--- title: "8 Man's Pride Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 8 Man's Pride quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Man's Pride sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/006/henry-ward-beecher-175_eruption_when-a-man-s-pride-is-subdued-it-s-like_796396.png" --- > [When a man's pride is subdued it's like the sides of Mount Aetna. It was terrible during the eruption, but when that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-ward-beecher/when-a-man-s-pride-is-subdued-it-s-like-the-sides-of-mount-aetna-it/) [Henry Ward Beecher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-ward-beecher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/006/henry-ward-beecher-175_eruption_when-a-man-s-pride-is-subdued-it-s-like_796396.png) > [“A man's pride needs careful handling.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sally-mackenzie/a-man-s-pride-needs-careful-handling/) [Sally MacKenzie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sally-mackenzie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2bc/sally-mackenzie-29880_pride_a-man-s-pride-needs-careful-handling-122_1222190.jpg) > [No one has a greater asset for his business than a man's pride in his work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hosea-ballou/no-one-has-a-greater-asset-for-his-business-than-a-man-s-pride-in-his/) [Hosea Ballou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hosea-ballou/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/acc/hosea-ballou-3245_business_no-one-has-a-greater-asset-for-his-busin_1260697.png) > [A man's pride can be his downfall, and he needs to learn when to turn to others for support and guidance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bear-grylls/a-man-s-pride-can-be-his-downfall-and-he-needs-to-learn-when-to-turn/) [Bear Grylls](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bear-grylls/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/748/bear-grylls-2482_downfall_a-man-s-pride-can-be-his-downfall-and-he_1293927.png) > [I am done with great things and big things, great institutions and big success, and I am for those tiny, invisible molecular…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-james/i-am-done-with-great-things-and-big-things-great-institutions-and-big/) [William James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-james/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d1/william-james-228_big-things_i-am-done-with-great-things-and-big-thin_1373383.jpg) > [“Love was not the point and pity was a poor man's pride.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/holly-lynn-payne/love-was-not-the-point-and-pity-was-a-poor-man-s-pride/) [Holly Lynn Payne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/holly-lynn-payne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/513/holly-lynn-payne-28097_inspiration_love-was-not-the-point-and-pity-was-a-po_1619529.jpg) > [“It was good, she reflected, to be among the proud Gaels. There was no formality among men here, where a man's pride…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-cox-speas/it-was-good-she-reflected-to-be-among-the-proud-gaels-there-was-no/) [Jan Cox Speas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jan-cox-speas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c5/jan-cox-speas-37150_too-long_it-was-good-she-reflected-to-be-among-th_2199517.jpg) > [At heart a truly modest man, he had nevertheless the modest man's pride in his modesty in the face of achievement.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pearl-s-buck/at-heart-a-truly-modest-man-he-had-nevertheless-the-modest-man-s/) [Pearl S. Buck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pearl-s-buck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b3/pearl-s-buck-1024_achievement_at-heart-a-truly-modest-man-he-had-never_2529274.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mans-pride/#itemlist", "name": "Man's Pride Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When a man's pride is subdued it's like the sides of Mount Aetna. 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