pride

1.

Losers have tons of variety. Champions just take pride in learning to hit the same old boring winning shots.

- Braden, Vic

2.

And the Devil did grin, for his darling sin is pride that apes humility.

- Coleridge, Samuel Taylor

3.

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

- Caesar, Julius

4.

Five enemies of peace inhabit with us -- avarice, ambition, envy, anger, and pride; if these were to be banished, we should infallibly enjoy perpetual peace.

- Petrarch, Francesco

5.

A portion of mankind take pride in their vices and pursue their purpose; many more waver between doing what is right and complying with what is wrong.

- Horace

6.

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

- Cowper, William

7.

By ignorance is pride increased; those must assume who know the least.

- Gay

8.

The person is always happy who is in the presence of something they cannot know in full. A person as advanced far in the study of morals who has mastered the difference between pride and vanity.

- Chamfort, Sebastien-Roch Nicolas De

9.

It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.

- Augustine, St.

10.

Too much humility is pride.

- Proverb, German

11.

Pride is the common forerunner of a fall. It was the devil's sin, and the devil's ruin; and has been, ever since, the devil's stratagem, who, like as expert wrestler, usually gives a man a lift before he gives a throw.

- South

12.

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

- Allen, Fred A.

13.

To be a man is to be responsible. It is to feel shame at the sight of what seems to be unmerited misery. It is to take pride in a victory won by one's comrades. It is to feel, when setting one's stone, that one is contributing to the building of the world.

- Saint-Exupery, Antoine De

14.

Be modest! It is the kind of pride least likely to offend.

- Jules Renard

15.

Great champions have an enormous sense of pride. The people who excel are those who are driven to show the world and prove to themselves just how good they are.

- Nancy Lopez

16.

Pride is the recognition of the fact that you are your own highest value and, like all of manĘs values, it has to be earned.

- Ayn Rand

17.

There are many kinds of smiles, each having a distinct character. Some announce goodness, and sweetness, others betray sarcasm, bitterness, and pride; some soften the countenance by their languishing tenderness, others brighten by their spiritual vivacity.

- Johann Kaspar Lavater

18.

Pride sullies the noblest character.

- Claudianus

19.

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

- Hubbard, Elbert

20.

Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.

- Kahlil Gibran