Quotes about Hubris

Vain war with Heaven; and, by success untaught, His proud imaginations thus displayed:—

They said to God, ‘Depart from us. What can the Almighty do to us?’

Through pride the devil became the devil. Pride leads to every vice, it's the complete anti-God state of mind.

Woe unto them who are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!… Therefore, as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust, because they have cast away the law of the Lord of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.

The terror you cause and the pride of your heart have deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks, O occupiers of the mountain summit. Though you elevate your nest like the eagle, even from there I will bring you down,” declares the LORD.

But you will be brought down to Sheol, to the lowest depths of the Pit.

Woe to him who builds his house by unjust gain, to place his nest on high and escape the hand of disaster!

The ordinary is not good enough for us; our hubris wants something grandiose. But the ordinary done in obedience to Christ is beautiful, inspired, and oftentimes heroic.

I will ascend above the tops of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.”

Knowing without loving is frankly dangerous for the soul and for society. You'll critique most everything you encounter and even have the hubris to call this mode of reflexive cynicism "thinking

Pride goes before destruction.

They have closed their callous hearts; their mouths speak with arrogance.