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Hubris Quotes

"Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad"

"It's hard to be humble when you're as great as I am."

"Religion is dangerous because it allows human beings who don’t have all the answers to think that they do"

"He who overreaches will, in his attempt to strike, miss his purpose."

"Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak"

"I still believe heavily that we have to be careful about having this ego and hubris as a successful corporation, that we should do it all. Because then I think we start to fail our customers and we're too focused on taking over the world"

"Proud people breed sad sorrows for themselves"

"Some of the biggest cases of mistaken identity are among intellectuals who have trouble remembering that they are not God"

"One of the great challenges in life is knowing enough to think you’re right but not enough to know you’re wrong."

"When men are most sure and arrogant, they are commonly most mistaken"

"Self-conceit may lead to self-destruction."

"Continue to learn with humility, not hubris. Hubris is boring"

"As the eagle was killed by the arrow winged with his own feather, so the hand of the world is wounded by its own skill."

"The smaller the mind the greater the conceit "

"God created man, but I could do better."