Quotes About Hubris

You are young and young your rule and you think that the tower in which you live is free from sorrow: from it have I not seen two tyrants thrown? The third, who now is king, I shall yet live to see him fall, of all three most suddenly, most dishonored.

False confidence often leads to disaster.

Politics is so difficult, it's generally only people who aren't quite up to the task who feel convinced they are.

In his mildly stoned stupor he forgot that hubris is more deadly than any weapon.

They have been trapped by their own inventiveness and audacity. And they must pay with their lives.

Your pretty empire took so long to build, now, with a snap of history's fingers, down it goes.

The Greeks understood this relationship between man and the machinations of the universe. Their tragedies taught us that we need to learn raw humility in the fickle face of fate. Tragic heroes marched out into the world full of pride, biased vision and a mighty capacity for self-deception. Fate ultimately brought them to their knees. The lesson for us is not that we are doomed but that we must reassess the control we think we wield.

You may come to believe that the world cannot survive without your interference, while the truth is that the world cannot survive your arrogant interference.

Ancestors who had held themselves higher than God, and had been brought lower than man.

The arrogance of ignorance.

In particular, our church will have to confront the vices of hubris, the worship of power, envy, and illusionism[28] as the roots of all evil. It will have to speak of moderation, authenticity, trust, faithfulness, steadfastness, patience, discipline, humility, modesty, contentment.[

Demek ki yaÅŸam bir tür ÅŸakayd?: kibrinden, girdiÄŸi bir iddia yüzünden her ÅŸeyi yitirmiÅŸti.

A strong sense of identity gives man an idea he can do no wrong; too little accomplishes the same.

Hubris is an incurable American disease. As incurable as the military-industrial machine that keeps coming up with the armaments that make wars seem like slam dunks, but which last for decades; wars that are fought by a very small percentage of the population and, regular effusive acknowledgement of veterans notwithstanding, can be ignored for years.

At worst, the notion that such utter disinterest represents a higher or more admirable standard is pagan hubris.

Socialismus pÃ…â"¢edstavuje osudný omyl intelektuální pýchy ?i arogance vÄ›dy.

This is the story of Isaac and his time in America, the last turning of the centuries, when the hubris of men led them to believe they could disregard even nature itself.

It was conceived out of hubris and anxiety, at a time—1903—when Britain feared it was losing the race for dominance of the passenger-ship industry.

Whenever I've had success, I never learn from it. Success usually breeds a degree of hubris. When you fail, that's when you learn.

Pride and excess bring disaster for man.

Pride is pleasure arising from a man's thinking too highly of himself.

I have a bit of pride, which is always my downfall.

When I'm considering an idea, and there is an element of hubris involved, I generally feel comfortable that it's going to be a good story. Pride goeth before a fall. It's an element of a lot of big stories.

I think scientific arrogance really does give a great degree of distrust. I think people begin to think that scientists like to believe that they can run the universe.