40 Quotes About Arrogance and Ignorance

The more we pursue big ideas, the most we realize how ignorant we are. Essentially this high quality ignorance points us to consider how much we should value what we do not know. Here is a look at some of these great quotes about arrogance and ignorance that are encouraging.

“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.”

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

“An exceedingly confident student would in theory make a terrible student. Why would he take school seriously when he feels that he can outwit his teachers?”

“Arrogance is a creature. It does not have senses.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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!”

“Class is an aura of confidence that is being sure without being cocky. Class has nothing to do with money. Class never runs scared.”

“Declare your jihad on thirteen enemies you cannot see -egoism, arrogance, conceit, selfishness, greed, lust, intolerance, anger, lying, cheating, gossiping and slandering.”

“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.”

“During the flames of controversy, opinions, mass disputes, conflict, and world news, sometimes the most precious, refreshing, peaceful words to hear amidst all the chaos are simply and humbly ‘I don’t know.”

“Early in my career…I had to choose between an honest arrogance and a hypercritical humility… I deliberately choose an honest arrogance, and I’ve never been sorry.”

“He knows nothing; and he thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political career.”

“Humility is, in a sense, admitting how egotistical you are.”

“I am incapable of mediocrity.”

“I have been called arrogant myself in my time, and hope to earn the title again, but to claim that I am privy to the secrets of the universe and its creator – that’s beyond my conceit.”

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

“In some situations, if you say nothing, you are called dull; if you talk, you are thought impertinent and arrogant. It is hard to know what to do in this case. ”

“It has only a sharp tongue and the pointing finger.”

“It is the certainty that they possess the truth that makes men cruel.”

“It is unfortunate that when you want to make some people feel like human beings, they begin to take you as an animal.”

“It’s much easier on the emotions when one sees life as an experiment rather than a struggle for popularity.”

“Modesty is only arrogance by stealth.”

“Naive people tend to generalize people as—-good, bad, kind, or evil based on their actions. ”

“People love answers, but only as long as they are the ones who came up with them.”

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

“Pride is the mother of arrogance.”

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

“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.”

“The biggest challenge after success is shutting up about it.”

“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.”

“Those who travel to mountain-tops are half in love with themselves, and half in love with oblivion.”

“When you claim to be what you’re not, you’re deliberately killing opportunities, because those who would have help will shun you, thinking that you had it all already.”

“Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods.”

“Without humor, we’d all be what we’re laughing at. Without arrogance, we’d be humiliated to admit we already are.”

“Women have served all these centuries as looking glasses possessing the magic and delicious power of reflecting the figure of man at twice its natural size.”

“Women scheme when they are weak, they lie out of fear. Men scheme when they are strong, they lie out of arrogance.”

“You can be yourself without pursuing yourself. Have you ever seen a dog chase his own tail? He just runs in circles.”

“You can’t let the truth bring out the worst and let it get the best of you.”

“You never really learn much from hearing yourself speak.”

Being arrogant and ignorant requires a small unique difference in characteristics. Have you ever considered which group you may belong too?