Quotes about Arrogance

There is no worse screen to block out the Spirit than confidence in our own intelligence.

As soon as there was two there was pride

I don't know how a lot of these nations existed as long as they have till we could get some of our people around and show 'em how to be good and pure like us.

I hate mankind, for I think myself one of the best of them, and I know how bad I am.

Complete independence does not mean arrogant isolation or a superior disdain for all help.

Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose.

Never be haughty to the humble, never be humble to the haughty.

Will we act, or will we sit on our hands? I don't want to show up on that day only to hear God say, "This nation—where is My church? There's still too much sin, too much covenant with Baal, too much pornography, too much perversion, too much materialism, greed, pride, and arrogance. They have missed their hour of grace; only judgment awaits.

how much did pride count in the ebullition of passions in his breast?

Yet weakness—or neediness—is a valuable asset in God's community. Jesus introduced a new era in which weakness is the new strength. Anything that reminds us that we are dependent on God and other people is a good thing. Otherwise, we trick ourselves into thinking that we are self-sufficient, and arrogance is sure to follow. We need help, and God has given us his Spirit and each other to provide it.

We crave autonomy. Autonomy is closely linked to arrogance. They are both expressions of human pride, but autonomy suggests that we want to be separate from more than over. We want to establish the rules rather than submit to the lordship of the living God. This was the essence of Adam's original sin. We want to interpret the world according to our system of thought. We want to establish our own parallel universe, separate from God's.

How many crimes are committed simply because their authors could not endure being wrong.