11 Movie Quotes about Overconfidence (+ Sound Clips)

Updated: May 3, 2025

Memorable quotes about overconfidence, selected from famous or less known movies by Movie-Sounds.org's visitors, accompanied by short mp3 and wav audio samples.

1 I'm a student of military history, friend. And overconfident commanders can lose. Nero, Custer, Napoleon. There's room for you in that list, pal.

George Peppard as Col. John Hannibal Smith in The A-Team

2 Your overconfidence is your weakness. -Your faith in your friends is yours.

Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker; Ian McDiarmid as Palpatine Darth Sidious in Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi

3 You must be careful. Your confidence is disproportional to your abilities. You think losing is winning.

Steve Oedekerk as The Chosen One And Most Of The Original Cast'S Voices in Kung Pow! Enter the Fist

4 Uh, never underestimate your enemy, Sheriff. Overconfidence is a real killer. -I think General Custer said that.

George Peppard as Col. John Hannibal Smith in The A-Team

5 No matter how cunning and crafty they are, eventually all criminals commit the same error: over-confidence.

Adam West as Batman in Batman (1966)

6 So... Do you lose as gracefully as you win? I wouldn't know. -I've never lost.

Sean Connery as James Bond; Klaus Maria Brandauer as Maximillian Largo in Never Say Never Again

7 How stupid are these people? -They believe they can do anything. -You know what? They're wrong. -Yes, sir. -They're wrong.

Harrison Ford as Jack Ryan in Clear and Present Danger

8 I'm out of it for a little while, everybody gets delusions of grandeur.

Harrison Ford as Han Solo in Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi

9 However, we must caution against overconfidence or cockiness.

Don Messick as Boo Boo Bear, Ranger Smith in Yogi Bear

10 Hey, hey, Chico, listen. Hey, hey, listen. What's with the grin? How'd you get so happy with yourself?

Burgess Meredith as Mickey Goldmill in Rocky II

11 Movie Quotes about Overconfidence (+ Sound Clips)

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