Quotes related to James 4:6
A proud man is always looking down on things and people; and, of course, as long as you are looking down, you cannot see something that is above you.
— CS Lewis
Pride gets no pleasure out of having something, only out of having more of it than the next man... It is the comparison that makes you proud: the pleasure of being above the rest. Once the element of competition is gone, pride is gone.
— CS Lewis
I do not forget that my voice is but one voice, my experience a mere drop in the sea, my knowledge no greater than the visual field in a microscope.
— Carl Jung
It is possible to have a strong self-love without any self-satisfaction, rather with a self-discontent which is the more intense because one's own little core of egoistic sensibility is a supreme care.
— George Eliot
It made her feel sorry for her husband: she was discovering how vulnerable to flattery a conceited old man could be.
— Isabel Allende
I want to transform rage into creative energy and guilt into a mocking acceptance of my faults; I want to sweep away arrogance and vanity.
— Isabel Allende
I have zero ego.
— Ryan Fitzpatrick
When you're as great as I am, it's hard to be humble.
— Muhammad Ali
We grow small trying to be great.
— E Stanley Jones
Music is made one of Satan's most attractive agencies to ensnare souls; but, when turned to a good account, it is a blessing. When abused, it leads the unconsecrated to pride, vanity, and folly.
— Ellen White
Major Major never sees anyone in his office while he's in his office.
— Joseph Heller
I get recognized somewhere in between like local meteorologist and national meteorologist.
— John Mayer