Quotes about Arrogance

Prayeressness is the first sign of prideful independence. We begin to trim back our secret time with God when we're feeling great about ourselves, energetic and optimistic about our future, and confident about the path we're taking. It's the first sign that we're getting full of ourselves.

Moral evil is the immorality and pain and suffering and tragedy that come because we choose to be selfish, arrogant, uncaring, hateful and abusive.

We betray our modern arrogance and forget the place of mystery in God's dealing with us.

Sadly, the truth is, there aren't many people who can be put in high positions who won't start thinking highly of themselves.

Truth without humility would be an arrogant caricature.

In the scriptures there is no such thing as righteous pride. It is always considered as a sin.

Prosperity often leads to pride, which leads to sin.

Our sin is exactly the presumption that we can know God or ourselves through our own capacities.

As we are set free by that love from our own pride and fear, our own greed and arrogance, so we are free in our turn to be agents of reconciliation and hope, or healing and love.

Pride is corrosive, and it rubs off. You're going to have a tough time developing Christlike humility and thinking of yourself with sober judgment if your close friends are arrogant, full of pride, and looking down their noses at everyone else.

Egotism is the anesthetic that dulls the pain of stupidity

Progress apart from purpose ends in arrogance.