Quotes About Arrogance

The biggest obstacle that stalls leaders' growth is the human ego. When leaders start to think they know it all, they stop growing.

But I think bands that rolled in with a big attitude, like they were some big deal, I just found that very strange.

Exercising power can do strange things to people. You can become convinced that you're irreplaceable. You can become convinced that you're always right. And I think the danger is the longer you stay in power, the more likely that is to happen.

I see the God complex around me all the time in my fellow economists. I see it in our business leaders. I see it in the politicians we vote for — people who, in the face of an incredibly complicated world, are nevertheless absolutely convinced that they understand the way that the world works.

Pride is a dangerous indulgence. -Temple Master Lha-Mi

Washington was a small town run by people who believed that they lived in the center of the universe.

I'd forgotten how arrogant people are in the theater, I'm agreeing to starve for a year and he seems to think I should be pleased to have the part.

If you let pride stop you, you will hate life

Stay humble or get humbled.

no tienes paciencia para leer algo, no tengas la arrogancia de comentarlo.»

the human moral standpoint itself shares in fallen human hubris.

Indeed, if pride would cease there would be no sin anywhere.

Self-Righteousness

Self-righteousness is your own personal defense attorney.

A nationalist encourages us to be our worst, and then tells us that we are the best.

Eeeh, sono un fenomeno. In tutti i sensi, del resto. Lo so che è dura essere bello, intelligente e superdotato, ma qualcuno deve pur farlo

young Harry was known to his mother's staff as a contrarian who did the opposite of what he was told. As he grew up he became increasingly undisciplined. His father and his wider family watched helplessly as the boy refused to behave and rejected education. After he unsuccessfully tried to pass his entrance exam to Eton, his relations recognised that Harry's ignorance was spilling over into arrogance. That reality was concealed during Diana's funeral.

people who hated cats were often control freaks who felt the world owed them a living.

I take offence if I'm called arrogant, because I've been brought up in a family that does not endorse arrogance.

Everyone has an ego. Even someone that doesn't play one minute has an ego.

Maidana is one-dimensional and not in my league. I'm a Ferrari and he's a go-kart, and my fans will see that.

The surest way to be deceived is to consider oneself cleverer than others.

Success hasn't changed me at all. I'm still the same cocky, arrogant guy I've always been. The only difference now is that I'm busy all the time.