--- title: "8 Youthful arrogance Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 8 Youthful arrogance quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Youthful arrogance sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9bc/lynda-i-fisher-59583_aging_the-young-man-pities-his-elders-fearing_67045.jpg" --- > [“The young man pities his elders, fearing the day he, too, will join their ranks. The elderly man pities the younger generation,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynda-i-fisher/the-young-man-pities-his-elders-fearing-the-day-he-too-will-join/) [Lynda I Fisher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynda-i-fisher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9bc/lynda-i-fisher-59583_aging_the-young-man-pities-his-elders-fearing_67045.jpg) > [“The institutions, conventions, customs and laws that make up the complex structure of a society are the work of a hundred centuries…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-durant/the-institutions-conventions-customs-and-laws-that-make-up-the/) [Will Durant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-durant/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca7/will-durant-948_centuries_the-institutions-conventions-customs-and_939136.png) > [Confidence is believing in yourself. Arrogance is telling others you’re better than they are. Confidence inspires. Arrogance destroys.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-sinek/confidence-is-believing-in-yourself-arrogance-is-telling-others-you/) [Simon Sinek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-sinek/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/654/simon-sinek-349_arrogance_confidence-is-believing-in-yourself-arro_1364104.png) > [“Ah, but I was so much older then I’m younger than that now”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bob-dylan/ah-but-i-was-so-much-older-then-i-m-younger-than-that-now/) [Bob Dylan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bob-dylan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/36e/bob-dylan-168_life-lessons_ah-but-i-was-so-much-older-then-i-m-youn_1364229.jpg) > [“Insolence was spreading like butter across his red and pitted face.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esme-ellis/insolence-was-spreading-like-butter-across-his-red-and-pitted-face/) [Esme Ellis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/esme-ellis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c0/esme-ellis-88021_esme-ellis_insolence-was-spreading-like-butter-acro_1506565.jpg) > [Jim and I hit it off immediately, partly because our interests were astonishingly similar and partly, I suspect, because a certain youthful…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-crick/jim-and-i-hit-it-off-immediately-partly-because-our-interests-were/) [Francis Crick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-crick/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b1/francis-crick-8439_arrogance_jim-and-i-hit-it-off-immediately-partly_2117385.jpg) > [It was only after five years in the army, when I was having to do a very boring job in a very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antony-beevor/it-was-only-after-five-years-in-the-army-when-i-was-having-to-do-a/) [Antony Beevor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antony-beevor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d16/antony-beevor-10101_army_it-was-only-after-five-years-in-the-army_2162415.jpg) > [Science moves with the spirit of an adventure characterized both by youthful arrogance and by the belief that the truth, once found,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-d-watson/science-moves-with-the-spirit-of-an-adventure-characterized-both-by/) [James D. Watson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-d-watson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f4f/james-d-watson-4724_adventure_science-moves-with-the-spirit-of-an-adve_3035350.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/youthful-arrogance/#itemlist", "name": "Youthful arrogance Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The young man pities his elders, fearing the day he, too, will join their ranks. 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