Pride Quote by Yoshida Kenko

“A developed and decent man cannot be vain without a boundless exactingness towards himself and without despising himself at moments to the point of…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“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

“Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition,” he wrote. “I have no other so great as that of being truly esteemed of…

— Doris Kearns Goodwin

“Judging oneself to be inferior to other people was one of the worst acts of pride he knew, because it was the most destructive…

— Paulo Coelho

“A wise man is able to differentiate between humility and weakness, he does not mistake courage for pride.”

— Newton Gatambia

Every miserable fool who has nothing at all of which he can be proud, adopts as a last resource pride in the nation to…

— Arthur Schopenhauer

“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

“Anyone who does not share his moments of joy and discouragement with others will never fully know his own qualities and his own defects”

— Paulo Coelho

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

— John Piper

“It is a defeat of the spirit to learn one's arrogance causes such loss and pain. Pride invites you to soar to heights and…

— R.A. Salvatore

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

— Stephen Batchelor