Quotes about Pride
Loosed of his burden, Christian makes his way to the bottom of the hill where he finds three men fast asleep. Foolish represents spiritual dullness and ignorance. Sloth represents spiritual laziness. Presumption represents spiritual pride and arrogance. The consequences of all three conditions are self-inflicted incarceration and lack of progress on the King's Highway.
— John Bunyan
He who is down, needs fear no fall; He who is low, has no pride. He who is humble ever shall Have God to be his guide.
— John Bunyan
humility comes before honor and a haughty spirit before a fall.
— John Bunyan
Presumption said, Every fat must stand upon his own bottom.
— John Bunyan
Almost every man wastes part of his life in attempts to display qualities which he does not possess.
— John Maxwell
Success leads to the greatest failure, which is pride. Failure leads to the greatest success, which is humility and learning.
— John Maxwell
The pride of young men requires that they seem wise, despite their inexperience, and the only way to appear all-knowing without going to the tedium of acquiring knowledge, is to hold all knowledge in weary-seeming contempt.
— John C. Wright
Sadness usually results from one of the following causes either when a man does not succeed, or is ashamed of his success
— Seneca
Death be not proud though some have called Thee Mighty and dreadful for thou art not so.
— John Donne
Our community belongs to us and whether it is mean or majestic, whether arrayed in glory or covered in shame, we cannot but share its character and destiny.
— Frederick Douglass
If you are left with only one piece of homespun,wear it with dignity
— Mahatma Gandhi
I'm proud to say I've never listened to that 'Gangnam Style.'
— Keith Flint