Benefactors Quote by Bernard of Clairvaux

Pride of gifts robs us of God's blessing in the use of them.

— William Gurnall

Pride only, the chief of all iniquities, can make us treat gifts as if they were rightful attributes of our nature, and, while receiving…

— Bernard of Clairvaux

Pride has a greater share than goodness in the reproofs we give other people for their faults; and we chide them not so much…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Pride is that which claims to be the author of what is really a gift.

— Timothy Keller

Pride... is the direct appreciation of oneself.

— Arthur Schopenhauer

Pride is yet another form of ego. It keeps us in the past and closes our eyes on the now. It stops us from…

— Anonymous

Pride works from within; it is the direct appreciation of oneself.

— Arthur Schopenhauer

Pride is the recognition of the fact that you are your own highest value and, like all of man's values, it has to be…

— Ayn Rand

Pride is the rope God allows us all.

— Leif Enger

Pride is essentially competitive in nature. We pit our will against God's.

— Ezra Taft Benson

Pride is the fuel of human accomplishment.

— Wilbur L. Creech

Pride adversely affects all our relationships - our relationship with God and His servants, between husband and wife, parent and child, employer and employee,…

— Ezra Taft Benson