Proud Man Quotes

26 quotes by 18 authors

Pride slays thanksgiving, but a humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow. A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for… — Henry Ward Beecher
Man, proud man, drest in a little brief authority, most ignorant of what he's most assur d, glassy essence, like an angry ape, plays such… — William Shakespeare
Of all the marvelous works of God, perhaps the one angels view with the most supreme astonishment, is a proud man. — Charles Caleb Colton
A proud man is satisfied with his own good opinion, and does not seek to make converts to it. — William Hazlitt
On Pride: This sickness is most dangerous when it succeeds in looking like humility. When a proud man thinks he is humble his case is… — Thomas Merton
Man, proud man, Drest in a little brief authority, Most ignorant of what he's most assured. — William Shakespeare
The condition of being forgiven is self-abandonment. The proud man prefers self-reproach, however painful --because the reproached self isn't abandoned; it remains intact. — Aldous Huxley
I've always been a proud man. — Herve Villechaize
Merciful heaven, Thou rather with thy sharp and sulphurous bolt Splits the unwedgeable and gnarled oak Than the soft myrtle; but man, proud man, Dressed… — William Shakespeare
I do not hate a proud man, as I do hate the engendering of toads. — William Shakespeare
It is difficult for a proud man ever to forgive a person who has found him at fault, and who has good grounds for complaining… — Jean de la Bruyere
My faith is an important part of my life and over the years I've learnt that it takes a proud man to say he doesn't… — Bear Grylls
The truly proud man knows neither superiors or inferiors. The first he does not admit of - the last he does not concern himself about. — William Hazlitt
I will give you a definition of a proud man: he is a man who has neither vanity nor wisdom one filled with hatreds cannot… — John Keats
I'm a competitor and a very proud man. If a guy beats me once, he'll have to do it again to make me believe him. — Sugar Ray Leonard
The proud man can learn humility, but he will be proud of it. — Mignon McLaughlin
The proud man counts his newspaper clippings, the humble man his blessings. — Fulton J. Sheen
A proud man is always looking down on things and people; and, of course, as long as you are looking down, you cannot see something… — C.S. Lewis
I learned that it is better, a thousand-fold, for a proud man to fall and be humbled, than to hold up his head in his… — George MacDonald
In my craft or sullen art Exercised in the still night When only the moon rages And the lovers lie abed With all their griefs… — Dylan Thomas

Who Wrote These Proud Man Quotes

18 authors contributed a total of 26 Proud Man Quotes as follows: