Concern Quote by William Hazlitt

The superior man has a dignified ease without pride. The mean man has pride without a dignified ease.

— Confucius

“It is a great error to be superior to others…It is such pride as this that makes a man appear a fool, makes him…

— Yoshida Kenko

“The cheapest sort of pride is national pride; for if a man is proud of his own nation, it argues that he has no…

— Arthur Schopenhauer

“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

A man who prides himself on being better than his fellow-men thinks it a disgrace if he does not do something more than they…

— Saint Bernard

To be humble to superiors is duty, to equals courtesy, to inferiors nobleness.

— Benjamin Franklin

“Pride destroys a man quicker than ignorance.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

I will give you a definition of a proud man: he is a man who has neither vanity nor wisdom one filled with hatreds…

— John Keats

“In pride we consciously elevate our own standing and concerns and look down upon others as essentially inferior.”

— Stephen Batchelor

A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.

— Confucius

The man who acts humble in order to win praise is guilty of the lowest form of pride.

— Nachman of Breslov

Vain men delight in telling what Honours have been done them, what great Company they have kept, and the like; by which they plainly…

— Jonathan Swift