Overconfident Quotes

• Well, I think we tried very hard not to be overconfident, because when you get overconfident, that's when something snaps up and bites you.

  Neil Armstrong

  Thinking, Wells, Bites

  "Apollo 11 crew recalls giant leap 35 years later". Interview With Miles O'Brien, www.cnn.com. July 21, 2004.

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• Never be afraid to fail. Failure is only a stepping stone to improvement. Never be overconfident because that will block your improvement.

  Tatchakorn Yeerum

  Block, Stones, Improvement

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• People are drastically overconfident about their judgments of others.

  Daniel Gilbert

  People, Criticism, Judgment

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  The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.

  Bertrand Russell

  Education, Confidence, Wisdom

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• Let's not be overconfident, we still have to count the votes.

  Harold Washington

  Vote, Stills

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• If you do not know where your competitor is, or overconfident and snobbish about your competitor, or are unable to comprehend how yourcompetitor became a real threat, you will surely fall behind him. Don't be the "they" in this idiom: First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.

  Jack Ma

  Leadership, Business, Real

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• We're generally overconfident in our opinions and our impressions and judgments.

  Daniel Kahneman

  Opinion, Judgment, Impression

  Interview with Bob Morris, bobmorris.biz. January 30, 2013.

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• If we are to understand anything of the human mind we must approach the people of the past with humility rather than an overconfident superiority.

  Anthony Terence Quincey Stewart

  Humility, Past, People

  Anthony Terence Quincey Stewart (2001). “The Shape of Irish History”

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• Do not grow overconfident following a few victories. Should you not rely upon the Holy Spirit you will soon be thrown once more into a distressing experience. With holy diligence you must cultivate an attitude of dependency.

  Watchman Nee

  Attitude, Rely Upon, Victory

  Watchman Nee (2009). “The Spiritual Man”, p.204, Christian Fellowship Publishers

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• People exaggerate their own skills. they are optimistic about their prospects and overconfident about their guesses, including which managers to pick.

  Richard Thaler

  Optimistic, Skills, People

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• Given that level of responsibility with your 25-year old or 35-year-old chef, it's just quite nice to see how they handled that exposure. Not every chef deals with it properly; they get slightly excited, a little bit overconfident and then they miss out on the most important part.

  Gordon Ramsay

  Nice, Responsibility, Years

  Source: www.crushable.com

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• The amount of success it takes for leaders to become overconfident isn't terribly large.

  Daniel Kahneman

  Leader, Amount

  "Strategic decisions: When can you trust your gut?". Interview with Olivier Sibony and Dan Lovallo, www.mckinsey.com. March 2010.

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• Almost everyone's instinct is to be overconfident and read way too much into a hot or cold streak.

  Nate Silver

  Hot, Too Much, Way

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• I really don't (stay calm) all the time. I just try to. Part of not just racing but in life, I try not to let the highs be too high and the lows be too low. I try to stay somewhere right in the middle. In racing it's not always easy to do. You can get too excited or overconfident when things are going good and it's easy to get too far in the ditch when things are going bad.

  Matt Kenseth

  Racing, Stay Calm, Trying

  Source: www.beliefnet.com

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• The nerves are good... they keep you on point and they keep you not getting overconfident.

  Myles Jury

  Mma, Nerves

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• Early in my career I was accused of being overconfident and even cocky, but I really was confident that I had done the training and didn't see any other reason to say otherwise.

  Alberto Salazar

  Cocky, Careers, Training

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• Nerves are good. They keep you alive.

  Idina Menzel

  Nerves, Alive

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• I do not think that I am ever overconfident. I am merely wholly confident, and I maintain that there is all the difference in the world there.

  Edgar Rice Burroughs

  Thinking, Differences, World

  Edgar Rice Burroughs (2012). “Barsoom”, p.9589, eStar Books

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• I think the people who've been the most overconfident in our business in the last decade have been the people that called themselves risk managers.

  Richard Thaler

  Thinking, People, Risk

  "Big Think Interview With Richard Thaler". bigthink.com. June 19, 2009.

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• Does everyone feel this way? When I was young, I was perpetually overconfident or insecure. Either I felt completely useless, unattractive, and worthless, or that I was pretty much a success, and everything I did was bound to succeed. When I was confident, I could overcome the hardest challenges. But all it took was the smallest setback for me to be sure that I was utterly worthless. Regaining my self-confidence had nothing to do with success...whether I experienced it as a failure or triumph was utterly dependent on my mood.

  Bernhard Schlink

  Confidence, Insecure, Self

  Bernhard Schlink (2001). “The Reader”, p.67, Vintage

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• I'm unapologetic not because I'm strong-willed or overconfident, I'm unapologetic because this is it; this is my life. There is nothing I can do, no one I can please. I am a person with a strong sense of being, that's all.

  Jean Seberg

  Life, Confidence, Perseverance

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• Even I make mistakes." I put on my brash, overconfident face. "I know it's hard to believe—kind of surprises me myself—but I guess it has to happen. It's probably some kind of karmic way to balance out the universe. Otherwise, it wouldn't be fair to have one person so full of awesomeness.

  Richelle Mead

  Mistake, Believe, Balance

  Richelle Mead (2008). “Shadow Kiss: A Vampire Academy Novel”, p.46, Penguin

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• Sure I am a religious man who is also passionate about conserving the environment. But I am also a CEO, with all the bad habits and attitudes that are natural to the species. . . . I am still naturally self-interested, overconfident, full of pride, and eager to control a meeting as any CEO in America. Every day, I struggle with my ego.

  Tom Chappell

  Religious, Attitude, Struggle

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• There is something to be said about a guy who is attractive and doesn't know it. I hate men who are overconfident.

  Kiele Sanchez

  Hate, Men, Guy

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• He was overconfident”, she told him. “And I won so the gods must have thought I was right. Otherwise they’d have made me lose. You know how trial by combat works.” “You won because you were good” he corrected her. “I find it hard to believe the gods sit forever about the Divine Realms betting on jousts and trials by combat.

  Tamora Pierce

  Believe, Forever, Trials

  Tamora Pierce (2007). “Squire: Book 3 of the Protector of the Small Quartet”, p.240, Random House Books for Young Readers

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