Ludwig Klages Quotes

People who act the most arrogant often are the most insecure, and they just can't even begin to accept the possibility that they might not be as good as they think they are.

Your ego can become an obstacle to your work. If you start believing in your greatness, it is the death of your creativity.

The deepest thing in any one is the conviction of the bad luck that follows boasting.

My biggest problem is overconfidence.

I'm like one of those little chihuahua's that thinks they're ten feet tall.

Unchecked pride evolves into swagger, a hypnotizing mask of insecurity that can and does compromise our ability to make progress and attain power. Pride stands in the way of forgiveness and a strategic approach to navigating a chessboard rigged to prevent pawns from becoming kings and queens.

I don't want to believe my own hype.

Failure has gone to his head.

Remember, a chip on the shoulder is a sure sign of wood higher up.

If people have to tell you how successful they are, they really aren't that successful.

Nobody's just arrogant. I've met people who are embattled and dismissive, but when you get to know them, you find that they're vulnerable - that that hauteur or standoffishiness is because they're pedaling furiously underneath.

Boasting of glory does not make glory.

The guy who started on third base and gets home and acts like he hit a homer - that guy doesn't impress me.

Overconfidence has never been my problem.

Anyone who takes themselves very seriously, or is in any way pompous, or thinks of themselves quite highly, as soon as you pull out one little thread, you find one little chink... that's when it's the funniest.

When as smart as you think you are is as wrong as you turn out to be, your life can fall out from under you.

Arrogance really comes from insecurity, and in the end our feeling that we are bigger than others is really the flip side of our feeling that we are smaller than others.

Davy was the type of all the jumped-up second-raters of all time.

The weak can be terrible because they try furiously to appear strong.

Overconfidence comes from fear and doubt, and you boast an ego when you're feeling less than.

You can boast about anything if it's all you have. Maybe the less you have, the more you are required to boast.

Being an arrogant braggart just doesn’t work for me. (Devyn) You should try it. It really does grow on you, trust me. (Adron)

When a man thinks he has got a good deal of strength, and is self-confident, you may look for his downfall. It may be years before it comes to light, but it is already commenced.

The arrogance that accompanies merit offends us even more than the arrogance of people who are lacking in merit: since merit itself offends us.

The top line is that hubris is a disease that comes from success.