Class is an aura of confidence that is being sure without being cocky. Class has nothing to do with money. Class never runs scared. It is self-discipline and self-knowledge. It's the sure-footedness that comes with having proved you can meet life.
Ann LandersTag: money arrogance class character self-knowledge discipline cockiness self-discipline sure-footedness
You're a fine fastidious young man, as proud as a lion, as gentle as a girl. You'd make a good catch for the devil.
Honoré de BalzacTag: humor coolness cockiness eloquence swagger
There is no such uncertainty as a sure thing.
Robert BurnsTag: wisdom certainty knowledge ignorance cockiness
A solid answer to everything is not necessary. Blurry concepts influence one to focus, but postulated clarity influences arrogance.
Criss JamiTag: arrogance answers influence clarity cockiness solid blurred
Most of Csongor's time in T'Rain had been spent blundering about in a state of hapless newbie confusion. Only his long experience as a system administrator, struggling with Byzantine software installations, had prevented hum from plummeting into despair and simply giving up. Not that any of the sysadmin's knowledge and skills were applicable here. The psychological stance was the thing: the implicit faith, a little naive and a little cocky, that by banging his head against the problem for long enough he'd be able to break through in the end.
Neal StephensonTag: persistence computers cockiness sysadmins
Ah, how the seeds of cockiness blossom when soiled in ignorance.
Steve AltenTag: ignorance arrogance cockiness
The spirit of arrogance most definitely makes you shine. It paints a bright red target on your own forehead.
Criss JamiTag: arrogance selfishness spirit shine pride paint narcissism cockiness red target forehead
Along with the yearning that came from some deep part of her, that was selfless and exalted, Thea had a hard kind of cockiness, a determination to get ahead. Well, there are passages in life when that fierce, stubborn self-assertion will stand its ground after the nobler feeling is overwhelmed and beaten under.
Willa CatherTag: cockiness
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