Pride Quotes · Page 51

Pride is the oldest and most common of sins. Humility is the rarest and most beautiful of graces.

— J. C. Ryle

“Sometimes in his arrogance he has more anxiety for the world than for himself.”

— Franz Kafka

“Pride only serves our ego, selflessness serves our Soul.”

— James Patrick Lane

“Nature has a myriad of weapons to combat human arrogance.”

— Wayne Gerard Trotman

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

— Elbert Hubbard

The pride that keeps us from forgiving is the same pride which keeps us from accepting forgiveness.

— Frederick Buechner

The noblest character is stained by the addition of pride.

— Claudius Claudianus

Pride that you express to others is ego. Pride that you express silently to yourself is real pride.

— Stuart Wilde

Humility is often only a feigned submissiveness by which men hope to bring other people to submit to them; it is a…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

It's a weird feeling more than anything. You kind of have to swallow your pride a little bit, realize we won the…

— Clayton Kershaw

Without a doubt, there's huge satisfaction when a relatively smaller nation can take on a bigger nation and defeat them. There's a…

— Jim Courier

I've taken a certain a pride in all of my books. They devour so much time and energy that you have to…

— Catherine Mayer

I was raised to take pride in homemaking, and it's something that I always love to do. I know I share that…

— Yolanda Hadid

Even as people take pride in their national independence, we know we are becoming more and more interdependent." Bill Clinton "The price…

— Steve Schmidt

Sometimes you have to swallow your pride and just admit you're wrong. It's not called giving in, it's called growing up.

— Rashida Rowe

Pride is the great stumbling block of Zion...Pride is ugly; it says if you succeed I am a failure...Pride is basically competitive…

— Ezra Taft Benson

I pride myself on how little space I take up. I am going to shrink and shrink until I am a dry…

— Julie Gregory

I've had five surgeries that could have ended most people's careers. But because of the fact that I'm resilient and have a…

— Mark Henry

Let us confess a truth, humiliating to human pride; - a very small part only of the opinions of the coolest philosopher…

— Anna Letitia Barbauld

“We Lannisters do have a certain pride," said Tyrion Lannister. “Pride?” Catelyn snapped. His mocking tone and easy manner made her angry.…

— George R.R. Martin

I am not a 'democrat' only because 'humility' and equality are spiritual principles corrupted by the attempt to mechanize and formalize them,…

— Anonymous

I enjoyed playing for the national team, the French national team, because I think France gave me a lot and gave my…

— Patrick Vieira

I take pride in the fact that I can walk away from things. My willingness to walk away has protected me, I…

— David Berman

Had there not been five bad qualities, all the people would have been righteous. Contentment with ignorance; love for worldly life; miserliness…

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

Never settle for anything less than what you deserve, its not pride, its self respect...

— Anonymous

Stay with your pride, maybe it will love you more than I do.

— Unkown

I am not arrogant. I would never ask the player to celebrate with me.

— Andre Villas-Boas

I grew up beyond proud - we didn't have much, but we had a lot of love.

— Frankie Valli

Pride dwells in the thought; the tongue can have but a very little share in it.

— Michel de Montaigne

“Arrogance makes you stronger from outside, but even more weaker from inside.”

— Ujas Soni

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

— Alexander Pope

The light of the understanding, humility kindleth and pride covereth.

— Francis Quarles

If you take a loud pride in anything, people will rightly shoot you down.

— Danny Boyle

The whole business is built on ego, vanity, self-satisfaction, and it's total crap to pretend it's not.

— George Michael

I sometimes have an over-confidence that can be viewed as arrogance.

— James Corden

Ria snorted. “Leo’s pride rarely leaves the plains. What are they supposed to mate? The zebras?

— Lora Leigh

That moment when someone trusts you with their secret...and you just feel like such an awesome friend.

— Anonymous

Laugh at me and walk away. While I stand my ground I know your thoughts will sway.

— Luke Garner

“Humility raises us not by human arrogance but by divine grace.”

— Augustine of Hippo

“Take no pride in choice alone!” he cried. “It is what you choose that matters!”

— Ellen Gunderson Traylor