2,116 Quotes About Pride

Strong is the man who can pull apart his own pride and hopelessness; courageous is the man who then reaches in, near his most vital inner workings to pull out the slivers and shards of mortality that have worked their way in.It’s not about determining the shade of grey the white paint in the bucket has become, but finding where the black paint is dripping from, and stopping it.

Those you fear are mere mortals, deep inside they tremble as you do and would ask for your assistance if it were not for their pride

I’ve learned that some people take pride in their closed-mindedness. There is such a thing as Boastful Ignorance.

There is one thing you must always remember about yourself; always be yourself, with courage and humility, no matter what!

The ego is so powerful it takes the course for or against, pro or con, to it's bodily host. If we are not presently aware of it's seductive nature, it makes a fool of prideful ignorance.

We criticize anyone who tries to break away from the rat race, because the idea that there is a way out scares us more than dying in the state we’re in.

To be an ignoramus isn't enough. You have to be proud of it.

It's hard to ignore ignorance, as we wear our brainy hat of hatred. Where the hammer hits the nail, indirectly.

The only sort of pride that may serve a man well on that rarest occasion is his hatred of being wrong. It keeps his mouth shut, his ears open, and his research extensive. And yet this is also the deadliest because when he is in fact proven wrong, he absolutely refuses to acknowledge it. It then keeps his mouth open, his ears shut, and his research inexistent.