~ It is a beggar's pride that he is not a thief ~
~ Pride is seldom delicate, it will please itself with very mean advantages; and envy feels not its own happiness, but when it may be compared with the misery of others ~
~ Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need. ~
~ Pride is an admission of weakness; it secretly fears all competition and dreads all rivals. ~
~ Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty, and supped with infamy. ~
~ The infinitely little have a pride infinitely great. ~
~ Pride is a personal commitment. It is an attitude which separates excellence from mediocrity. ~
~ Pride is an admission of weakness; it secretly fears all competition and dreads all rivals. ~
~ Pride is still aiming at the best houses: Men would be angels, angels would be gods. Aspiring to be gods, if angels fell; aspiring to be angels men rebel. ~
~ Pride the first peer and president of hell. ~
~ Pride is a personal commitment. It is an attitude which separates excellence from mediocrity. ~
~ Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves; vanity, to what we would have others think of us. ~