The feeling of being accepted and acknowledgement and recognition and fame - I'm vain like everybody else. The feeling of achievement that I've helped the poor or somebody in need far outweighs the money.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I'm vain enough to think that I've made a successful life. I've had everything I've ever wanted. You can't beat that.
Admiration, n. Our polite recognition of another's resemblance to ourselves.
How vain, without the merit, is the name.
Every person has a longing to be significant; to make a contribution; to be a part of something noble and purposeful.
Joy, feeling one's own value, being appreciated and loved by others, feeling useful and capable of production are all factors of enormous value for the human soul.
The praise that comes from love does not make us vain, but more humble.
The feeling of not belonging, of not being entirely worthy, of being sometimes hostage to your own sensibilities. Those things speak to me very personally.
I have been vain since birth. I expected other people to like what I did, although my vanity has definitely diminished over the years.
The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous; on the contrary it makes them, for the most part, humble, tolerant and kind.
I wouldn't say I'm vain - I'm just in a job where the way you look is important. Well, at least the facelift wasn't vanity, but the hair was.