Quotes about vanity
vanity vices danger
Vanity, I am sensible, is my cardinal vice and cardinal folly; and I am in continual danger, when in company, of being led an ignis fatuus chase by it. John Adams
vanity envy feelings
Guileless and without vanity, we were still in love with ourselves then. We felt comfortable in our skins, enjoyed the news that our senses released to us, admired our dirt, cultivated our scars, and could not comprehend this unworthiness. Jealousy we understood and thought natural--a desire to have what somebody else had; but envy was a strange, new feeling for us. Jim Morrison
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.
vanity ideas
The idea of Kanye and vanity are like, synonymous. Kanye West
vanity conventions renounce
You must renounce all superficiality, all convention, all vanity and delusion. Gustav Mahler
vanity literature conviction
I have come to have the firm conviction that vanity is the basis of everything, and finally that what one calls conscience is only inner vanity. Gustave Flaubert
vanity curiosity motive
I am a journalist and have no earthly motives except curiosity and personal vanity. Gilbert K. Chesterton
vanity insanity humanity
Aping urbanity, Oozing with vanity, Plump as a manatee, Faking humanity, Intellectual inanity, Journalistic calamity, Fox Noise insanity, You're a profanity, Hannity John Cleese
vanity disaster masters
I'll destroy you. I am the master of disaster. Muhammad Ali
vanity morality asks
Vanity asks, is it popular? Politics ask, will it work? But conscience and morality ask, is it right? Martin Luther King, Jr.
vanity longing
What is vanity but the longing to survive? Miguel de Unamuno
vanity virtue ifs
What fervent love of herself would Virtue excite if she could be seen! Marcus Tullius Cicero
vanity rude greed
The world has enough women who are tough; we need women who are tender. There are enough women who are coarse; we need women who are kind. There enough women are rude; we need women who are refined. We have enough women of fame and fortune; we need women of faith. We have enough greed; we need more goodness. We have enough vanity; we need more virtue. We have enough popularity; we need more purity.
vanity people morality
moral vanity is the snare of good people. Margaret Deland
vanity sin vain
Nothing makes one so vain as being told that one is a sinner. Oscar Wilde
vanity giving soul
If only the picture could grow old, and I stay young. For that...for that, I would give my SOUL for that.
vanity metrics drunkards
All you drunkards: Put down the intoxicating Vanity Metrics. Mark Twain
vanity grades ability
There are no grades of vanity; there are only grades of ability in concealing it.
vanity want stories
I want to tell you a story. I have no other vanity. Mario Puzo
vanity drug taste
You come to know the aches and vanities and tastes and intrigues of an entire neighborhood at a drug store. Paul Engle
vanity
One can never outlive one's vanity. Mary Wortley Montagu
vanity height censorship
Censorship is the height of vanity. Martha Graham