Leon Uris Quotes

Self-conceit may lead to self destruction.

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.

The greatest of all fools is the proud fool--who is at the mercy of every fool he meets.

Vanity can easily overtake wisdom. It usually overtakes common sense.

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

The minute I get a big head and start acting like the big man on campus, it's all downhill from there.

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

The more people that praise you, the more there is danger to develop arrogance.

The biggest victories can lead to the greatest foolishness.

A man who is not a fool can rid himself of every folly except vanity.

Pride juggles with her toppling towers, They strike the sun and cease, But the firm feet of humility They grip the ground like trees.

Pride is the great stumbling block of Zion. I repeat: Pride is the great stumbling block of Zion.

There is but a step between a proud man's glory and his disgrace.

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.

Let pride go afore, shame will follow after.

Why was it that pride and foolishness were so often close companions?

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

Pride, like humility, is destroyed by one's insistence that he possesses it.

All a man has is pride. Sometimes you have it so much it is a sin. We have all done things for pride that we knew were impossible. We didn't care. But a man must implement his pride with intelligence and care.

The demon of pride was born with us; and it will not die one hour before us.

Of all the causes which conspire to blind Man's erring judgement, and misguide the mind, What the weak head with strongest bias rules, Is PRIDE, the never-failing vice of fools.

Thy pride is but the prologue of thy shame; where vain-glory commands, there folly counsels; where pride rides, there shame lackeys.

It is extremely arrogant and very foolish to think that you can ever outwit your audience.

Pride will spit in pride's face.