Showing Off Quotes

• Don't pretend to be a great master and don't try to show off your strength.

  Gichin Funakoshi

  Trying, Masters, Shows

  Gichin Funakoshi (1994). “Karate-dō Nyūmon: The Master Introductory Text”, p.45, Kodansha International

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• Those who show off do not shine.

  Laozi

  Shining, Taoism, Shows

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• Showing off is the fool's idea of glory.

  Bruce Lee

  Motivational, Ideas, Deep Thought

  Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living”, p.88, Tuttle Publishing

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• Knowledge and ability were tools, not things to show off.

  Haruki Murakami

  Life, Tools, Ability

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• The better you feel about yourself, the less you feel the need to show off.

  Robert Hand

  Confidence, Self Esteem, Self Love

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• ...if you're trying to show off for people at the top, forget it. They will look down on you anyhow. And if you're trying to show off for people at the bottom, forget it. They will only envy you. Status will get you nowhere. Only an open heart will allow you to float equally between everyone.

  Mitch Albom

  Heart, Tuesdays With Morrie, People

  Mitch Albom (2007). “Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson”, p.127, Broadway Books

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• Love is not about sex, going on fancy dates, or showing off. It's about being with a person who makes you happy in a way nobody else can.

  John Spence

  Sex, Love Is, Thinking

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• The man that shows off, to that one who wants to convince of his value is to himself.

  Domenico Cieri

  Men, Self, Want

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• Knowledge is like underwear. It is useful to have it, but not necessary to show it off.

  Nicky Gumbel

  Knowledge, Underwear, Personal Growth

  Twitter post from Apr 10, 2014

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• I'm a show-off basically... always have been.

  Dolly Parton

  Shows, Has Beens

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Why not show off if you've got something to show?

  January Jones

  Why Not, Shows, Ifs

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I'm not a show-off by nature.

  Kate Moss

  Shows

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• 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.

  Baltasar Gracian

  People, Expectations, Each Day

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• I think the most important thing about holding a concert is to enjoy the moment, rather than showing off.

  Yunho

  Thinking, Important, Moments

  Source: omonatheydidnt.livejournal.com

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• There is a real vulgarity in the way women dress at the moment. They show off too much and try too hard. They don't understand where the line is between sexy and vulgar. I know where that line is.

  Roberto Cavalli

  Sexy, Real, Vulgarity Is

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• No man is greater than his prayer life. The pastor who is not praying is playing; the people who are not praying are straying. The pulpit can be a shop window to display one's talents; the prayer closet allows no showing off.

  Leonard Ravenhill

  Prayer, Past, Men

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• Unless you show off you're not going to get noticed.

  Elton John

  Shows

  "A More Reflective Leap On Elton John's 'Diving Board'". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. September 23, 2013.

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• Wealthy people have not disappeared, they are just not so willing to show off their wealth.

  Martin Parr

  People, Wealth, Shows

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• Telling lies and showing off to get attention are mistakes I made that I don't want my kids to make.

  Jane Fonda

  Mistake, Women, Lying

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• I'm not having to show off or make a point about how good I am at doing something. I think I've always kind of been that way.

  Eddie Vedder

  Thinking, Way, Kind

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• It's not showing off if you back it up.

  Dolph Ziggler

  Ifs

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• One cannot review a bad book without showing off.

  W. H. Auden

  Book, Criticism, Reviews

  Dyer's Hand (1963) "Reading"

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• A person of riyaa (showing off) has three characteristics : He is lazy when alone, energetic when with others, and increases in his actions when he is praised while decreasing in them when he is criticized.

  Ali ibn Abi Talib

  Lazy, Three, Action

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• Vanity, showing off, is an attitude that reduces spirituality to a worldly thing, which is the worst sin that could be committed in the church.

  Pope Francis

  Attitude, Vanity, Church

  "'Careerism and vanity: Sins of the Church'". Vatican Insider Interview, www.lastampa.it. February 24, 2012.

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• I've always loved to dress up a bit and show off.

  Daniel Craig

  Dresses, Shows, Bits

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