Quotes About Arrogance

Perhaps, in return for conquest, arrogance and spoliation, India will teach us the tolerance and gentleness of the mature mind, the quiet content of the unacquisitive soul, the calm of the understanding spirit and a unifying, pacifying love for all living things.

The eagle never lost so much time as when he submitted to learn of the crow

I love Virginians because Virginians are all snobs and I like snobs. A snob has to spend so much time being a snob that he has little time left to meddle with you.

He had been too successful, you see; his was that solitude of contempt and distrust which success brings to him who gained it because he was strong instead of merely lucky.

that adult trait of being convinced of anything by an assumption of silent superiority

Siempre son los hombres que no sirven para nada los que te dicen cómo debes hacer las cosas. Son como esos profesores de Universidad que no tienen ni un par de calcetines propios y te dicen cómo puedes hacerte millonario en poco tiempo, o esas mujeres que nunca consiguieron atrapar marido y te dicen cómo se debe educar a los hijos.

Basically they were just assholes, though, and took it as the measure of God's satisfaction with them that everybody else thought they were assholes.

You are a silly little boy,' said the Lord of the Flies, 'just an ignorant, silly little boy.

los intelectuales no pueden ser insufribles, sino hasta después de que hayan cumplido los veinticinco años; eso está en nuestros estatutos.»

An examination of the work of the social doctors, however, shows that they are only more ignorant and more presumptuous than other people. We

Oh, believe me. The greatest egos are those which are too egotistical to show just how egotistical they are.

Play not the peacock, looking everywhere about you to see if you be well decked, if your shoes fit well, if your stockings set neatly and clothes handsomely.

he abhorred these self-righteous, self-appointed arbiters of morality. He called them "the Anvil Chorus," pointing out that every new development in history had drawn the fear and suspicion of people like them.

Modesty is attended with profit, arrogance brings on destruction.

the fourth villain of decision making is overconfidence. People think they know more than they do about how the future will unfold.

Sometimes, people can also project "snobbish thoughts." They do not have to make offensive and belittling remarks but their actions project negative thoughts that you are stupid, uncultured, useless or that you cannot be trusted. People with deep-seated feelings of inferiority but having a limited degree of success may feel the need to psychologically chop others down. Some people belonging to the so-called "upper social class" also do this.

Inner Purification or Character Building is extremely important. Without thorough continuous Character Building, a disciple will spiritually fall. This is exactly what happened to some of MCKS' disciples. They did not focus enough on Character Building and spiritually fell because of pride, self delusion, arrogance, greed and dishonesty.

I'll leave," I retorted, finally regaining my cool, "but if the other customers are scared of anything, it's your own contumeliousness." "My what?" she asked, looking perplexed. "It's a vocabulary word," I said triumphantly. "Look it up.

Wise leaders court hunger like a muse, and they summon her continuously. Complacency, arrogance, malevolence, apathy, and comfort can easily chase her away.

Ihr überhebt euch über alles und alle, das verstellt euch den Blick für das, was wirklich ist, auch dafür, wie ihr wirklich seid.

It is arrogance to believe you can know all things. Perhaps you are right. But perhaps you are not.

I'm afraid to write to your father: he criticizes my spelling," sneered Henny. "And it appears I know nothing about geography. Hang his stuck-up conceit.

Till swollen with cunning, of a self-conceit, His waxen wings did mount above his reach, And, melting, Heavens conspir'd his overthrow.

Simon had the awesome charisma of one who was born for greatness; if accompanied by the detestable arrogance of one who knew it.