Quotes About Arrogance And Selfishness

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

M.F. Moonzajer

#2. Declare your jihad on thirteen enemies you cannot see - Egoism, Arrogance, Conceit, Selfishness, Greed, Lust, Intolerance, Anger, Lying, Cheating, Gossiping and Slandering. If you can master and destroy them, then will be ready to fight the enemy you can see.

Al-Ghazali

#3. Many said selfishness was the flaw of our modern age; but then self-conceit emerged from a corner of the deepest hell to join selfishness.

Franz Grillparzer

#4. When we spend money we lose them forever, when we give them away, we will have them forever.

Debasish Mridha

#5. In order to live a life truly worth living you had to have strength in the face of adversity, patience when confronted by challenge, and bravery in the face of fear. As Sandy Portman I had used arrogance in the face of fear, disdain in the face of challenge, and selfishness in the face of adversity.

Linda Francis Lee

#6. Oh, I know that. You know me, baby, I cannot be broken. Takes a giant to snap me in half.

Zadie Smith

#7. The embarrassment of a situation can, once you are over it, be the funniest time in your life. And I suppose a lot of my comedy comes from painful moments or experiences in life, and you just flip them on their head.

Miranda Hart

#8. The main thing about the novel that is totally fascinating: It's not possessed by the writer; it's possessed by the reader.

Jane Smiley

#9. I was tormenting myself last night with the insomnia and anyone who has insomnia knows that it often leads to anxiety and getting mad at ourselves, which makes it worse. And it's not just insomnia, in many instances in life.

Jai Uttal

#10. Financial security is a constant in my life. I allow my income to constantly expand, no matter what the newspapers and economists say. I move beyond my present income, and I go beyond the economic forecasts. I do not listen to people out there telling me how far I can go or what I can do.

Louise Hay

#11. Selfishness squelches love.

Todd Stocker

#12. You do not respond to an attempt on your life with a slap on the hand. Or a joke.

Cinda Williams Chima

#13. Whether it's as the hero of an adventure story, as teacher and friend, as icon on watch, shirt or hat - everyone knows Mickey Mouse.

Warren Spector

#14. I served at the Pentagon and at Fort Leavenworth - my job was video cameraman, and that allowed me to travel to places like Korea, Japan, Alaska, Germany and the Netherlands.

Chad Coleman

#15. Meanwhile, it's who you are inside that counts anyway. If you have God-confidence, you're going to look, act, and feel good about yourself because that's just how God made you. Concentrate on God and who He wants you to be.

Nancy Rue

#16. The spirit of arrogance most definitely makes you shine. It paints a bright red target on your own forehead.

Criss Jami

#17. I do wish that I had gone to college, just for the simple fact that knowing more than one approach makes you more well-rounded. But I still can't say knowing what I know now, that I would have done it any differently.

Meagan Good

#18. Don't worry so much about 'not supposed to'.

Joanne Harris

#19. Don't feel better than anybody, because you feel like something. Always have it at the back of your mind that you were nothing before you became something, and that thing you supposed to be is absolutely nothing.

Michael Bassey Johnson

#20. Love created this world, & the lack of it can kill it. Selfishness, self-absorption , arrogance & indifference never built anything.

John Hope Bryant

#21. If you can be free from pride, self-pity, self-centeredness, selfishness, jealousy, envy, intolerance, impatience, greed, gluttony, lust, sloth, arrogance, and dishonesty, then there is a state of serenity and connectedness within.

Russell Brand

#22. I like to think that my arrogance, impetuosity, impatience, selfishness and greed are the qualities that make me the lovable chap I am.

Richard Hammond

#23. I was consumed by a selfishness and arrogance that I didn't dare let go of until I found a new persona to hide behind.

Dorothy Koomson