DA Carson