Otto Weininger Quotes

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.

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.

It is a curiosity of human nature that lack of self-assurance seems to breed an exaggerated sense of power and mission.

Don't put yourself on a pedestal. Because it's very easy for someone to knock you off.

Always thinking that you're not very good is far better than being cocky.

Conceit is an outward manifestation of inferiority.

Pride comes before a fall - although in [Henry Kissinger's] case it's more conceit than pride.

Anyone who thinks they're indispensible is fooling themselves.

Where talent is a dwarf, self-esteem is a giant.

Actors think they're far more important than they are, and that can only lead to hurt. People with colossal self-importance have very far to fall.

I had a great deal of arrogance and a great deal of bravado, but I think the bravado was brought on by a huge insecurity.

I have a bit of pride, which is always my downfall.

The one thing coaches cannot tolerate... is the individual who grows arrogant because he excelled at a lower level and believes he has nothing else to learn.

I was a little bit of a cocky kid.

Bonfire of the Vanities: The lesson of that book is, never start believing your own press.

To me, my biggest fear is getting a big head, and that is when I get the hammer. Because it's very easy in this game to believe you're something special.

He was like a cock who thought the sun had risen to hear him crow.

I don't want to believe my own hype.

When you first get fame, you're so insecure that you just become a ding dong.

If I was sharp in every area, I might be too big-headed or something.

Failure has gone to his head.

I think I'm the best, of course. How could I not?

There are a lot of factors in the life of an F1 driver which can combine to make you believe that you are somehow above normality. I think that is a mistake to start believing that. But, at the same time, it is important to be confident.

The vanity of teaching doth oft tempt a man to forget that he is a blockhead.