Quotes about Hubris

Man was never meant to be a god, but he is forever trying to deify himself.

But Pride always means enmity -- it is enmity. And not only enmity between man and man, but enmity to God.

There is but a step between a proud man's glory and his disgrace.

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.

It is the pride of kings that throws man kind into confusion.

Our hubris needs to be downsized, thinking that profiteering on Earth, on whatever level - environmentally, economically, culturally - is unlimited and everybody should get as much as he wants or she wants. Humans need to be shrunk again to their actual size.

Pride costs us more than hunger, thirst, and cold.

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

He knows nothing; he thinks he knows everything - that clearly points to a political career.

The man who glories in his luck may be overthrown by destiny.

Proud people breed sad sorrows for themselves.

It is scarcely credible to what degree discernment may be dazzled by the mist of pride, and wisdom infatuated by the intoxication of flattery.