Quotes About Arrogance

For there is in man too: a vaunting pride that needs little sustenance to make it swell to giant size. Improve his lot, and he will forget that which makes him pleasing- his sense of worship, his humility. He will grow poisoned with pride and fancy himself a god...

His worst fault is he thinks his brains entitle him to certain privileges.

Raising money from the rich is not only debilitating, it's time-consuming. While it is certainly not true for all, many wealthy contributors are arrogant and self-centered and demand a lot of time and access for the money they donate. Instead of just sending you a check, they want to talk, talk, and talk about their needs or the issues that concern them. This process drains the energy right out of you.

Wozu Türme bauen wie der Himalaja Wenn man sie nicht umwerfen kann Damit es ein Gelächter gibt?

Vanity is a motive of immense potency.

The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.

For excess breeds hubris, when great prosperity comes to men of unsound mind.16

His interest in India was too acquisitive; he felt he owned it by dint of his own efforts and suffering, and that partial ownership conferred upon him a benevolent proprietorship. Like certain missionaries who combined selflessness and spiritual arrogance, Hedges found himself dissatisfied with both sides, neither of which manifested the pure essence of their cultural selves. The Indians, especially the "Zentoos," meaning Hindus, were already losing their integrity.

He understood something about firangi arrogance, which enabled even flawed, pathetic little men like Tringham to dream of plundering lands they did not know, and did not hate. They really didn't think that laws applied to them. They tried to walk the world like gods, without armies or servants or gold to protect them, and without the principle of vengeance to ennoble them.

When I knew a thing or two, pride kept me blind. I was a like a rutting buck, mind so stained I imagined "I'm a buddha." Then bit by bit I approached the truly wise-minded and saw myself a fool-- pride was a fever that finally broke.

Apathy is ascribed to the modest man, Fraud to the devout, Hypocrisy to the pure, Cruelty to the hero, Hostility to the anchorite, Fawning to the courteous man, Arrogance to the majestic, Garrulity to the eloquent, Impotence to the faithful. Does there exist any virtue Which escapes The slander of wicked men?

Pride goeth before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall

Those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.

Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces people into thinking they can't lose.

Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose.

Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose.

One of the ultimate expressions of arrogance is to think that we know ahead of time what is about to happen, and to let that cause us to become ineffective in our assigned purpose and call.

Let's face it God has a big ego problem. Why do we always have to worship him?

That's what's so great about the Internet. It allows pompous blow-hards to connect with other pompous blow-hards in a vast circle-jerk of pomposity.

What annoys the hell out of me is the arrogance of some people. They don't even listen to our music, they decided in advance that they don't like it.

Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves; vanity, to what we would have others think of us.

If I had only one sermon to preach it would be a sermon against pride.

Our vanity is hardest to wound precisely when our pride has just been wounded.

This arrogance thing... I've had that my whole life. I flip between, 'Oh really? Oh, thank you. Wow. That's amazing' and, 'Yeah! Of course I am.' They're both varying degrees of a self-defence mechanism. It can be from minute to minute that I change.