11 Movie Quotes about Overconfidence (Sound Clips)

Last updated on: May 3, 2025

Memorable quotes about overconfidence, selected from famous or less known movies and other sources 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.

Quote from 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.

Quote from 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.

Quote from 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 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