Ancestry Quote by James Russell Lowell

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

— Arthur Helps

Pride, like the magnet, constantly points to one object, self; but, unlike the magnet, it has no attractive pole, but at all points repels.

— Charles Caleb Colton

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 is the ground in which all the other sins grow, and the parent from which all the other sins come.

— William Barclay

Pride is the recognition of the fact that you are your own highest value and, like all of man's values, it has to be…

— Ayn Rand

Pride... is the direct appreciation of oneself.

— Arthur Schopenhauer

Pride is founded not on the sense of happiness, but on the sense of power.

— William Hazlitt

Pride is a vice not only dreadfully mischievous in human society, but perhaps of all others, the most insuperable bar to real inward improvement.

— Elizabeth Carter

Pride looks back upon its past deeds, and calculating with nicety what it has done, it commits itself to rest; whereas humility looks to…

— James McCosh

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 consists in an unduly exalted opinion of one's self. It is, therefore, impatient of a rival, hates a superior, and cannot endure a…

— Charles Haddon Spurgeon

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

— Anonymous