Arrogance Quotes

The biggest turn-off for me is people who think the world of themselves. Arrogance is not a sexy quality, and it really gets on my nerves.

There is a danger that threatens everyone in the church, all of us. The danger of worldliness. It leads us to vanity, arrogance and pride.

Modesty and reverence are no less virtues of freemen than the democratic feeling which will submit neither to arrogance nor to servility.

Is it arrogance if one is truly superior?

Arrogance repels the Lord; humility attracts the Lord.

So you see, in the end, it is nearly certain that the power of prediction must triumph over the arrogance of elegance.

At times, Singer Johnny Cash rubbed dirt from the earth under his fingernails in order to avoid any arrogance which might stem from his fame, by reminding himself of his roots and origins.

The arrogance of men never ceases to amaze me. You all think everything has to do with you, and every woman has to desire you.

If the wine drinker has a deep gentleness in him, he will show that when drunk. But if he has hidden anger and arrogance, those appear.

What incredible arrogance to believe that we limited human beings can destroy that which we cannot even begin to understand - much less create on our own - and that is earth and all of its glories.

Vulgar and inactive minds confound familiarity with knowledge, and conceive themselves informed of the whole nature of things, when they are shown their form or told their use.

Mainstream media: 80% stuff someone told them. 10% stupidity. 10% arrogance.

Men can comfortably claim credit for what they do as long as they don't veer into arrogance. For women, taking credit comes at a real social and professional cost.

A little arrogance in the hands of the capable is well earned - and in most case, deserved.

The arrogance of some Christians would close heaven to them if, to their misfortune, it existed.

There's arrogance for you. I think all artists insert themselves into their subject matter.

[Donald] Trump's own arrogance gets in the way. It's as if he steps on his own tongue regularly.

I am guilty of stupidity, arrogance, and greed.

If arrogance were shoes, he'd never go barefoot.

You lose the arrogance you need to be successful, but you need that arrogance because the second someone sees that side of you and chip at it, it's over.

Language can never 'pin down' slavery, genocide, war. Nor should it yearn for the arrogance to be able to do so. Its force, its felicity, is in its reach toward the ineffable.

There is no more certain sign of a narrow mind, of stupidity, and of arrogance, than to stand aloof from those who think differently from us.

Arrogance cometh before reality.

There is a bit of arrogance with 'Hollywood' types that doesn't sit well with game developers.

You can only manage to convince a person to admit to being wrong, not ignorant, arrogant, or stupid.

Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods." (1794)]

Ah, but I was so much older thenI’m younger than that now

There are more things in heaven and earth...than are dreamt of by your philosophy.

Understanding the consequence of sin and arrogance should motivate every Christian to pray for repentance and revival.

Harshaw had the arrogant humility of the man who has learned so much that he is aware of his own ignorance and he saw no point in 'measurements' when he did not know what he was measuring.

Brag is a good dog, but Holdfast is a better.

He was the sort of man who only wanted to be told what he already assumed was true.

Deeply convinced of the reality of the divine will, he (Lincoln) had no patience at all with any who were perfectly sure they knew the details of the divine will.

Early in life I had to choose between honest arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose honest arrogance and have seen no occasion to change.

His (Lincoln's) patriotism was saved from idolatry by the overwhelming sense of the sovereignty of God.

Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the

Dominance can be a tempration to division. "There are so many of us, we can afford to fight amongst ourselves.

There's one thing worse than a failed old religion: a naïve and arrogant new one.

I should prefer that you do not mention my name at all in connection with this case, as I choose to be only associated with those crimes which present some difficulty in their solution.

An arrogant person considers himself perfect. This is the chief harm of arrogance. It interferes with a person's main task in life - becoming a better person.

Early in life I had to choose between honest arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose the former and have seen no reason to change.

if you think you know all that somebody knows, you shall least know all that somebody knows. If you think you least know all that somebody knows, you shall really know all that somebody knows.

​Let your pretence of arrogance grow big as a Dinosaur, so that the fake intellectuals start to realize their true inferiority in front of you.

Consider an achievement accidental if it is not coupled with modesty. Because if the achiever had endeavoured for it, it would certainly have killed their pride.

Arrogance is the last thing to die

God save me from fools with a little philosophy—no one is more difficult to reach.

Glory of the world makes life meaningless. Glory of God fulfills it.

Smartass Disciple: Why do arrogant people like to say complex words ?Master of Stupidity: Ask them straight! You'll get a simple scary version.

... It's the rareGod who needs less stroking that a rockStar or poetician ...

Knowledge is as infinite as the universe. The man who claims to know all only reveals to all that he really knows nothing.