Ability Quote by Helen Lynd

Human pride is not worthwhile; there is always something lying in wait to take the wind out of it.

— Mark Twain

Pride is pleasure arising from a man's thinking too highly of himself.

— Baruch Spinoza

As pride sometimes is hid under humility, idleness if often covered by turbulence and hurry.

— Samuel Johnson

“Remember, frustration is a function of our expectations, and our expectations are often a reflection of the social mirror rather than our own values…

— Stephen R. Covey

You display inordinate pride for someone who has completed a task which could have been performed by a lesser primate in a shorter time.

— Eoin Colfer

Pride is the fuel of human accomplishment.

— Wilbur L. Creech

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

— Anonymous

Pride is a fruitful source of uneasiness. It keeps the mind in disquiet. Humility is the antidote to this evil.

— Lydia Sigourney

Enjoyment appears at the boundary between boredom and anxiety, when the challenges are just balanced with the person's capacity to act.

— Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

Pride is seldom delicate; it will please itself with very mean advantages.

— Samuel Johnson

Basically, a human being is a social animal. So, if you create some short moment of happiness for people, you get deep satisfaction.

— Dalai Lama

The more pride we have, the more other people’s pride irritates us

— C. S. Lewis