Action Quote by Demosthenes

The insolent civility of a proud man is, if possible, more shocking than his rudeness could be; because he shows you, by his manner,…

— Lord Chesterfield

An able man shows his spirit by gentle words and resolute actions.

— Lord Chesterfield

If a man has a right to be proud of anything, it is of a good action done as it ought to be, without…

— Laurence Sterne

A man that is well ordered in his soul needeth little the unkind demeanor of worldly people nor yet their proud behavior.

— Thomas a Kempis

I will give you a definition of a proud man: he is a man who has neither vanity nor wisdom one filled with hatreds…

— John Keats

Man is a feeble creature, to whom only submission and worship are besoming. Pride is insolence, and belief in human power is impiety

— Bertrand Russell

Men will imitate and admire his unmoved firmness, his inflexible conscience for the right; and yet his gentleness, as tender as a woman's, his…

— Henry Ward Beecher

Many a one commits a reprehensible action, who is at bottom an honourable man, because man seldom acts upon natural impulse, but from some…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

No matter how dear you are to God, if pride is harboured in your spirit, He will whip it out of you. They that…

— Charles Spurgeon

Pride may be allowed to this or that degree, else a man cannot keep up his dignity.

— John Selden

The proud person always wants to do the right thing, the great thing. But because he wants to do it in his own strength,…

— Anonymous

When you're thinking, please remember this: excessive pride is a familiar sin, but a man may just as easily frustrate the will of God…

— Ken Follett