Inspirational Quotes on Hubris

“What do you think you are doing by infesting the whole world? Because I do it with one puny boat, I am called a pirate; because you do it with a great fleet, you are called an emperor.”

“Each era has the fatal hubris to believe that it has once and for all climbed to the top of the mountain and can see everything as it is, from the highest and most objective vantage point possible.”

“Deeply convinced of the reality of the divine will, he (Lincoln) had no patience at all with any who were perfectly sure they knew the details of the divine will.”

“To wish to withstand the Holy Spirit would be the one unforgivable sin.”

“The son of Peleus pressed on in search of glory, bespattering his unconquerable hands with gore.”