“I need to take my fragile, wounded pride away and somehow nurse it back to health.” — E.L. James Copy Share Image
Wounded pride can take a rich young man far who is surrounded by flatterers since birth. — Stendhal Copy Share Image
“It was wounded pride. The only thing worse than throwing herself at him was clinging to him afterward and pressuring him to… — Laura Griffin Copy Share Image
The passions grafted on wounded pride are the most inveterate; they are green and vigorous in old age. — George Santayana Copy Share Image
“his avowal of follies and excess seemed uttered rather in the spirit of wounded pride, than in that of contrition.” — Walter Scott Copy Share Image
When your heart was broken. When your wounded pride was laid to rest, baby. You'll never open your heart to anyone else… — Kem Copy Share Image
You have to beat your opponent, otherwise you get to walk home with a black eye and wounded pride. — Josh Barnett Copy Share Image
Anger can keep you warm at night, and wounded pride can spur a man to wondrous things. — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
“Where is the pain when your pride is wounded? And why do we say that: wounded? There is no gash, no blood,… — A.P Copy Share Image
Vanity is a static thing. It puts it faith in what it has, and is easily wounded. Pride is active, and satisfied… — Jacques Barzun Copy Share Image
There are some nights when sleep plays coy, aloof and disdainful. And all the wiles that I employ to win its service… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Wherever there is any element of pride or of conceit, Jesus cannot expound a thing. He will take us through the disappointment… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
Vanity, wounded pride, rejection, self-delusion. I could recite a litany of little pinpricks that finally produce a gaping wound. That's how marriages… — Helen Van Slyke Copy Share Image
“Only one thing had her balking: his cool kiss. Especially when compared to Mr. Pinter's hot ones. Curse that man. No matter… — Sabrina Jeffries Copy Share Image
“[Neurotic] pride is both so vulnerable and so precious that it also must be protected in the future. The neurotic may build… — Karen Horney Copy Share Image
![“[Neurotic] pride is both so vulnerable and so precious that it also must be protected in the future. The neurotic may build an elaborate system of avoidances in the hope of circumventing future hurts. This too is a process that goes on automatically. He is not aware of wanting to avoid an activity…” quote by Karen Horney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/4fb/karen-horney-12931_inertia_neurotic-pride-is-both-so-vulnerable-and_2189516.jpg)