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Pride Quotes
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Idleness and pride tax with a heavier hand than kings and governments.

Pride is pleasure arising from a man's thinking too highly of himself.

Nothing has been purchased more dearly than the little bit of reason and sense of freedom which now constitutes our pride.

Pride and conceit were the original sins of man.
 share this Pride saying   Alain Rene Lesage

Pride slays thanksgiving, but an humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow. A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves.

Women love the lie that saves their pride, but never an unflattering truth
 share this Pride saying   Gertrude Franklin Atherton

My pride fell with my fortunes.

Pride, envy, avarice - these are the sparks have set on fire the hearts of all men

By profession I am a Soldier and take pride in that fact, but I am prouder to be a father

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 does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay.

Pride makes us esteem ourselves; vanity desires the esteem of others.
 share this Pride saying   Unknown

There is this paradox in pride -- it makes some men ridiculous, but prevents others from becoming so.
 share this Pride saying   Colton, Charles Caleb

Be modest! It is the kind of pride least likely to offend.

Humility is pride in Godî
 share this Pride saying   Austin O\'Malley

If you can once engage people's pride, love, pity, ambition (or whatever is their prevailing passion) on your side, you need not fear what their reason can do against you.

One may be humble out of pride.

One of the best temporary cures for pride and affection is seasickness; a man who wants to vomit never puts on airs.

He that is proud eats up himself; pride in his glass, his trumpet, his chronicle; and whatever praises itself but in the deed, devours the deed in the praise

What is pride? A rocket that emulates the stars

Pride is the master sin of the devil, and the devil is the father of lies

Pride goeth before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall
 share this Pride saying   Bible

Pride that dines on vanity, sups on contempt

I envision someday a great, peaceful South Africa in which the world will take pride, a nation in which each of many different groups will be making its own creative contribution.
 share this Pride saying   Alan Paton

The infinitely little have a pride infinitely great.
 share this Pride saying   Voltaire

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