Bragging Quotes

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

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

I’ve been bragging for over 25 years that my first New York Times bestseller was a book I copied from the U.S. Government Printing Office!
~Matthew Lesko

He who is humble is confident and wise. He who brags is insecure and lacking.
~Lisa Edmondson

If you done it, it ain’t bragging.
~Walt Whitman

Tell me what you brag about and I’ll tell you what you lack.
~Spanish Proverb

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

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

To brag little – to show well – to crow gently, if in luck – to pay up, to own up, and to shut up, if beaten, are the virtues of a sporting man.
~Oliver Wendell Holmes

I’m not bragging but my movies have grossed well over a billion dollars.
~Steve Guttenberg

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

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

The average man will bristle if you say his father was dishonest, but he will brag a little if he discovers that his great-grandfather was a pirate.
~Bern Williams

All is but toys: renown, and grace, is dead; The wine of life is drawn, and the mere lees Is left this vault to brag of.
~William Shakespeare

It’s not bragging if you can back it up.
~Muhammad Ali

It ain’t bragging if you can do it.
~Dizzy Dean

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

It is important that you recognize your progress and take pride in your accomplishments. Share your achievements with others. Brag a little. The recognition and support of those around you is nurturing.
~Rosemarie Rossetti