2,116 Quotes About Pride

Man becomes truly free when he is able to overcome the fear of judgment and that of falling behind. Because only the is he able to set aside his pride, learn from mistakes, and keep a smile no matter what.

Pride is a curious thing--- a paradox, really. It makes great fools of some men and saves the honour of others.

Pride is a shiny weakness.

It's hard to push up against a wall, when you are the wall.

I want to sharpen my pride on what strengthens me, my witness on what haunts me. Whatever we name ourselves, however we end up shattering our self-hatred, shame, silence, and isolation, the goal is the same: to end our daily material oppression.

To spend your time thinking about what you can do to keep from disappointing him, or what might happen if you were to displease her, or how it might look if you did this, or how you might be rejected if you didn’t do that, rather than simply thinking about how you can please God, is not only worry, but stupidity.

There are men who, at the bottom of the ladder, battle to rise; they study, struggle, keep their wits alive and eventually get up to a place where they are received as an equal among respectable intellectuals. Here they find warmth and comfort for their pride, and here the struggle ends, and a death of many years commences. They could have gone on living.

While you may not be where you want to be yet, you have made it further than you were before. Be proud.

This was going to be difficult, because he enjoyed women, but all the ones he has known seemed to be sent as secret assassins on a mission to destroy his pride and ability.