Sayings about Arrogance
How great man would be were he not so arrogant. ~ Hebrew Proverb
Arrogance is the capital-stock of misfortune. ~ Persian Proverb
Arrogance is habitual to the ignorant. ~ Persian Proverb
Dine with arrogance, sleep with shame. ~ Spanish Proverbs
None are more haughty than a common place person raised to power. ~ French Proverb
If you ask for directions rudely, you might end up a long distance from your destination. ~ Chinese Proverb
How can you trust anyone who doesn’t know how to blush? ~ Cuban Proverbs
Quotations about Arrogance
Hubris, arrogance is just one step ahead of loss of integrity. Because if you think you’re better than other people, you know more, then you’re going to think as many leaders have that the rules don’t apply to them. ~ Charles Koch
What is so hateful to a poor man as the purse-proud arrogance of a rich one? Let fortune shift the scene, and make the poor man rich, he runs at once into the vice that he declaimed against so feelingly; these are strange contradictions in the human character. ~ Richard Cumberland
Arrogance on the part of the meritorious is even more offensive to us than the arrogance of those without merit: for merit itself is offensive. ~ Friedrich Nietzsche
In fact, arrogance is kind of key to artistry — believing that you’re so brilliant that you deserve the right to tell a story. ~ Brandon Wagner
Early in life, I had to choose between honest arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose honest arrogance and have seen no occasions to change. ~ Frank Lloyd Wright
Nothing is so unpalatable to arrogant people as to meet with scorn where they expected an unqualified admission of superiority. ~ Charles William Day
Don’t confuse confidence with arrogance. Arrogance is being full of yourself, feeling you’re always right, and believing your accomplishments or abilities make you better than other people. People often believe arrogance is excessive confidence, but it’s really a lack of confidence. ~ Christie Hartman
It’s only arrogance if you’re wrong. ~ Author Unknown
Arrogance is an utterly appropriate weapon to use against a hostile world, a world in which arrogance is feared and respected, even if, like mine, it’s only feigned. ~ Thomas Bernhard
Arrogance is the crass second nature of moneybags. ~ Ebere Wabara
Arrogance in celebrities is like bright petals on a nectarless flower. They make them become larger than life and grudgingly desirable. Their respect value rises, and people who have to deal with them on a professional level accord them the most respect and reverence. ~ Joey Akan
Arrogant leadership is toxic to an organization. It looks like strength but is a debilitating weakness. ~ Ira Chaleff
An individual’s arrogance is always in proportion to his lack of self-assurance. ~ Otto Weininger
People dislike arrogance. There are many people who think that arrogance is the way to get respect, but they fail to understand that pride and arrogance are the precursors to failure. ~ Francis J. Kong
Arrogance is always offensive, because in demanding more than its due–for this meaning appears in the etymology of the word–it manifests a petulant and injurious disposition that disdains to be controlled by good breeding or any other restraint. ~ James Beattie
That which inspires arrogance is ignorance, caused by the heart’s blindness. ~ Saeed Malik
Arrogance is the act of the great; presumption that of the little. ~ George Crabbe
Arrogance is a by product of flattery, and entitlement the outcome of small success. ~ Tom Clark
Arrogance is a great obstruction to wisdom. ~ Bion
Arrogant people are non-learners. They invest their energies in maintaining a cozy feeling of complacency, and complacency is the biggest single enemy to the process of continuously learning from experience. ~ Peter Honey
Arrogance is one result of building self-esteem from outward sources such as financial privilege or constant praise. However, yank the external support system away, and the person’s sense of self-worth goes with it. ~ Derek Whitney
Arrogance is a self-defense tactic to disguise insecurities. ~ Caroll Michels
Arrogance boasts of itself. Humility does not. Arrogance provides a false sense of identity for its wearer. True humility positively contributes to one’s true identity. ~ Jim Valenti
Arrogance is pride polluted by the child-self. Pride is a natural and self-rewarding feeling of worth and efficacy which results from achievement. Arrogance, on the other hand, is a feeling of superiority and entitlement which completely annihilates the “we” for the “I.” ~ W. T. Watts
Arrogance is the obstruction of wisdom. ~ Bion of Smyrna
Arrogance is the counterfeit form of heavenly confidence. ~ Jim Valenti
You’re so damn arrogant. If you ever met God, the first thing you’d say is what are you doing in my chair? ~ Lisa Gardner
Pride (which is to say, arrogance) is sometimes held to be the worst of the sins and I think I agree, since so much vice and bad judgment flow from the prideful. ~ Rod Smith
Arrogance is a double edged sword. More often than not it subsumes the personalities to self-destruction as they lack the power of self-discrimination and self-examination. ~ Ravi Valluri
Arrogance is only bad when you lose. If you are winning and you are arrogant then it is self-belief. ~ Eddie Jones
Usually arrogance is a mask for a lack of confidence. People who lack confidence may display arrogance as a way of compensating for the way they feel. ~ Jay Carter & Bobbi Dempsy
The fragile line between confidence and arrogance is humility. ~ Norman E. Bowie & Meg Schneider
Because arrogance is born in personal vanity, arrogant people are driven without mercy. They can never get enough power to fill the soul’s needs or enough respect to overcome the fear that they deserve less than they are getting. ~ Lewis B. Smedes
Modesty is only arrogance by stealth. ~ Terry Pratchett
Confidence is a nice suit. Arrogance is the same suit with suspenders, Italian loafers, and gold cuff links. ~ Tim Schneider
Arrogance is not strength. Arrogance is just another mask for fear. ~ Bruce Duffy
Arrogance is the twin of a more noble impulse … a profound certainty that often yields wonderful results. ~ Matt Vella
Arrogance is in everything I do. It is in my gestures, the harshness of my voice, in the glow of my gaze, in my sinewy, tormented face. ~ Coco Chanel
Arrogance is a veneer — a thin covering of excuses hiding deep performance deficiencies. ~ Bob Lewis
Arrogance is, as it were, a solicitation on the part of one seeking honor for followers, whom he thinks he is entitled to treat with contempt. ~ Immanuel Kant
Arrogance is a mask for insecurity more often than not. Usually when somebody is acting in what you would consider to be an arrogant manner, it’s usually covering up for the opposite. ~ Anson Mount
Arrogance can have the appearance of confidence and charisma. It can make you bold and audacious. Both confidence and arrogance can lead to success. Both the confident and the arrogant are willing to take risks; to do and say things others will not. ~ Adrian Green
An arrogant man is a weak man. ~ Author Unknown
Arrogance is an unhealthy ego in need of repair. ~ Thomas Faranda
Arrogance is a way for a person to cover up shame. ~ John Bradshaw
