Quotes About Arrogance

Foolish is he who builds an empire where the sole foundation is of worldly clay

am not exaggerating; it can be scary to see what some people will believe in order to feel superior.

Of all the unbearable nuisances, the ignoramus that has travelled is the worst.

If you have the choice between humble and cocky, go with cocky. There's always time to be humble later, once you've been proven horrendously, irrevocably wrong.

If you have the choice between humble and cocky, go with cocky. There's always time to be humble later, once you've been proven horrendously, irrevocably wrong.

Unfortunately, as Chinese policymakers saw America as a fallen giant, they displayed arrogance when dealing with America in the immediate aftermath of the global financial crisis.

You say that your hope is in God, and he will, I am sure, stand by you. But you must not forget that you have been given worldly means to use and employ against human arrogance and wrong it is necessary to see such things with a broad mind in order to oppose them.

And walk not proudly on the earth verily thou shalt never cleave the earth, nor reach to the mountains in height

What makes you so arrogant to think that Christ's Atonement is for everyone else in the history of the world except you?

Il di lei vanto sta nel disprezzare le donne». «E il vostro nel vincere tutti gli uomini». «Tutti no». «Tutti sì».

Passe bem, ignaro, ou melhor, passe mal!

You're so vain, you probably think this song is about you.

Apple does not like to hire arrogant techies who think they know it all,

Arrogance covers up insecurities.

Hubris, thy name is Mallory -- she believed she could get away with mouthing off to the chief of D's in front of witnesses. She could not. Coffey could tell that much by the change in the atmosphere -- the dead silence of a room with too many guns in it.

there's only a razor's edge between self-confidence and hubris.

Le enseñó que «hay una línea muy fina entre la confianza en uno mismo y la soberbia.

One day, young "Dr." Welch, decked out in his fancy suit, got into his new convertible. He proceeded to put the top down and was promptly squirted with dark, grungy oil that ruined both his suit and the paint job on his beloved car. "There I was, thinking I was larger than life, and smack came the reminder that brought me back to reality. It was a great lesson.

Brutal Bosses McCall goes on to point out that when leaders feel they are inherently better than others, they may start to believe that the needs or feelings of the lesser people can be ignored. None of our fixed-mindset leaders cared much about the little guy, and many were outright contemptuous of those beneath them on the corporate ladder. Where does this lead? In the guise of "keeping people on their toes," these bosses may mistreat workers.

Time after time, as I and my fellow generals saw that our strategies weren't working, we failed to reconsider our basic assumptions. We failed to question our flawed understanding of our foe or ourselves . . . In the end, all the courage and skill in the world could not overcome ignorance and arrogance. As a general, I got it wrong. And I did so in company with my peers.

but it didn't make up for the indignity inflicted by the careless arrogance of the young.

A pior coisa é suportar um rico prepotente.

You gotta ignore people until they get in line, especially spoiled rich kids.

On the Palace of Westminster: There is a sense of entitlement that pervades this place like a colourless and odourless gas, creeping along the corridors and under every door. P.10