80 Bragging Quotes For People Who Boast

“A session of boasting won’t attract any real friends. It will set you up on a pedestal, however, making you a clearer target.” ― Richelle E. Goodrich

“Happy people don’t go through life collecting recognition. They go through life giving it away.”

“Unless you fell off the treadmill and smacked your face, no one wants to hear about your workout.”

“I’m not bragging but my movies have grossed well over a billion dollars.”

“Beware of people on Facebook bragging about how ”perfect” their life is, constantly tooting their own horn. They’re most likely full of shit.”

“Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring forth.” ― Bible, Proverbs 27:1

“Always do sober what you said you’d do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut.” ― Ernest Hemingway

“Confidence is silent. Insecurities are loud.”

“What kills a skunk is the publicity it gives itself.” ― Abraham Lincoln

“Work hard in silence. Let your success make the noise.”

“If I seem to boast more than is becoming, my excuse is that I brag for humanity rather than for myself.” ― Henry David Thoreau

“Those who brag don’t have.”

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

“A person is bound to lose when he talks about himself; if he belittles himself, he is believed; if he praises himself, he isn’t believed.” ― Michel de Montaigne

“Bragging is an ailment, Bragging is a blight; Bragging is an attribute Of a silly wight.” ― Ralph M. Thomson

“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

“Ladies we’re all beautiful… But those who boast about it and think being beautiful is a talent are simply idiots.”

“Mere flimflam stories, and nothing but shams and lies.” ― Miguel De Cervantes

“People who brag only crave attention from others. While humble people have all the happiness with no need to flaunt it.”

“Perhaps the less we have, the more we are required to brag.” ― John Steinbeck

“Do not turn your face from others with pride, nor walk arrogantly on earth. Verily the Almighty does not like those who are arrogant and boastful.”

“There is also this benefit in brag, that the speaker is unconsciously expressing his own ideal. Humor him by all means, draw it all out, and hold him to it.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Girls who brag about how many guys are after them should remember that low prices attract many customers.”

“The fakest people are the ones that brag about being real.”

“People who boast of happy marriages are, I submit, usually self-deceivers, if not actually liars.” ― Iris Murdoch

“Celebrate your victories! Be verbal about it. Haters will say you’re bragging, but those who love you will celebrate with you! Chin up and get going!”

“Boast is always a cry of despair, except in the young it is a cry of hope.” ― Bernard Berenson

“Empty vessels make most noise.”

“Create a life that feels good on the inside not one that just looks good on the outside.”

“Bragging often precedes begging.” ― B. C. Forbes

“If I cannot brag of knowing something, then I brag of not knowing it; at any rate, brag.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Bragging better is using the facts to shine and tell the truth about the work you’ve done.” ― Meredith Fineman

“Humble brag: a statement intended as a boast or brag but disguised by a humble apology, complaint, etc.”

“Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; A stranger, and not your own lips.” ― Bible, Proverbs 27:2

“The person who has nothing to brag about but their ancestors is like a potato; the best part of them is underground.” ― Sir Thomas Overbury

“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

“You have to do a little bragging on yourself even to your relatives-man doesn’t get anywhere without advertising.” ― John Nance Garner

“The only way to cure an egotist from bragging is by surgery–amputation at the neck.” ― Evan Esa

“When you continually brag, it becomes painfully obvious to the rest of us what you are so insanely insecure about… and quite frankly, it’s also very unattractive.”

“Its not bragging if its true.” ― Sara Shepard

“Good deeds should be done with intention, not for attention.”

“A braggart is recognized by his headgear.” ― Namibian Proverb

“It’s as difficult to be rich without bragging as it is to be poor without complaining.” ― Chinese Proverbs

“Braggin’ is when a person says something and can’t do it. I do what I say.” ― Muhammad Ali

“Don’t brag. It is not the whistle that moves the train.” ― D. V. Rangarajan

“Great boasters, little doers.” ― French Proverb

“Bragging makes you seem less impressive, not more impressive. If you are doing something worth bragging about, others will brag for you.”

“It’s not bragging if you can back it up.” ― Muhammad Ali

“At its core, bragging is a very individual form of self-expression and communication.” ― Peggy Klaus

“Every man who praises himself brushes the luster from his best efforts.” ― Ellen G. White

“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

“If you done it, it ain’t bragging.” ― Walt Whitman

“He who boasts much can do little.” ― Nigerien Proverbs

“The dog who barks the loudest is not always the best watcher, neither are braggadocios the most valiant.” ― William Scott Downey

“Great boast, small roast.” ― Chinese Proverb

“For God hates utterly the bray of bragging tongues.” ― Sophocles

“Your constant bragging about how wonderful and loving your husband is on Facebook, helped me explain to the police why you are missing today.”

“Bragging about yourself violates norms of modesty and politeness – and if you were really competent, your work would speak for itself.” ― Adam Grant

“Keep calm and stop bragging.”

“With a braggart, it’s no sooner done than said.” ― Evan Esar

“A loaded wagon makes no noise.”

“No matter how big your house is how recent your car is, or how big your bank account is. Our graves will always be the same size. Stay Humble.”

“The feller that brags about how cheap he heats his home always sees the first robin.” ― Kin Hubbard

“Bragging only means you’re not used to having it.”

“A good deed is not a good deed if you brag about it.” ― Jeffrey Bernardo

“There’s no such thing as bragging. You’re either lying or telling the truth.” ― Al Oliver

“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

“Bragging is a necessity— not a choice— you want to do more than just exist in a job; that is, be successful in your eyes and to others. It isn’t conceit; it is being forthcoming about who you are, what you have done, and what you are capable of doing.” ― Caitlin Williams

“Now I’m not too keen about bragging on myself but you must admit I was the best.” ― Kim S. Jones

“Bragging saves advertising.” ― American Proverbs

“Noise proves nothing. Often a hen who has merely laid an egg cackles as if she had laid an asteroid.” ― Mark Twain

“Mankind in general seem to take about as much pride in bragging of their faults as of their virtues.” ― H. W. Shaw

“Watch out for people who are always bragging about who they are. A lion will never have to tell you it’s a lion.”

“Bragging: The patter of tiny feats.”

“It ain’t bragging if you can do it.” ― Dizzy Dean

“If you have to brag about all the material things in your life, there probably isn’t much else to it.”

“The man who must brag for himself knows that no one else will.”

“If I tell you I’m good, you’ll say that I’m boasting. But if I tell you I’m not good, you’ll know I’m lying.” – Bruce Lee

“I don’t fight for bragging rights. I’ve proved myself.” ― Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

“Be wiser than other people, if you can, but do not tell them so.”

“The really tough thing about humility is you can’t brag about it.” ― Gene Brown

“You may boast to strangers, but tell the truth to your own people.” ― Croatian Proverbs

“The biggest challenge after success is shutting up about it.” ― Criss Jami

“Only one man has the right to boast, and that’s the man who never does.” ― Evan Esar

“A fools tells you what he will do; A boaster, what he has done. The wise man does it and says nothing.”

“But…bragging is egocentric, disgusting, obnoxious, self-aggrandizing, and just plain wrong.” ― Peggy Klaus

“It isn’t what a man knows, but what he thinks he knows that he brags about.” ― George Horace Lorimer

“Bragging done right was found to be good for one’s career or business.” ― Renee Weisman

“Braggarts are insecure and need attention, and bragging often has the opposite effect on most people when you’re trying to gain their respect and increase your influence.” ― Mark Goulston

“Every other enjoyment malice may destroy; every other panegyric envy may withhold; but no human power can deprive the boaster of his own encomiums.” ― Samuel Johnson

“Tell me what you brag about and I’ll tell you what you lack.” ― Spanish Proverb

“He who is humble is confident and wise. He who brags is insecure and lacking.” ― Lisa Edmondson

“There is no need to boast of your accomplishments and what you can do. A great man is known, he needs no introduction.” ― CherLisa Biles

“People who boasts about their IQ are losers.” ― Stephen Hawking

“Boasts are wind and deeds are hard.” ― Isaac Asimov

“You have to give yourself credit, not too much because that would be bragging.” ― Frank McCourt