Advantage Quote by Thomas More

“...if pride, that plague of human nature, that source of so much misery, did not hinder it; for this vice does not measure happiness…

— Thomas More

“I thought of what pride would look like, a jowly old guy in a smoking jacket. Vanity was a tall, beautiful woman with a…

— Holly Cupala

“I have my pride for men--serpents always ready to threaten every one who would pass without crushing them under foot. But I lay aside…

— Alexandre Dumas

“Pride thinks its own happiness shines the brighter, by comparing it with the misfortunes of other persons; that by displaying its own wealth they…

— Sir Thomas More

Pride is handsome, economical; pride eradicates so many vices, letting none subsist but itself, that it seems as if it were a great gain…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Pride makes a god of self, covetousness makes a god of money, sensuality makes a god of the belly; whatever is esteemed or loved,…

— Matthew Henry

“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 the utter poverty of soul disguised as riches, imaginary light where in fact there is darkness.

— John Climacus

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

“Pride can make one a stronger person in the one sense, or so it is often believed, when based solely on the surface, but…

— Criss Jami

“There is nothing beneficial in pride, simply because too much of it will lead to arrogance and tyranny.”

— Mwanandeke Kindembo

The pride of the peacock is the glory of God. The lust of the goat is the bounty of God. The wrath of the…

— William Blake