Veronica Roth Quotes

My fatal flaw is hubris. The brown stuff they spread on veggie sandwiches? No, seaweed brain. That's hummus. Hubris is worse. What could be worse than hummus?

We're all victims of our own hubris at times.

What enables us to achieve our greatness contains the seeds of our destruction.

I'm keenly aware of the Pride coming before the Fall . . . but I really do like what I've been able to do here.

The head raised too high even in good will be struck off too soon.

'Tis pride that pulls the country down.

I have no use for humility. I am a fellow with an exceptional talent.

Fortune makes him fool, whom she makes her darling.

Pride goeth before the fall....but you've already fallen, haven't you?

Pride is a powerful narcotic, but it doesn't do much for the auto-immune system.

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

Hubris means deadly pride. Thinking you can do things better than anyone else.

Pride is the parent of destruction; pride eats the mind and the heart and the soul alive.

Proud people breed sad sorrows for themselves.

Success tempts many to their ruin.

Pride will spit in pride's face.

Leaders who fail to prune their pride will meet demise. That's not a guess, it's a guarantee. With pride, it's not a matter of 'if' we will fall, but 'when.' There are no exceptions.

We've seen a lot of people self-destruct because of a small taste of success.

Thinking you're a genius is death.

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

It's always great to play a man who sets himself up to be punctured.

Self-conceit may lead to self destruction.

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

Pride defeats its own end, by bringing the man who seeks esteem and reverence into contempt.

The silent killer of all great men and women of achievement - particularly men, I don't know why, maybe it's the testosterone - I think it's narcissism. Even more than hubris. And for women, too. Narcissism is the killer.