"Overconfident" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... had begun to make Mars a little overconfident. By now Mars was fully convinced that Forrester was nothing but a coward, and he was absolutely certain that he could beat the newcomer easily, if he could only ...
— Pagan Passions • Gordon Randall Garrett
... another bullet had struck him, this time straight through the heart. Perhaps one had—and I repented a little of my overconfident declaration. ...
— The Rustlers of Pecos County • Zane Grey
... "I was wounded by a fluke. He is a very ... unusual opponent. I cannot decide whether he is actually as clumsy as he appears to be, or whether he is shamming and trying to make me overconfident. Either way, it is impossible to predict his behavior. Perhaps he ...
— The Dueling Machine • Benjamin William Bova
... justified something else, too—his faith in his own eloquence, logic, and powers of persuasion. Not that I meant to make his mistake and undervalue him; he was an intelligent, capable, remarkable criminal—with the one failing—an overconfident contempt ...
— The Maids of Paradise • Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers |
