2,116 Quotes About Pride

the more the tree goes up in the air, the more it goes down into the earth. Remember humility in greatness.

Weakness is not the problem, but my delusion of my strengths is.

to a big pride, a little soul

Foolish defiance was his lifelong response to being ill.

The temptations that use the raw material of good for evil can continue unrecognized for a long time without awareness.

Americans would prefer that immigrants do their jobs and then disappear at the end of the day.

When John Quincy Adams in the Netherlands was placed with elementary students and belittled because he did not speak Dutch, either the author or John Adams accuses school authorities of "littleness of soul".

Because he was suffering doubts about himself and his future, Adams may have felt comfort demeaning the behavior and the character of women.

John Quincy Adams, denying his sons permission to come home for college holidays for under-performance: "I would feel nothing but sorrow and shame at your presence.