Motivational Quotes

Pride

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

- Hubbard, Elbert

Best Quotes about Pride

1.

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

Nietzsche, Friedrich

2.

It ain't bragging if you can do it.

Dean, Dizzy

3.

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

Baily, Bernard

4.

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

Caesar, Julius

5.

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

Colton, Charles Caleb

6.

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

Proverb

7.

Swallowing your pride seldom leads to indigestion

8.

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.

9.

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

10.

Airs of importance are the credentials of impotence.

Lavater, Johann Kaspar

11.

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

Hubbard, Elbert

12.

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

13.

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

14.

Pride makes us esteem ourselves; vanity desires the esteem of others.

15.

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]

Bible

16.

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

Jackson, Jesse

17.

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

Sheen, Fulton John

18.

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

19.

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

Proverb, Korean

20.

To be proud and inaccessible is to be timid and weak.

Masillon, Jean Baptiste

21.

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

Franklin, Benjamin

22.

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

23.

Pride sullies the noblest character.

Claudianus

24.

The infinitely little have a pride infinitely great.

Voltaire

25.

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

Bible

26.

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

27.

Pride is pleasure arising from a man's thinking too highly of himself.

Spinoza, Baruch (Benedict de)

28.

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

29.

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

Stuart Stevens

30.

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

Ali, Muhammad

31.

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

Cowper, William

32.

Pride costs more than hunger, thirst and cold.

Jefferson, Thomas

33.

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

34.

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

Gilbert, W. S.

35.

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

36.

Has God forgotten all I have done for Him.

Louis XIV

37.

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

Chesterton, Gilbert K.

38.

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

Democritus

39.

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

Allen, Fred A.

40.

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

41.

Pride perceiving humility honorable, often borrows her cloak.

Fuller, Thomas

42.

Swallow your pride occasionally, it's not fattening.

Tyger, Frank

43.

The nobler the blood the less the pride.

Proverb, Danish

44.

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

45.

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

Bible

46.

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

Pope, Alexander

47.

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

Levant, Oscar

48.

You cannot hold your head high with your hand out.