Ancestry Quote by Charles Caleb Colton

It is with nations as with individuals, those who know the least of others think the highest of themselves; for the whole family of…

— Charles Caleb Colton

Pride is generally censured and decried, but mainly by those who have nothing to be proud of.

— Arthur Schopenhauer

Pride erects a little kingdom of its own, and acts as sovereign in it.

— William Hazlitt

The Christians are right: it is Pride which has been the chief cause of misery in every nation and every family since the world…

— Anonymous

Were we not proud ourselves, we should not complain of the pride of others.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

There are two kinds of pride, both good and bad. 'Good pride' represents our dignity and self-respect. 'Bad pride' is the deadly sin of…

— John C. Maxwell

Pride, if not the origin, is the medium of all wickedness-the atmosphere without which it would instantly die away.

— Arthur Helps

“The cheapest sort of pride is national pride; for if a man is proud of his own nation, it argues that he has no…

— Arthur Schopenhauer

Nationalist pride, like other variants of pride, can be a substitute for self-respect.

— Eric Hoffer

“There is no pride in a masculinst history that deprives half of humanity a pride of place, the dignity of who and what they…

— Hamid Dabashi

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 a sin that can readily be seen in others but is rarely admitted in ourselves.

— Ezra Taft Benson