Haughtiness Quote by William Cowper Download Open image “The proud are ever most provoked by pride.” — William Cowper ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.6 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Haughtiness Inspirational Love Pride Proud Provoked
Pride is seldom delicate; it will please itself with very mean advantages. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Pride is generally censured and decried, but mainly by those who have nothing to be proud of. — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
Yes, pride is a perpetual nagging temptation. Keep on knocking it on the head, but don't be too worried about it. As long as… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
Having pride means we have a purpose, a meaning and an overall integrity. You have earned the right to be proud. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
And hast thou sworn on every slight pretence, Till perjuries are common as bad pence, While thousands, careless of the damning sin, Kiss the… — William Cowper Copy Share Image
No wild enthusiast could rest, till half the world like him was possessed. — William Cowper Copy Share Image
Admirals extolled for standing still, or doing nothing with a deal of skill. — William Cowper Copy Share Image
Thus happiness depends, as nature shows, less on exterior things than most suppose. — William Cowper Copy Share Image
Stamps God's own name upon a lie just made, To turn a penny in the way of trade. — William Cowper Copy Share Image
But oars alone can ne'er prevail To reach the distant coast; The breath of Heaven must swell the sail, Or all the toil is… — William Cowper Copy Share Image
But conversation, choose what theme we may, And chiefly when religion leads the way, Should flow, like waters after summer show'rs, Not as if… — William Cowper Copy Share Image
“When we don't pray, we quit the fight. Prayer keeps the Christian's armor bright. And Satan trembles when he sees. The weakest saint upon… — William Cowper Copy Share Image
But animated nature sweeter still, to soothe and satisfy the human ear. — William Cowper Copy Share Image
With copious evidence ranging from Plato's haughtiness to Beethoven's tirades, we may conclude that the most brilliant people of history tend to be a… — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
If one avoids haughtiness to the utmost extent and is exceedingly humble, he is termed a saint, and this is the standard of saintliness. — Maimonides Copy Share Image
It is the privilege of any human work which is well done to invest the doer with a certain haughtiness. He can well afford… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Some people are all quality; you would think they are made up of nothing but title and genealogy. The stamp of dignity defaces in… — Roger L'Estrange Copy Share Image
If you are an ardent reader, seek not brilliant and erudite texts; otherwise the demon of haughtiness will strike your heart. But like a… — Ephrem the Syrian Copy Share Image
Christianity, with its doctrine of humility, of forgiveness, of love, is incompatible with the state, with its haughtiness, its violence, its punishment, its wars — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Any pride or haughtiness, is displeasing to us, merely because it shocks our own pride, and leads us by sympathy into comparison, which causes… — David Hume Copy Share Image
“Act as if you don't know me, and i will make it seem as though you don't exist.” — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
