Quotes About Arrogance

The most valuable of all human possessions, next to a superior and disdainful air, is the reputation of being well-to-do.

I had gone through life thinking that I was better than everyone else and at the same time, being afraid of everyone. I was afraid to be me.

Essentially, pride is a 'my will' rather than 'thy will' approach to life.

Yes, I will try to be. Because I believe that not being is arrogant.

I have no place in my life for someone who is sure he can do everything. --Steelmind

The fool,fixed in his folly,may think He can turn the wheel on which he turns.

Those with low self-esteem tend to have highly developed egos; they long to be Best at every Thing and valued highly by everyone they meget, and imavine their ego is repressed, weak and needs boosting

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And Englishmen like posing as gods.

Uma noite, pouco antes das dez horas, escapou-se para Trinity e aguardou no Grande Claustro que os portões se fechassem atrás dele. (...) Estava no meio de homens de Trinity - todos de imensa inteligência e cultura. O grupo de Maurice gozava com Trinity, mas não podiam ignorar o seu esplendor arrogante, ou negar a superioridade que mal se dá ao trabalho de se afirmar. ----------------------------------------------------- P.38, MAURICE, E.M. FORSTER

One of the surprising things in this world is the respect a worthless man has for himself.

The Tower of Babel didn't work out well for anyone involved, but like the bulk of the Bible, that story was just a fairy tale, and a pretty boring one at that.

Gratuitous telling betrays three kinds of arrogance: (1) that you think you know more than the person you're telling, (2) that your knowledge is the correct knowledge, and (3) that you have the right to structure other people's experience for them.

The arrogance of age must submit to be taught by youth.

Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods." [Preface to Brissot's Address to His Constituents (1794)]

this particular category of asshole compounds temerity with obliviousness.

Los idiotas siempre están seguros de todo, salvo de lo idiotas que son.

You can always tell a Harvard man, but you can't tell him much.

The Ugly American

Egotism, n: Doing the New York Times crossword puzzle with a pen.

A man's pride shall bring him low: but honor shall uphold the humble in spirit.

And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.

Swallow your pride occasionally, it's non-fattening!

Ignoranus: A person who's both stupid and an asshole.