Quotes about vanity
vanity race hands
The only way not to worry about the race problem is to be doing something about it yourself. When you are, natural human vanity makes you feel that now the thing is in good hands. Margaret Halsey
vanity quests glory
I'm not motivated by vanity, glory or the quest for power. Michele Bachmann
vanity stupidity selfishness
The hardest thing to cope with is not selfishness or vanity or deceitfulness, but sheer stupidity. Eric Hoffer
vanity wealth virtue
Because handsomeness is always accompanied by vanity.And I suppose ugliness is accompanied by a wealth of virtues? Lisa Kleypas
vanity quality purpose
When a thing is bought not for its use but for its costliness, cheapness is no recommendation. As Sismondi remarks, the consequence of cheapening articles of vanity, is not that less is expended on such things, but that the buyers substitute for the cheapened article some other which is more costly, or a more elaborate quality of the same thing; and as the inferior quality answered the purpose of vanity equally well when it was equally expensive, a tax on the article is really paid by nobody: it is a creation of public revenue by which nobody loses. John Stuart Mill
vanity hair gray
Gray hairs are death's blossoms. Friedrich Schiller
vanity water fifty
Euler calculated the force of the wheels necessary to raise the water in a reservoir ... My mill was carried out geometrically and could not raise a drop of water fifty yards from the reservoir. Vanity of vanities! Vanity of geometry! Frederick the Great
vanity literature
There is something wrong about being photographed that has nothing to do with vanity. Nigella Lawson
vanity littles sells
The great always sell their society to the vanity of the little. Nicolas Chamfort
vanity tongue egotism
Egotism is the tongue of vanity.
vanity goal people
At my funeral, if one said, 'Nick was a generous person,' trust me I won't be doing cartwheels in my coffin. Recognition from people is never and never will be a goal. Some people strive for that respect or honor. Living a life to just reach for the position and status is vanity and sin. Nick Vujicic
vanity selfishness lovable
Conceit is lovable and unconcealed ; vanity is supreme selfishness, usually hidden. Myrtle Reed
vanity people details
It is personal vanity of the most flagrant type which intrudes itself, unasked, into other people's affairs. There are few of us who do not feel capable of ordering the daily lives of others, down to the most minute detail.
vanity earth way
Vanity is a vital aid to nature: completely and absolutely necessary to life. It is one of nature's ways to bind you to the earth. Elizabeth Smart
vanity guy looks
Vanity is something that will only get in the way of doing your best work, and ultimately if you're truly vain you care more about your work than how you look in your work. I actually consider myself a pretty vain guy when it comes to that. Philip Seymour Hoffman
vanity lovely married
My vanity is I'm terribly romantic! But being married is lovely. Matthew Macfadyen
vanity sin my-favorite
Vanity is definitely my favorite sin. John Milton
vanity advice opinion
The vanity of being asked advice often makes us confirm the opinion of those that consult us. Norm MacDonald
vanity preserves
The knowledge of yourself will preserve you from vanity. Miguel de Cervantes
vanity handsome imagine
For let us women be never so ill-favored, I imagine that we are always delighted to hear ourselves called handsome.
vanity thee preserves
A knowledge of thyself will preserve thee from vanity.
vanity wells reader
Well, there are more writers of blogs right now than there are readers, so that's clearly a vanity phenomenon. John Doerr
vanity curiosity unhappy
Not curiosity, not vanity, not the consideration of expediency, not duty and conscientiousness, but an unquenchable, unhappy thirst that brooks no compromise leads us to truth. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
vanity people greed
Even in a time of elephantine vanity and greed, one never has to look far to see the campfires of gentle people. Garrison Keillor
vanity imperfection annoyed
If we were faultless, we should not be so much annoyed by the defects of those with whom we associate. If we were to acknowledge honestly that we have not virtue enough to bear patiently with our neighbor's weaknesses, we should show our own imperfection, and this alarms our vanity. Francois Fenelon
vanity gossip behind-my-back
One's own vanities and humiliations I find a delicious subject for conversation. Things said of me behind my back I don't enjoy, and don't listen to them. Logan Pearsall Smith
vanity stupidity ifs
It's not vanity to know your own good points. It would just be stupidity if you didn't; It's only vanity when you get puffed up about them. Lucy Maud Montgomery
vanity rome despair
Rome took all the vanity out of me; for after seeing the wonders there, I felt too insignificant to live, and gave up all my foolish hopes in despair. Louisa May Alcott
vanity people soul
Because arrogance is born in personal vanity, arrogant people are driven without mercy. They can never get enough power to fill the soul's needs or enough respect to overcome the fear that they deserve less than they are getting. Lewis B. Smedes
vanity despair doctrine
The doctrine of the utter vanity of life is a doctrine of despair, and life is hope. John Lancaster Spalding
vanity together mets
I have seldom seen much ostentation and much learning met together. Joseph Hall
vanity bravery
The French courage proceeds from vanity Lord Byron
vanity may example
Ecclesiastes said that "all is vanity," Most modern preachers say the same, or show it By their examples of true Christianity: In short, all know, or very short may know it.