Quotes related to James 4:6
There is so much good. So much grace. So much pouring into the river. A quiet water, this river of grace. Its work done in ways that do not seek attention. Yet it is there. Always there. A
— Lisa Wingate
Pride is a steamroller. It'll clear the path for a while, but sooner or later it'll shift into reverse, and then . . . look out.
— Lisa Wingate
Guilt is really the reverse side of the coin of pride. Guilt aims at self-destruction, and pride aims at the destruction of others.
— Bill Wilson
Self-righteousness is the devil's masterpiece to make us think well of ourselves.
— Thomas Adams
The self-righteous never apologize.
— Leonard Ravenhill
The greatest enemy to human souls is the self-righteous spirit which makes men look to themselves for salvation.
— Charles Spurgeon
Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.
— John Wooden
There were only a few shepherds at the first Bethlehem. The ox and the donkey understood more of the first Christmas than the high priests in Jerusalem. And it is the same today.
— Thomas Merton
Pride is concerned with who is right. Humility is concerned with what is right.
— Ezra Taft Benson
I would rather be a little nobody, then to be a evil somebody.
— Abraham Lincoln
If a man is devout, we accuse him of hypocrisy; if he is not, of impiety; if he is humble, we look on his humility as a weakness; if he is generous, we call his courage pride.
— Louis Bourdaloue
Pride dies 20 minutes after death.
— Francis de Sales