Acceptance Quote by Francois de La Rochefoucauld

It is more often from pride than from defective understanding that people oppose established opinions: they find the best places taken in the good…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Pride comes from not knowing yourself and the world. The older you grow, and the more you see, the less reason you will find…

— J. C. Ryle

By ignorance is pride increased; Those most assume who know the least

— John Gay

It's arrogant for us to think our opinions are always the right ones & to put others down because they don't think exactly as…

— Anonymous

Those who most obstinately oppose the most widely-held opinions more often do so because of pride than lack of intelligence. They find the best…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Pride is a negative psychological aggregate that leads many to error and perpetuates suffering and ignorance.

— Anonymous

Nothing so obstinately stands in the way of all sorts of progress as pride of opinion. While nothing is so foolish and baseless.

— Anonymous

At the end, ignorance is the source of biases. If we cure that, there's nothing to fear and hate.

— Daryl Davis

At some point, the pride has to be a part of the whole day-to-day oeuvre. It's part of who you are and doesn't need…

— Sandra Bernhard

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

I'm tired of ignorance held up as inspiration, where vicious anti-intellectualism is considered a positive trait, and where uninformed opinion is displayed as fact.

— Phil Plait

If we did not have pride, we would not complain of it in others.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld