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

17.

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

Baily, Bernard

18.

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

Caesar, Julius

19.

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

Allen, Fred A.

20.

Pride is the mask of one's own faults.

Proverb, Jewish

21.

Pride is still aiming at the best houses: Men would be angels, angels would be gods. Aspiring to be gods, if angels fell; aspiring to be angels men rebel.

Pope, Alexander

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.

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

24.

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

Franklin, Benjamin

25.

Pride is a powerful narcotic, but it doesn't do much for the auto-immune system.

Stuart Stevens

26.

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

Chesterton, Gilbert K.

27.

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

Bernanos, Georges

28.

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

Allen, Fred A.

29.

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.

Charles Caleb Colton

30.

I would not talk so much about myself if there were anybody else whom I knew as well.

Thoreau, Henry David

31.

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

32.

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

Eliot, George

33.

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

34.

Man, proud man, drest in a little brief authority, most ignorant of what he's most assur d, glassy essence, like an angry ape, plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven, as make the angels weep.

Shakespeare, William

35.

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

36.

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

Levant, Oscar

37.

Has God forgotten all I have done for Him.

Louis XIV

38.

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

Proverb, Korean

39.

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

Eliot, T. S.

40.

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

Proverb

41.

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

Nietzsche, Friedrich

42.

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

43.

Pride costs more than hunger, thirst and cold.

Jefferson, Thomas

44.

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

Ali, Muhammad

45.

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

Democritus

46.

At every trifle take offense, that always shows great pride or little sense.