Contempt Quote by James Martineau

There is something in humility which, strangely enough, exalts the heart, and something in pride which debases it.

— Saint Augustine

Pride leaves no room for grace.

— Charles R. Swindoll

Where God's Spirit does not reign, there is no humility, and men ever swell with inward pride.

— John Calvin

How can there be pride in a contrite heart? Humility is the earliest fruit of religion.

— Hosea Ballou

In our proud love affair with ourselves we pour contempt, whether we know it or not, on the worth of God's glory. As our…

— John Piper

Contempt of others is the truest symptom of a base and bad heart,--while it suggests itself to the mean and the vile, and tickles…

— Henry Fielding

The battle against pride in the heart is lifelong, so humility should become an ever more deeply seated attitude of living

— J. I. Packer

A quiet heart is content with what God gives. It is enough. All is grace.

— Elisabeth Elliot

In reality, there is, perhaps, no one of our natural passions so hard to subdue as pride.

— Benjamin Franklin

In the journey of life, pride will not take you nearly as far as humility.

— Ritu Ghatourey

Pride defeats its own end, by bringing the man who seeks esteem and reverence into contempt.

— Henry Bolingbroke

Spiritual pride is the worst of all pride, if it is not the worst snare of the devil. The heart is peculiarly deceitful on…

— Ichabod Spencer