Quotes about Pride

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.

We forget the gospel when we neglect our adoption and think that we're still just a hired servant. The Father doesn't let us come to him on those terms. We will either come as sons or we will stay with the pigs. He won't let us earn anything from him because there will be no boasting in his sight. It will either be that Jesus and his glorious gospel has the preeminence or we will go it on our own.

Our obedience has its origin in God's prior action, and forgetting that truth results in self-righteousness, pride, and despair.

Proud people breed sad sorrows for themselves. But if you be afraid of your touchiness, you must ask pardon, mind, when she comes in.

Having leveled my palace, don't erect a hovel and complacently admire your own charity in giving me that for a home.

I shall not stand to be laughed at. I shall not bear it!

Don't degrade yourself into an abject reptile — don't.