quotations about bragging
In today's cutthroat business world, where job security is virtually nonexistent, bragging is a necessity--not a choice! Remaining quiet about your successes only leads to being underappreciated and overlooked.
PEGGY KLAUS
Brag!: The Art of Tooting Your Own Horn Without Blowing It
Bragging is like coughing without covering your mouth. It sends the virus of separateness and arrogance everywhere and makes everyone weaker.
PAUL PEARSALL
The Pleasure Prescription
For God hates utterly the bray of bragging tongues.
SOPHOCLES
The Oedipus Cycles
It is far more impressive when others discover your good qualities without your help.
JUDITH MARTIN
"Miss Manners", Cosmopolitan, Cosmopolitan
Nothing edifies less in an ingenious conversation, than boasting and rattle. It is as it were the dropsy of the mind, and swells a man like a bubble into nothing at last.
ANONYMOUS
The European Magazine and London Review, vol. 79
The irony of bragging is what it communicates --you're a needy guy who craves approval. Why else would you have to talk yourself up like that?
JOHN ALEXANDER
How to Become an Alpha Male
Some men think the sun comes up just to hear them crow.
KEN ALSTAD
Savvy Sayin's
Only one man has the right to boast, and that's the man who never does.
EVAN ESAR
20,000 Quips & Quotes
Blow your own horn loud. If you succeed, people will forgive your noise; if you fail, they'll forget it.
WILLIAM FEATHER
Forbes, 1970
It's not bragging if you can back it up.
MUHAMMAD ALI
attributed, 7 Steps to Bragging the Right Way
Don't brag. It is not the whistle that moves the train.
D. V. RANGARAJAN
Sura's Quotable Quotes
Bragging is generally considered inappropriate, and if you pat yourself too hard on the back, you are likely to find that others will refuse to do so.
DAVID B. BRINKERHOFF
Essentials of Sociology
Know thy vap'rous, bragging breath
Cannot thwart the clutch of death.
RED FERN
"To a Presumptuous Person"
Bragging is often merely a ladder we build for ourselves out of words when we are afraid we are not tall enough in the eyes of the world. It is an unwitting confession to low self-esteem.
P. M. FORNI
Choosing Civility
At its core, bragging is a very individual form of self-expression and communication. A good self-promoter sneaks up on you, grabs your attention, and wins you over--without your even knowing he or she is doing it.
PEGGY KLAUS
Brag!: The Art of Tooting Your Own Horn Without Blowing It
There's no such thing as bragging. You're either lying or telling the truth.
AL OLIVER
attributed, Sportswit
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
Reader's Digest, 1989
Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut.
ERNEST HEMINGWAY
attributed, Forbes, 1961
Bragging is not merely designed to impress. Bragging is designed to produce envy and assert superiority. It is, therefore, an act of hostility. Bragging is also a transparent ploy. It reveals your lack of self-confidence. "I am not enough," you feel. So you resort to showering me with your "achievements," in order to mask your perceived deficiencies.
AARON HASS
Doing the Right Thing: Cultivating Your Moral Intelligence
Who knows himself a braggart, let him fear this, for it will come to pass that every braggart shall be found an ass.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
All's Well That Ends Well