Quotes about Pride

Self respect is something that can't be killed. The worst thing is to kill a man's pretense at it.

Being an American means never having to say you're sorry.

Comparison may be a natural thing everybody does, but people in leadership and in helping ministries need to avoid it at all costs because it feeds either insecurity or pride, not humility and trust in God.

When we compare ourselves with others, we quickly become consumed with pride or envy, and our passion for Christ quickly fades.

Great leaders often have great pride. To become useful to God, their pride has to be crushed. God can then use the broken pieces to create new, humble people whose consummate abilities are under the leading of the Spirit instead of driven by selfish ambition.

To receive graciously is an art that cannot be faked. If it is more blessed to give than to receive, it is much harder to receive than to give. We receive ungraciously out of pride, feeling that we don't need anyone's help, handouts, or charity, or out of some sense of discomfort. These are all ego reactions, and there is no need to have them once you realize that the giver is never the giver, just as the receiver is never the receiver. Both stand in for spirit.

If I am a cup maker, I'm interested in making the best cup I possibly can. My effort goes into that cup, not what people think about it.

Be strong, but not rude; Be kind, but not weak; Be bold, but not bully; Be humble, but not timid; Be prooud, but not arrogant.

The chief occupational hazard of leadership is pride.

When you are full of pride on the inside, it makes you stiff, stubborn, and creates strife with others.

Little learning and much pride come of hasty reading.

I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him.