Motivational Quotes

Pride

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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Best Quotes about Pride

1.

The sin of pride may be a small or a great thing in someone's life, and hurt vanity a passing pinprick, or a self-destroying or ever murderous obsession.

Murdoch, Iris

2.

There are two sides to every question: my side and the wrong side.

Levant, Oscar

3.

Pride is a personal commitment. It is an attitude which separates excellence from mediocrity.

4.

Has God forgotten all I have done for Him.

Louis XIV

5.

It ain't bragging if you can do it.

Dean, Dizzy

6.

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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7.

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

Allen, Fred A.

8.

Pride is an admission of weakness; it secretly fears all competition and dreads all rivals.

Sheen, Fulton John

9.

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

Gilbert, W. S.

10.

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

11.

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

Jackson, Jesse

12.

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

13.

Pride sullies the noblest character.

Claudianus

14.

Whoever shall exalt himself shall be abased, and he that humbles himself shall be exalted.

Bible

15.

We should be ashamed of our pride, but never proud of our shame.

16.

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

Eliot, T. S.

17.

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

Ali, Muhammad

18.

Pride that dines on vanity, sups on contempt.

Franklin, Benjamin

19.

Nothing has been purchased more dearly than the little bit of reason and sense of freedom which now constitutes our pride.

Nietzsche, Friedrich

20.

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

Bernanos, Georges

21.

A self-made man? Yes, and one who worships his creator.

Cowper, William

22.

Of all the marvelous works of God, perhaps the one angels view with the most supreme astonishment, is a proud man.

Colton, Charles Caleb

23.

The pride of youth is in strength and beauty, the pride of old age is in discretion.

Democritus

24.

A proud man is always looking down on things and people; and, of course, as long as you're looking down, you can't see something that's above you.

Lewis, C. S.

25.

Pride, like laudanum and other poisonous medicines, is beneficial in small, though injurious in large quantities. No man who is not pleased with himself, even in a personal sense, can please others.

Saunders, Frederick

26.

You cannot hold your head high with your hand out.

Proverb, Yiddish

27.

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

28.

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

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29.

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

Hubbard, Elbert

30.

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

31.

The nobler the blood the less the pride.

Proverb, Danish

32.

To find yourself jilted is a blow to your pride. Do your best to forget it and if you don't succeed, at least pretend to.

Moliere

33.

Exclusiveness is a characteristic of recent riches, high society, and the skunk.

O'Malley, Austin

34.

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

Chesterton, Gilbert K.

35.

Some movie stars wear their sunglasses even in church. They're afraid God might recognize them and ask for autographs.

Allen, Fred A.

36.

Pride perceiving humility honorable, often borrows her cloak.

Fuller, Thomas

37.

Where there are no tigers, a wild cat is very self-important.

Proverb, Korean

38.

Idleness and pride tax with a heavier hand than kings and governments.

Franklin, Benjamin

39.

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

Bible

40.

When dealing with people, let us remember we are not dealing with creatures of logic. We are dealing with creatures of emotion, creatures bustling with prejudices and motivated by pride and vanity.

Dale Carnegie

41.

Pride and poverty don't get along, but often live together.

Proverb

42.

The infinitely little have a pride infinitely great.

Voltaire

43.

I have lived long enough to satisfy both nature and glory.

Caesar, Julius

44.

To know a man, observe how he wins his object, rather than how he loses it; for when we fail our pride supports us; when we succeed, it betrays us.