786 Quotes About Arrogance

Arrogance is false confidence. It is born from insecurity. Haider pretends to be unafraid. He pretends to be crueler than he is. He lies easily. Than makes him unpredictable and, in som ways, a more dangerous opponent. But the majority of the time his actions are inspired by fear. And that makes him weak.

Confidence is when you believe in yourself and your abilities, arrogance is when you think you are better than others and act accordingly. You could say that arrogance is false confidence and that the person displaying it is overcompensating for their inner inadequacies.

They’ve got us surrounded again, those poor bastards

Much to the confusion of small-minded people, confidence does not equate arrogance.

Many say that it is ethnocentric to claim that our religion is superior to others. Yet isn't that very statement ethnocentric? Most non-Western cultures have no problem saying that their culture and religion is best. The idea that it is wrong to do so is deeply rooted in Western traditions of self-criticism and individualism. To charge others with the "sin" of ethnocentrism is really a way of saying, "Our culture's approach to other cultures is superior to yours.

No one is is sure of his premise as the man who knows too little.

Any man who thinks he has it all figured out is a fool and cannot be trusted.

All this visible greatness was really one with Nineveh and Tyre.

Who in this mad world is stupider than the person who always needs to be right?