Quotes About Arrogance

Perhaps one aspect of arrogance lies in not being willing to accept what life sometimes expects one to accept.

sigh, for her returning life was a tonic to his soul. Whatever she suffered, whatever loss came to her, she would throw it off, for it was not in her nature to go under. Although she was the woman and he a fierce and sometimes arrogant man, hers was the stronger nature because the more pliant. That did not mean that she did not feel Julia's death as deeply and as bitterly, but he saw that she would recover first.

But injustice, arrogance, displayed in the hour of triumph, will never be forgotten or forgiven.

I hate Indians. They are a beastly people with a beastly religion

Già splende il bosco nelle Ardenne. Non avvicinarti a me. Sciocca, sciocca, ho praticato il mondo.

I disagreed. I disagreed with the unquestioning confidence of the truly ignorant

After all, would the world really miss this fatuous little suppository, with his preening self-confidence and emetic cuteness?

Al principio trataba de jugar con los otros, pero uno acepta cierto número de rechazos, hasta que se convierte en un solitario arrogante, de modo que parezca que se alejó primero.

Assuming he had knowledge and wealth to leave to his descendants was mere arrogance, Yoshiro now realized.

Adults arrogantly talked about whether food tasted good or not, as if a gourmet sensibility put you in a superior class of people

The obsession with putting ourselves at the centre of everything is the bane not only of theologians but also of zoologists.

The man who prays is the one who thinks that god has arranged matters all wrong, but who also thinks that he can instruct god how to put them right.

I am thoroughly convinced that these ignorant humans really think us other animals exist just to entertain them. How egotistical can they be?

If you begin to rely upon yourself and become arrogant in your skill, that is the day you will fall.

Uw geloof is niets meer dan grootheidswaan, getolereerd door de gemeenschap.

Aside from a few odd words in Hebrew, I took it completely for granted that God had never spoken anything but the most dignified English.

Pride sullies the noblest character.

The one thing the English can't stand is someone getting above themselves.

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Both sides can make very strong cases for their positions, but sadly both sides have become arrogant and much too certain of their positions. Probably most of you who read this chapter will look at the verses on the other side (of your position) and say, "I can answer those verses easily." No, you can't! You are imposing the grid of your system on those passages that challenge you so that you won't have to be challenged. Let me give an example.

But I like not these great success of yours for I know how jealous are the gods.

He asked, 'Croesus, who told you to attack my land and meet me as an enemy instead of a friend?' The King replied, 'It was caused by your good fate and my bad fate. It was the fault of the Greek gods, who with their arrogance, encouraged me to march onto your lands. Nobody is mad enough to choose war whilst there is peace. During times of peace, the sons bury their fathers, but in war it is the fathers who send their sons to the grave.

Whatever happens, we have got The Maxim gun, and they have not.

He is not a man wedded to action, Boleyn, but rather a man who stands by, smirking and stroking his beard; he thinks he looks enigmatic, but instead he looks as if he's pleasuring himself.