Quotes on Boast

A lady could not boast of her chastity who was never tempted.

God be thanked, the meanest of his creatures_x000D_ _x000D_ Boasts two soul-sides, one to face the world with,_x000D_ _x000D_ One to show a woman when he loves her.

And this Nation, for all its hopes and all its boasts, will not be fully free until all its citizens are free.

I grew up in a completely bookless household. It was my father's boast that he had never read a book from end to end.

To confess your fallibility and then do nothing about it is not humble; it is boasting of your modesty.

"But when you hear men talking," said Cornelia, "all they ever do is speak ill of women. 'And I don't quite know how they've managed to make this law in their favor, or who exactly it was who gave them a greater license to sin than is allowed to us; and if the fault is common to both sexes (as they can hardly deny), why should the blame not be as well?

Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility.

When He [God] talks of their losing their selves, He means only abandoning the clamour of self-will; once they have done that, He really gives them back all their personality, and boasts (I am afraid, sincerely) that when they are wholly His they will be more themselves than ever.

We confide in our strength, without boasting of it, we respect that of others, without fearing it.

I'm a good neurosugeon. That's not a boast but a way of acknowledging the innate ability God has given to me. Beginning with determination and using my gifted hands, I went on for training and sharpening for my skills.