Quotes About Arrogance

People think they're interesting. That's their first mistake.

I sorrow for your suffering, and I am sorry for my early arrogance, that assumed no one else had also suffered

As our patient beasts plodded across the sand, I allowed Emerson to remain a few feet ahead, a position he much enjoys and seldom obtains. I could see by the arrogant set of his shoulders that he fancied himself in the role of gallant commander, leading his troops; and I saw no reason to point out that no man can possibly look impressive on donkey-back, particularly when his legs are so long he must hold them out at a forty-five degree angle to keep his feet from dragging on the ground.

But we found San Salvatore, said Mrs. Arbuthnot, and it is rather silly that Mrs. Fisher should behave as if it belonged only to her. What is rather silly, said Mrs. Wilkins with much serenity, is to mind. I can't see the least point in being in authority at the price of one's liberty.

Look you not throw your music after pride: it's a rude servant, but a cruel master.

Even grief has its arrogance." "Then you have learned, my son, that vengeance belongs only to God?" "More than that, Father," said Luc. "I have learned that in God's hands vengeance is safe. However long delayed, however strangely manifested, the reckoning is sure.

It's a kind of arrogance to be so certain you're past redemption.

There was an air of obsequious insolence about the old Jew that was very offensive.

A greedy man will always find himself in the shackles of humility.

The sin which makes you sad and repentant is more liked by God than the good deed which turns you arrogant.

Humans, in their blindness, think intelligence has one path - theirs.

I have the face of a man who drinks blood, of a woman of guile and deception; of an arrogant beggar who doesn't owe you a thing.

the world is full of young men just like him—unremarkable in every regard, except for the ridiculous privilege with which they were born.

Golf is an open exhibition of overweening ambition, courage deflated by stupidity, skill scoured by a whiff of arrogance.

Nature wanted to show mankind, an irreverent, over-venturesome mankind, just how puny and pitifully helpless a thing mankind really is…

De que lhe serve, finalmente, humilhar-se diante de Deus, se, perante os homens, conserva o seu orgulho?

The remedy for selfishness is service. The remedy for arrogance is humility. The remedy for confusion is the clarity earned by living your code of values and speaking of it with others. Truth, kindness, and affirming the positive instead of emphasizing the negative are some of the value's that will help you to come back into grace.

Behind every work of art lies the enormous pretension of exhibiting one's vision of the world. If such obvious arrogance is not counterbalanced by the tribulations of doubt, all that remains is a monster who is to art what a fanatic is to faith.

Se sentir plus intelligent qu'autrui est toujours le signe d'une déficience.

L'horreur des circonstances exacerbait son orgueil. « Mon nom vaut plus que du chocolat », pensait-elle.

If you're the greatest, it's okay to say you're the greatest. My suggestion to everybody is to be their own greatest fan. Weaker personas and personalities define that as egotistical or arrogant, but what it means is their self-esteem isn't that strong.

It is from a weakness and smallness of mind that men are opinionated; and we are very loath to believe what we are not able to comprehend.

Humility is the true key to success. Successful people lose their way at times. They often embrace and overindulge from the fruits of success. Humility halts this arrogance and self-indulging trap. Humble people share the credit and wealth, remaining focused and hungry to continue the journey of success.

Ego is one of the biggest weapons that is used to take us down. It's self-destructive. It's a problem on all levels - even regular people can have big ego problems.