Pride Quotes · Page 126

I've learned there's nothing wrong with being a little fussy. I used to pride myself on being low-maintenance - I wore it…

— Becki Newton

“Delight is to him -- a far, far upward, and inward delight -- who against the proud gods and commodores of this…

— Herman Melville

If I understand this correctly Christ taught here the alarming doctrine that the desire for honor among men made belief impossible.

— Anonymous

With too much pride a man cannot learn a thing. In and of itself, learning teaches you how foolish you are.

— Criss Jami

Let your old age be childlike, and your childhood like old age; that is, so that neither may your wisdom be with…

— Saint Augustine

Confidence is beautiful. No matter your size, no matter your weight. Be confident in who you are and you'll be beautiful.

— Anonymous

Southerners pride themselves on being polite. This is why we always use euphemisms to express ourselves.

— Tinsley Mortimer

I'm good at what I do. I'm really, really good at what I do, and I'm not saying this with any level…

— Punit Renjen

Having reached a high level of realization (or having accomplished anything in life), don't get excited or puffed up with pride but…

— Laozi

The kernel, the soul — let us go further and say the substance, the bulk, the actual and valuable material of all…

— Mark Twain

Men famed for wit, of dangerous talents vain, Treat those of common parts with proud disdain; The powers that wisdom would, improving,…

— George Crabbe

We are all these things [...]. Pride, desire, compassion, cleverness, belligerence, fruitfulness, loyalty...and guilt. But above it all stands love. And if…

— Jacqueline Carey

“Long, discursive, dry, and inane are the prayers in many pulpits. Without unction or heart, they fall like a killing frost on…

— E.M. Bounds

When we die to something, something comes alive within us. If we die to self, charity comes alive; if we die to…

— Fulton J. Sheen

It is a law of life that human beings, even the geniuses among them, do not pride themselves on their actual achievements…

— Stefan Zweig

There are some upon this earth of yours,' returned the Spirit, 'who lay claim to know us, and who do their deeds…

— Charles Dickens

I stand by the Constitution and I stand by the Second Amendment and it's something that I take pride in. It's something…

— J. D. Martinez

“If we take pride of our responsibility completing tasks, it will create a good impression among others about our commitment to fulfill…

— Saaif Alam

I've always had a love of the gym. I like to see marginal gains and I'm competitive in there. The same goes…

— Scott McTominay

I had to get my camera to register things that were more important than how poor they were--their pride, their strength, their…

— Dorothea Lange

Swallowing your pride isn't lethal. It might upset your stomach for a few minutes, but the ultimate result may be the life…

— Georgette Mosbacher

“I don't have time to defend my pride today, so I just keep my chin up and proceed with strong strides.”

— Lilo Abernathy

When I go down to Mexico now, it's not quite like I'm in Kansas City, but maybe it's like when I'm in…

— Tony Gonzalez

Whenever we find ourselves more inclined to persecute than to persuade, we may then be certain that our zeal has more of…

— Charles Caleb Colton

Arrogance rides triumphantly through the gates, barely glancing at the old woman about to cut the rope and spring shut the trap.

— Mason Cooley

Take pride in how far you've come. Have faith in how far you can go. But don't forget to enjoy the journey.

— Michael Josephson

“The knowledge of God’s Word without love is a destructive force because it puffs us up with pride and legalism.”

— John Bevere

We should not feel pride in our charity, austerity, valour, scriptural knowledge, modestyandmorality for the world is full of the rarest gems.

— Chanakya

The arrogance of poets is only a defense; doubt gnaws the greatest among them; they need our testimony to escape despair.

— Francois Mauriac

“Your anger, pride, deceit, and greed should be such that they hurt no one. If they are limited to where they only…

— Dada Bhagwan

Pride is the ground in which all the other sins grow, and the parent from which all the other sins come.

— William Barclay

I wouldn't change anything about myself. Not because I'm being cocky or anything, but because this is who I am, and I'm…

— Jazz Jennings

Only the inner vision of God, only the God-blindedness of unreservedly dedicated souls, only the utterly humble ones can bow and break…

— Thomas Raymond Kelly

“Pride would have destroyed me. But i were able to cheat on pride. if i could cheat on pride then i could…

— jovita efehi obadolagbonyi

Every man of action has a strong dose of egoism, pride, hardness, and cunning. But all those things will be regarded as…

— Giorgos Seferis

Pride, if not the origin, is the medium of all wickedness-the atmosphere without which it would instantly die away.

— Arthur Helps

“I wanted so badly to be seen, yet my pride prevented me from obviously asking to be seen. I did not want…

— Magenta Periwinkle

“It is good practice to never fault someone for their birth name, being that it is always of far greater importance how…

— Steven J. Carroll

A person full of the Holy Spirit cannot be full of self. Pride never accompanies power in the fully yielded life.

— Beth Moore

“Confidence without humility is arrogance. Humility without confidence is weakness. Confidence and humility are both biblical. And they're equally essential for living…

— Steven Furtick