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If we’re an arrogant nation, they’ll resent us. If we’re a humble nation, but strong, they’ll welcome us.
George W. Bushborn 1946Presidential debate (11 October 2000).
- America
If God has bestowed on us any excellent gift, we imagine it to be our own achievement; and we swell and even burst with pride.
John Calvin1509–1564Golden Booklet of the True Christian Life (1551), Page 32.
It is always the secure who are humble.
G. K. Chesterton1874–1936The Defendant (1901)
Whatever may be the reason, we all do warmly respect humility — in other people.
G. K. Chesterton1874–1936The Defendant (1901)
- Comedy
There is a paradox in pride: it makes some men ridiculous, but prevents others from becoming so.
CCCharles Caleb Colton1777–1832
Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.
CCCharles Caleb Colton1777–1832Lacon (1820), Volume 1, Vol. I; CCCCXXIV
- Fame
Vanity plays lurid tricks with our memory
Joseph Conrad1857–1924Lord Jim (1900), Chapter 41In context
People accuse me of being arrogant all the time. I’m not arrogant, I’m focused.
Russell Croweborn 1964Los Angeles Times (October 31, 1999)
Every morning upon awakening, I experience a supreme pleasure: that of being Salvador Dalí, and I ask myself, wonderstruck, what prodigious thing will he do today, this Salvador Dalí.
Salvador Dalí1904–1989Diary of a Genius (Journal d’un génie, 1964)
Man in his arrogance thinks himself a great work worthy the interposition of a deity. More humble, and I believe truer, to consider him created from animals.
Charles Darwin1809–1882“Notebook C” (1838), pp. 196–197
- Science
Dignity, and even holiness too, sometimes, are more questions of coat and waistcoat than some people imagine.
Charles Dickens1812–1870Oliver Twist (1838), Chapter XXXVIIIn context
- Character
An awareness of our smallness may help to redeem us from the arrogance which is the besetting sin of the scientists.
Freeman Dyson1923–2020Infinite in All Directions (1988), Ch. 1: In Praise of Diversity
- Science
It’s said that Chaplin wanted you to like him, but Keaton didn’t care. I think he cared, but was too proud to ask.
Roger Ebert1942–2013The Great Movies Essay Collections, Vol. II (2005), p. 94
- Movies
Dealing with egotists is so corrupting because we gradually fall into their mistakes out of self-defense.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach1830–1916Aphorisms (1880/1893), p. 45.
When man humbles himself, God cannot restrain His mercy; He must come down and pour His grace into the humble man, and He gives Himself most of all, and all at once, to the least of all.
Meister Eckhart1260–1328Meister Eckhart’s Sermons (1909), Sermon III: The Angel’s Greeting
- God