In this quote, Phil Heath is suggesting that arrogance is a distorted variation of the reality. Conceited individuals tend to exaggerate their capabilities, accomplishments, and understanding, making them appear higher than they in fact are. They might also minimize their flaws and errors, creating an incorrect sense of superiority. Nevertheless, this exaggeration is not based on truth and is simply a facade to improve their ego. By claiming to be better than they genuinely are, big-headed people are essentially lying to themselves and others. This quote serves as a tip to stay humble and truthful, instead of falling under the trap of conceit.
This quote is written / told by Phil Heath somewhere between December 18, 1979 and today. He was a famous Athlete from USA, the quote is categorized under the topic Fitness. The author also have 14 other quotes.
"Sometimes a neighbor whom we have disliked a lifetime for his arrogance and conceit lets fall a single commonplace remark that shows us another side, another man, really; a man uncertain, and puzzled, and in the dark like ourselves"
"I would like to see us get this place right first before we have the arrogance to put significantly flawed civilizations out onto other planets, even though they may be utterly uninhabited"
"The most important scientific revolutions all include, as their only common feature, the dethronement of human arrogance from one pedestal after another of previous convictions about our centrality in the cosmos"
