Through life, I want to walk gently. I want to treat all of life – the earth and its people – with reverence. I want to remove my shoes in the presence of holy ground....

I overreacted to praise, signing an autograph. I’d write a check to buy it back.

I was accused of always acting superior. Always means being, not acting.

Of all the major religions, or lack thereof, the atheist’s is one of the best pretenders: his foundation for all existences, as well as moral behaviors for the permanent good of mankind, begins at science...

Ignorance is a horrible thing. But arrogance, the belief that knowing a little more than the ignorant makes you wise, is more horrible still.

It’s typical of their arrogance.

I think if a woman describes herself as a brilliant cook, she’s a bit full of herself.

It’s fallacious reasoning for the atheist to hate all religion due to men who manipulate religion to fit their own agendas. They are counterparts, therefore, if Truth is true, partners in crime. To believers, the...

A medical man likes to make psychological observations, and sometimes in the pursuit of such studies is too easily tempted into momentous prophecy which life and death easily set at nought.

Arrogance is perhaps the most socially acceptable form of sin in the church today. In this culture of abundance, one of the only ways Satan can keep Christians neutralized is to wrap us up in...

You already beat yourself up for enough things that aren’t your fault. People who care don’t want to add to that.” He paused, and then added gently, “But you assumed it was about you.” I...

It is common knowledge among psychologists that most of us underrate ourselves, short-change ourselves, sell ourselves short. Actually, there is no such thing as a superiority complex. People who seem to have one are actually...

Life entertains humble men by giving men with below average looks (intellect, knowledge, etc.) an above average self-esteem.

Problem with an old friend who is too busy: he always perceives you as if never changed.

It happens very often that those whom men esteem highly are more seriously endangered by their own excessive confidence. Hence, for many it is better not to be too free from temptations, but often to...

People who worship only themselves get a slick, polished look — like monuments. Too bad they had to go so soon.

Science is a form of arrogance control.

[Soetsu Yanagi’s] main criticism of individual craftsmen and modern artists is that they are overproud of their individualism. I think I am right in saying Yanagi’s belief was that the good artist of craftsman has...

Arrogance is thinking you are above someone else, Confidence is knowing no one is above you.

Simply minding one’s own business is more offensive than being intrusive. Without ever saying a word one can make a person feel less-than.

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

With insufferable vanity had she believed herself in the secret of everybody’s feelings; with unpardonable arrogance proposed to arrange everybody’s destiny. She was proved to have been universally mistaken; and she had not quite done...

Two times twice now, I have been called arrogant, by the decadent.I’d rather be overly self confident, rather than overly self indulgent.

Those who incessantly underestimate people will one day experience an incident that would make them want to plead everyone they had offended in the world.

…If there’s one thing I’m well versed in it’s my own good qualities.

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

How strange that he should feel trapped by plans he himself had set in motion.

Modesty is only arrogance by stealth.

The blessed London attack was one which al Qaida was honoured to launch against the British Crusader’s arrogance and against the American Crusader aggression on the Islamic nation for 100 years.

How can one absolve intelligent men for engaging in arrogant and demented folly?

The typical atheist rebels against God as a teenager rebels against his parents. When his own desires or standards are not fulfilled in the way that he sees fit, he, in revolt, storms out of...

When we look for success, it should be for the sole purpose of boasting sincerely in Christ. There’s no other reason for it. Success is only worth it when the more intense it gets for...

In the Blue Room, Cora Cash was trying to concentrate on her book. Cora found most novels hard to sympathise with — all those plain governesses — but this one had much to recommend it....

All the roads of the haughty man lead to arrogance!

I do not punish my enemies with arrogance; I punish ,them, undoubtedly more subtle – with devoted respect.

But how can anyone put a bridle on man’s vanity and arrogance? But how can Purity walk the earth without covering her feet with mud?

I once got lost in a dark woods with no supplies.Struggling to deal with nature, beasts and storms,that was time when I lost my arrogance as human.

Don’t you know about the praying mantis that waved its arms angrily in front of an approaching carriage, unaware that they were incapable of stopping it? Such was the high opinion it had of its...

The only sin is pride.

The prudent man always studies seriously and earnestly to understand whatever he professes to understand, and not merely to persuade other people that he understands it; and though his talents may not always be very...

Ah! how little knowledge does a man acquire in his life. He gathers it up like water, but like water it runs between his fingers, and yet, if his hands be but wet as though...

When everyone believes they are the life coaches, who are the players?

Arrogant and ignorant go together like peanut butter and jelly. Would you like a sandwich?

We weren’t angry. The captain kept cutting us off. He had a smirk on his face. His arrogance was awful.

Arrogance and selfishness are not the only reasons behind our loneliness, but most often we used to be alone because of them.

Someone who is determinedly trying to show God how good he or she is is likely to become an insufferable prig.

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

If you feel deserve to judge the arrogant,it’s a sign that you’re so far of humbleness.

Take these things to heart, my son, I warn you.All men make mistakes, it is only human.But once the wrong is done, a mancan turn his back on folly, misfortune too,if he tries to make...

Money isn’t the solution to your problems. It only lets you carry your unhappiness around in style.