Arthur Conan Doyle Quotes

What makes me mad is arrogance, pretension, putting on airs.

Pride is a fault that great men blush not to own: it is the ennobled offspring of self-love; though, it must be confessed, grave and pompous vanity, Iike a fat plebeian in a rove of office, does very often assume its name.

Egotism - usually just a case of mistaken nonentity.

He that has a great nose, thinks everybody is speaking of it.

Remember, a chip on the shoulder is a sure sign of wood higher up.

Vanity working on a weak head, produces every sort of mischief.

I have no business carrying myself like some diva.

Arrogance - I have very little tolerance for that.

Pretentiousness was probably my substitute for actual confidence.

They who prosper take on airs of vanity.

Conceit is an outward manifestation of inferiority.

There's a deceptive sin that can keep us from walking in love: pride. It's deceptive because when you have pride, you're usually too proud to admit it. I know this because I used to have teachings on pride and they didn't sell well.

The biggest turn-off for me is people who think the world of themselves. Arrogance is not a sexy quality, and it really gets on my nerves.

In reality, there is, perhaps, no one of our natural passions so hard to subdue as pride.

A fellow who is always declaring he's no fool usually has his suspicions.

People who boast about their I.Q. are losers.

Success didn't spoil me, I've always been insufferable.

People who act the most arrogant often are the most insecure, and they just can't even begin to accept the possibility that they might not be as good as they think they are.

I had a great deal of arrogance and a great deal of bravado, but I think the bravado was brought on by a huge insecurity.

Vanity can create a very cruel space for you if you don't know how to manage it.

Conceit is God's gift to little men.

There's nothing so unattractive as vanity... particularly male vanity.

Some men never feel small, but these are the few men who are.

Pride is about the ugliest trait somebody can have.

I have a lot of vanity.