“ There is a difference between conceit and confidence. Conceit is bragging about yourself. Confidence means you believe you can get the job done. ”
- Johnny Unitas- Copy
- 164
“ Every other enjoyment malice may destroy; every other panegyric envy may withhold; but no human power can deprive the boaster of his own encomiums. ”
- Samuel Johnson- Copy
- 837
“ Bragging is not an attractive trait, but let's be honest. A man who catches a big fish doesn't go home through an alley. ”
- Ann Landers- Copy
- 2.2K
“ If I seem to boast more than is becoming, my excuse is that I brag for humanity rather than for myself. ”
- Henry David Thoreau- Copy
- 3K
“ There is also this benefit in brag, that the speaker is unconsciously expressing his own ideal. Humor him by all means, draw it all out, and hold him to it. ”
- Ralph Waldo Emerson- Copy
- 3.6K
“ Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut. ”
- Ernest Hemingway- Copy
- 2.6K
“ If I cannot brag of knowing something, then I brag of not knowing it; at any rate, brag. ”
- Ralph Waldo Emerson- Copy
- 745
“ Rap goes from the egomaniac/player-type bragging to trying to bring awareness to issues. Then it swings back into a gangsta mode. ”
- Ice Cube- Copy
- 3.7K
“ The deepest thing in any one is the conviction of the bad luck that follows boasting. ”
- Gertrude Stein- Copy
- 145
“ You would be better off in exile than priding yourself on be like everyone else. ”
- George Weinberg- Copy
- 1.3K
“ But when I came, alas, to wive, With hey, ho, the wind and the rain, By swaggering could I never thrive, For the rain it raineth every day. ”
- William Shakespeare- Copy
- 1.2K
“ It's the world bragging rights. And I'm proud to represent Team USA. ”
- Johnny Damon- Copy
- 1.5K
“ It's about bragging rights for a year. We're both sister schools so we know that's what it all boils down to. Coach and I are real good friends. There's no animosity or anything like that. ”
- Ken Jennings- Copy
- 1.7K
“ The average man will bristle if you say his father was dishonest, but he will brag a little if he discovers that his great-grandfather was a pirate. ”
- Bern Williams- Copy
- 672
“ We confide in our strength, without boasting of it; we respect that of others, without fearing it. ”
- Thomas Jefferson- Copy
- 3.8K
“ The really tough thing about humility is you can't brag about it. ”
- Gene Brown- Copy
- 3.3K
“ You have to do a little bragging on yourself even to your relatives-man doesn't get anywhere without advertising. ”
- John Nance Garner- Copy
- 2.4K
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