2,116 Quotes About Pride

[Pride and power] are the same except that pride leaves the lights on and power can do it in the dark.

I understand,” she says, and then she quotes Du Fu: “The country is broken, but the mountains and rivers remain.” Her eyes flash; he catches sight of the fire in this modest woman. “We are the mountains and rivers,” he says, impressed. “No matter what the country is called.

Pride doesn't go before a fall, it keeps you from falling.

Poor Mr. Smith, having been so rudely dragged from his high horse, was never able to mount it again, and completed the lecture in a manner not at all comfortable to himself.

Birincisi ben hiç de iyi kalpli değilimdir; ikincisi, gözünüzde artık hiçbir önemim kalmamış ki iyi yürekli olduğumu söylüyorsunuz... Bu ölü adamın başına çelenk koymaya benzer.

It takes just a little attitudinal slip to show a big pride.

Is there shame in living off your fellow man or being unable to take care ofyourself? You bet. But a person who’s willing to work and pay their own waycan at least take pride in that even if they can’t take pride in anything else.

Let us know our differences! Let us understand our differences! Let us know and understand that we are all different people with different differences! We all have different differences that are not all that different! Understanding is the matter! When we get to know and understand our differences well, we shall least spit on each other just because of our differences!

Pride is a by-product of insecurity. And the more insecure a person is, the more monuments they need to build.There is a fine line between 'Thy kingdom come' and 'my kingdom come.' If you cross the line, your relationship with God is self-serving.You aren't serving God. You are using God.You aren't building altars to God. You are building monuments to yourself.