Overconfidence And Arrogance Quotes & Sayings

Better not perceive yourselves too high, O humans.
We only value mankind as our experimentation object. — Toba Beta

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 talents. — Zhuangzi

No civilization, no matter how mighty it may appear to itself, is indestructible. — Niall Ferguson

Sometimes it's difficult to accept, to recognise one's own mistakes, but one must do it. I was guilty of overconfidence and arrogance, and I was punished for that. — Mikhail Gorbachev

As we neared the watering hole, I saw lions sprawled at the base of the acacia tree, relaxing in the shade. Many, many lions. If a group of lions is normally called a pride, then this was, at the very least, an overconfidence. Possibly an arrogance. — Dixie Lyle

Like all vain men, he had moments of unreasonable confidence. — Warren Eyster