39 Inspirational Arrogant Quotes For Being Humble

1. “You can have a certain arrogance, and I think that’s fine, but what you should never lose is the respect for the others.” ― Steffi Graf

2. “Sometimes it’s difficult to accept, to recognize one’s own mistakes, but one must do it. I was guilty of overconfidence and arrogance, and I was punished for that.” ― Mikhail Gorbachev

3. “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.” ― Leo Tolstoy

4. “Without the compassionate understanding of the fear and trepidation that lie behind courageous speech, we are bound only to our arrogance.” ― David Whyte

5. “A prig is a fellow who is always making you a present of his opinions.” ― George Eliot

6. “Learning and innovation go hand in hand. The arrogance of success is to think that what you did yesterday will be sufficient for tomorrow.” ― William Pollard

7. “In hindsight, I slid into arrogance based upon past success.” ― Reed Hastings

8. “Modesty is only arrogance by stealth.” ― Terry Pratchett

9. “Arrogance – I have very little tolerance for that.” ― Rita Moreno

10. “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

11. “It is not a sign of arrogance for the king to rule. That is what he is there for.” ― William F. Buckley, Jr.

12. “There are two kinds of pride, both good and bad. ‘Good pride’ represents our dignity and self-respect. ‘Bad pride’ is the deadly sin of superiority that reeks of conceit and arrogance.” ― John C. Maxwell

13. “Success can breed all kinds of other behavior and cause companies to behave a certain way that isn’t necessarily the ingredients for achieving more success. For instance, with success comes arrogance, and that’s typically the death of success.” ― Bob Iger

14. “Arrogance leads to disaster, sometimes it’s better not to be your own master.” ― Luke Garner

15. “You never really learn much from hearing yourself speak.” ― George Clooney

16. “Arrogance is a weed that grows mostly on a dunghill.” ― Arab Proverb

17. “Pretend inferiority and encourage his arrogance.” ― Sun Tzu

18. “Be careful not to mistake insecurity and inadequacy for humility! Humility has nothing to do with the insecure and inadequate! Just like arrogance has nothing to do with greatness!” – C. JoyBell C.

19. “Arrogance is a creature. It does not have senses. It has only a sharp tongue and the pointing finger.” ― Toba Beta

20. “A solid answer to everything is not necessary. Blurry concepts influence one to focus, but postulated clarity influences arrogance.” ― Criss Jami

21. “I see myself capable of arrogance and brutality… That’s a fierce thing, to discover within yourself that which you despise the most in others.” ― George Stevens

22. “My success isn’t a result of arrogance – it’s a result of belief.” ― Conor McGregor

23. “People who worship only themselves get a slick, polished look, like monuments. Too bad they had to go so soon.” ― Vanna Bonta

24. “Arrogance is not the prerogative of the gifted.” ― Andy Hargreaves

25. “Never mistake arrogance for intellect.” ― D.B. Harrop

26. “Pride is the mother of arrogance.” ― Toba Beta

27. “Arrogance is founded in weakness and feeds on insecurity.” ― Anonymous

28. “Arrogance and ignorance go hand in hand.” ― Metallica

29. “Arrogance is trying to convince others you’re more than who they know you are.” ― Bianca Frazier

30. “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

31. “Do not let arrogance go to your head and despair to your heart; do not let compliments go to your head and criticisms to your heart; do not let success go to your head and failure to your heart.” ― Roy T. Bennett

32. “I’ve turned arrogance into an art form, where it’s so absurd that it becomes comedy. But I’ve never done anything to hurt anybody or steal from anyone.” ― John Lydon

33. “Man in his arrogance thinks himself a great work, worthy of the interposition of a deity. More humble, and I believe truer, to consider him created from animals.” ― Charles Darwin

34. “Early in life I had to choose between honest arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose the former and have seen no reason to change.” ― Frank Lloyd Wright

35. “I like to think that my arrogance, impetuosity, impatience, selfishness and greed are the qualities that make me the lovable chap I am.” ― Richard Hammond

36. “There are two circumstances that lead to arrogance: one is when you’re wrong and you can’t face it; the other is when you’re right and nobody else can face it.” ― Criss Jami

37. “The only thing more dangerous than ignorance is arrogance.” ― Albert Einstein

38. “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.” ― Pixie Lott

39. “Blinded by his arrogance, he failed to see the truth.” ― Oshiego

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