Quotes about Pride
Thank you," the old man said. He was too simple to wonder when he had attained humility. But he knew he had attained it and he knew it was not disgraceful and it carried no loss of true pride.
— Ernest Hemingway
I'll kill him though,' he said. 'In all his greatness and his glory.
— Ernest Hemingway
Too much honor destroys a man quicker than too much of any other fine quality.
— Ernest Hemingway
Humility, the place of entire dependence on God, is the first duty and the highest virtue of the creature, and the root of every virtue. And so pride, or the loss of this humility, is the root of every sin and evil.
— Andrew Murray
As natural and easy as it has been to be proud, it must become natural for us to be humble.
— Andrew Murray
I am very proud to be British. I'm very conscious of carrying my country with me wherever I go. I feel I need to represent it well.
— Julie Andrews
There is something in humility which strangely exalts the heart.
— St. Augustine
Revenge, lust, ambition, pride, and self-will are too often exalted as the gods of man's idolatry; while holiness, peace, contentment, and humility are viewed as unworthy of a serious thought.
— Charles Spurgeon
Our lack of forgiveness makes us hate, and our lack of compassion makes us hard-hearted. Pride in our hearts makes us resentful and keeps our memory in a constant whirlwind of passion and self-pity.
— Mother Angelica
Holy humility confounds pride and all the men of this world and all things that are in the world.
— St. Francis Of Assisi
So much of how we act and what we do is based on humility or pride - that's everything. And when you can humble yourself, you know, we are more like Christ when we can humble ourselves.
— Tim Tebow
Riches are not forbidden, but the pride of them is.
— St. John Chrysostom