Pride Quotes

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And the Devil did grin, for his darling sin is pride that apes humility. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Pride that dines on vanity, sups on contempt. — Benjamin Franklin
Idleness and pride tax with a heavier hand than kings and governments. — Benjamin Franklin
Pride is seldom delicate; it will please itself with very mean advantages. — Samuel Johnson
There was one who thought himself above me, and he was above me until he had that thought. — Elbert Hubbard
Nothing so obstinately stands in the way of all sorts of progress as pride of opinion. While nothing is so foolish and baseless. — J. G. Holland
My family pride is something inconceivable. I can't help it. I was born sneering. — W. S. Gilbert
At every trifle take offense, that always shows great pride or little sense. — Alexander Pope
Hockey s a funny game. You have to prove yourself every shift, every game. It's not up to anybody else. You have to take pride… — Paul Coffey
When they treat you bad, you just got to take care of your pride, no matter what. — Satchel Paige
If intellectual curiosity, professional pride, and ambition are the dominant incentives to research, then assuredly no one has a fairer chance of gratifying them than… — G. H. Hardy
Some emotions don't make a lot of noise. It's hard to hear pride. Caring is real faint - like a heartbeat. And pure love -… — Erma Bombeck
Baby girl you need to stop it, all that pride and self esteem got you angry bout this girl I'm wit in all them magazines. — Drake
Shame is pride's cloak. — William Blake
Pride is a vice, which pride itself inclines every man to find in others, and to overlook in himself — Samuel Johnson
Many men nourish a pride which urges them to conceal their struggles and show themselves only as conquerors. — Honore de Balzac
Some people are proud of their humility. — Henry Ward Beecher
When a man's pride is subdued it's like the sides of Mount Aetna. It was terrible during the eruption, but when that is over and… — Henry Ward Beecher
Pride is like the beautiful acacia, that lifts its head proudly above its neighbor plants-forgetting that it too, like them, has its roots in the… — Christian Nestell Bovee
Snobbery is the pride of those who are not sure of their position. — Berton Braley

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