Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful. John Wooden
Conceit is an insuperable obstacle to all progress. Ellen Terry
Conceit spoils the finest genius. Louisa May Alcott
Conceit is God’s gift to little men. Bruce Barton
Frivolity is inborn, conceit acquired by education. Cicero
Conceit in weakest bodies strongest works. William Shakespeare (Hamlet 3:iv)
Of the three forms of pride, that is to say pride proper, vanity, and conceit, vanity is by far the most harmless, and conceit by far the most dangerous. The meaning of vanity is to think too much of our bodily advantages, whether real or unreal, over others; while the meaning of conceit is to believe we are cleverer, wiser, grander, and more important than we really are. John Cowper Powys