Quotes on Bragging

If I cannot brag of knowing something, then I brag of not knowing it; at any rate, brag.

Who knows himself a braggart, Let him fear this; for it will come to pass That every braggart will be found an ass.

Don't show off every day, or you'll stop surprising people. There must always be some novelty left over. The person who displays a little more of it each day keeps up expectations, and no one ever discovers the limits of his talent.

I am all the time talking about you, and bragging, to one person or another. I am like the Ancient Mariner, who had a tale in his heart he must unfold to all. I am always buttonholing somebody and saying, "Someday you must meet my mother."

Freedom isn't free. It shouldn't be a bragging point that 'Oh, I don't get involved in politics,' as if that makes someone cleaner. No, that makes you derelict of duty in a republic. Liars and panderers in government would have a much harder time of it if so many people didn't insist on their right to remain ignorant and blindly agreeable.

Boasts are wind and deeds are hard.

There is a difference between conceit and confidence. Conceit is bragging about yourself. Confidence means you believe you can get the job done.