Appearance Quote by Samuel Johnson

“Pride delights in its clever schemes and reduces character to craft.”

— Jo-Ann Triner EdD

Thy pride is but the prologue of thy shame; where vain-glory commands, there folly counsels; where pride rides, there shame lackeys.

— Francis Quarles

Folly is the direct pursuit of happiness and beauty

— George Bernard Shaw

Unbalanced pride is often a false friend, and is ruinous for egomaniacs who can't see beyond their choices of expressing art.

— Martin Dansky

“Arrogance in an individual is a function of "false pride" based on his past sporadic successes.”

— Rakesh Seth

“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 was an illusion, an artifice that could be set aside when circumstances warranted.”

— Alec Hutson

“Pride counterbalances all these miseries; man either hides or displays them, and glories in his awareness of them.”

— Blaise Pascal

“Pride makes us unapproachable. (...) But if a person possesses a realistic assessment of who she is, whence she's come, and where her place…

— Dennis Okholm

“Paradoxically, pride weakens your courage, confidence and self-esteem. Pride is protection of a self-image, an image that is nothing more than an ego-mask.”

— Will Jelbert

“Pride is no respecter of persons. The serious thinkers may be humble, and the careless mystics may be arrogant.”

— John Piper

Pride of one's work is not improper, unladylike, or vain. We can all take a lesson from the sea turtle. She does not travel…

— Anonymous