Quotes about Pride
rather than the other; because everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted."b
— Tony Evans
Any man who has to wear another man's name on the back of his shirt may need to ask himself how he views his own manhood.
— Tony Evans
The devil has some Christians in POW camps due to alcohol, drugs, pornography, fear, discouragement, depression, pride, narcissism, materialism, and a whole host of other problems.
— Tony Evans
James 4:6: "God is opposed to the proud, but gives grace to the humble.
— Kris Vallotton
there is nothing so offensive to God or so dangerous to the human soul as pride and self-sufficiency. Of all sins it is the most hopeless, the most incurable.
— George Knight
Let us therefore animate and encourage each other, and show the whole world that a Freeman, contending for liberty on his own ground, is superior to any slavish mercenary on earth.
— George Washington
We attempt nothing great but from a sense of the difficulties we have to encounter; we persevere in nothing great but from a pride in overcoming them.
— William Hazlitt
The truly proud man is satisfied with his own good opinion, and does not seek to make converts to it.
— William Hazlitt
The man who glories in his luck may be overthrown by destiny.
— Euripides
We are traditionally rather proud of ourselves for having slipped creative work in there between the domestic chores and obligations. I'm not sure we deserve such big A-pluses for all that.
— Toni Morrison
Proud people breed sad sorrows for themselves.
— Emily Bronte
Not every man can carry a full cup. Sudden elevation frequently leads to pride and a fall. The most exacting test of all to survive is prosperity.
— J. Oswald Sanders