Quotes about pride

"Pride goeth before destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall. [Proverbs 16:18]"

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"I am the greatest. Not only do I knock em out, I pick the round!"

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"The last time I saw him he was walking down lover's lane holding his own hand."

Allen, Fred A. on pride
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"Some movie stars wear their sunglasses even in church. They're afraid God might recognize them and ask for autographs."

Allen, Fred A. on pride   

"When science discovers the center of the universe a lot of people will be disappointed to find they are not it."

Baily, Bernard on pride
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"It's a fine thing to rise above pride, but you must have pride in order to do so."

Bernanos, Georges on pride
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"Whoever shall exalt himself shall be abased, and he that humbles himself shall be exalted."

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"He that toucheth pitch shall be defiled therewith; and he that hath fellowship with a proud man shall be like unto him. [Ecclesiasticus 13:1]"

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"God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble [James 4:6]"

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"I cannot dig; to beg I am ashamed. [Luke 16:3]"

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"Pride defeats its own end, by bringing the man who seeks esteem and reverence into contempt."

Bolingbroke, Henry on pride   

"Proud people breed sad sorrows for themselves."

Bronte, Emily on pride
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"I have lived long enough to satisfy both nature and glory."

Caesar, Julius on pride
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"It is my PRIDE, my damned, native, unconquerable Pride, that plunges me into Distraction. You must know that 19 - 20th of my Composition is Pride. I must either live a Slave, a Servant; to have no Will of my own, no Sentiments of my own which I may freely declare as such; --or DIE --perplexing alternative!"

Chatterton, Thomas on pride   

"If I had only one sermon to preach it would be a sermon against pride."

Chesterton, Gilbert K. on pride
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"And the Devil did grin, for his darling sin is pride that apes humility."

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor on pride
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"Of all the marvelous works of God, perhaps the one angels view with the most supreme astonishment, is a proud man."

Colton, Charles Caleb on pride   

"There is this paradox in pride -- it makes some men ridiculous, but prevents others from becoming so."

Colton, Charles Caleb on pride
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"A self-made man? Yes, and one who worships his creator."

Cowper, William on pride   

"It ain't bragging if you can do it."

Dean, Dizzy on pride
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"Pride the first peer and president of hell."

Defoe, Daniel on pride   

"There is nothing that will kill a man so soon as having nobody to find fault with but himself."

Eliot, George on pride   

"Most of the trouble in the world is caused by people wanting to be important."

Eliot, T. S. on pride
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"Pride that dines on vanity, sups on contempt."

Franklin, Benjamin on pride
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"Idleness and pride tax with a heavier hand than kings and governments."

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"Pride perceiving humility honorable, often borrows her cloak."

Fuller, Thomas on pride   

"My family pride is something inconceivable. I can't help it. I was born sneering."

Gilbert, W. S. on pride   

"Nothing so obstinately stands in the way of all sorts of progress as pride of opinion. While nothing is so foolish and baseless."

Holland, Josiah Gilbert on pride   

"There was one who thought himself above me, and he was above me until he had that thought."

Hubbard, Elbert on pride   

"Never look down on anybody unless you are helping them up."

Jackson, Jesse on pride
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"I am done with great things and big plans, great institutions and big success. I am for those tiny, invisible loving human forces that work from individual to individual, creeping through the crannies of the world like so many rootlets, or like the capillary oozing of water, which, if given time, will rend the hardest monuments of pride."

James, William on pride   

"Pride costs more than hunger, thirst and cold."

Jefferson, Thomas on pride   

"Pride is seldom delicate; it will please itself with very mean advantages."

Johnson, Samuel on pride   

"Through pride we are ever deceiving ourselves. But deep down below the surface of the average conscience a still, small voice says to us, something is out of tune."

Jung, Carl on pride
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"If one takes pride in one's craft, you won't let a good thing die. Risking it through not pushing hard enough is not a humility."

Keating, Paul on pride   

"I will give you a definition of a proud man: he is a man who has neither vanity nor wisdom --one filled with hatreds cannot be vain, neither can he be wise."

Keats, John on pride   

"Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay."

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De on pride
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"Airs of importance are the credentials of impotence."

Lavater, Johann Kaspar on pride   

"What the world needs is more geniuses with humility, there are so few of us left."

Levant, Oscar on pride
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"There are two sides to every question: my side and the wrong side."

Levant, Oscar on pride