2,116 Quotes About Pride

Pride is a good horse if thou ridest wisely

Pride does not only come with great responsibility. It is buy one get one free. Great responsibility will require great resourcefulness.

Narcissistic pleasure seekers routinely avoid developing the humility required to manufacture a life of full measure. Shallow persons such as me hide their insecurities behind a false persona of bravado, boasting of their inconsequential deeds, pyrrhic victories, and adamant refusals to tackle any task that they fear.

But the arrogance of old age can cloak itself in the authority of past accomplishments, which can serve to confirm the belief that one’s arrogance is justly held. It can shield a man from the realization that his beliefs have calcified, that he can no longer assess a situation accurately at first glance, that the world has changed around him and left him behind. Guarded from this knowledge, he remains content.

For if any man thinks that he is alone is wise--that in speech, or in mind, he hath no peer--such a soul, when laid open, is ever found empty.

By acknowledging our boundaries and limitations, we attain greater heights than we ever will by appearing to think we know everything.

Be wary of the praise of men; don't let it pump you up unnecessarily and don't let it paralyze your progress

At the point that it dawns on me that I am not God I have finally made room for God.

As a human rights activist it is concerning to me that those committing atrocities against vulnerable people view these atrocities as 'progress', and assert with pride and conviction that they are 'Christians' and that they are doing 'God's will'.