Quotes about Pride
God can never entrust His Kingdom to anyone who has not been broken of pride, for pride is the armour of darkness itself.
— Francis Frangipane
I find that when I think I am asking God to forgive me I am often in reality. . . asking Him not to forgive me but to excuse me.
— CS Lewis
We all salute, with pride, the same American Flag. And we are equal - totally equal - in the eyes of Almighty God.
— Donald Trump
It hit me that the students were talking about me, not God. I was standing before a holy God and robbing Him of the glory that was rightfully His.
— Francis Chan
The proud person always wants to do the right thing, the great thing. But because he wants to do it in his own strength, he is fighting not with man, but with God.
— Soren Kierkegaard
Through pride the devil became the devil. Pride leads to every vice, it's the complete anti-God state of mind.
— CS Lewis
No matter how dear you are to God, if pride is harboured in your spirit, He will whip it out of you. They that go up in their own estimation must come down again by His discipline
— Charles Spurgeon
Self-confidence is either a petty pride in our own narrowness, or a realization of our duty and privilege as one of God's children.
— Phillips Brooks
I will not glory, even in my orthodoxy, for even that can be a snare if I make a god of it... Let us rejoice in Him in all His fullness and in Him alone.
— Martyn Lloyd-Jones
In Christ, man who made himself God encounters God who made himself man. Unrivaled self-importance and pride encounters unrivaled self-emptying and humility.
— Christopher West
God, give me a good humiliation every day. It's good for the soul and it's good for the ego.
— Fr. Richard Rohr
One of the blunders religious people are particularly fond of making is the attempt to be more spiritual than God
— Frederick Buechner