Pride Quotes And Sayings

by allinspiration.com

“I do not know whether anyone has ever succeeded in not enjoying praise. And, if he enjoys it, he naturally wants to receive it. And if he wants to receive it, he cannot help but being distraught at losing it. Those who are in love with applause have their spirits starved not only when they are blamed off-hand, but even when they fail to be constantly praised.”
– John Chrysostom

“All free men, wherever they may live, are citizens of Berlin. And therefore, as a free man, I take pride in the words “Ich bin ein Berliner!”"
– John F. Kennedy

“It is better to lose your pride with someone you love rather than to lose that someone you love with your useless pride.”
– John Ruskin

“In general, pride is at the bottom of all great mistakes.”
– John Ruskin

“Nothing is ever done beautifully which is done in rivalship: or nobly, which is done in pride.”
– John Ruskin

“In general, pride is at the bottom of all great mistakes.”
– John Ruskin

“I am impelled, not to squeak like a grateful and apologetic mouse, but to roar like a lion out of pride in my profession.”
– John Steinbeck

“Let others pride themselves about how many pages they have written; I’d rather boast about the ones I’ve read.”
– Jorge Luis Borges

“Pride in a man is confused with dignity; in a woman, with self-love.”
– Jose Bergamin

“Because he could not afford to fail, he could not afford to trust.”
– Joseph J. Ellis

“Jennifer Merrick had stored all her tears inside her, and her pride and courage would never permit her to break down and shed them.”
– Judith McNaught

“Pride makes us long for a solution to things – a solution, a purpose, a final cause; but the better telescopes become, the more stars appear.”
– Julian Barnes

“Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.”
– Kahlil Gibran

“Learning to live on less pride has been a great investment in my future.”
– Katerina Stoykova Klemer

“When you’re thinking, please remember this: excessive pride is a familiar sin, but a man may just as easily frustrate the will of God through excessive humility.”
– Ken Follett

“Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need. ”
– Khalil Gibran

“Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.”
– Khalil Gibran

“And not only the pride of intellect, but the stupidity of intellect. And, above all, the dishonesty, yes, the dishonesty of intellect. Yes, indeed, the dishonesty and trickery of intellect.”
– Leo Tolstoy

“But to mean it when I say that I want my life to count for His glory is to drive a stake through the heart of self – a painful and determined dying to me that must be a part of every day I live.”
– Louie Giglio

“That which is given with pride and ostentation is rather an ambition than a bounty.”
– Lucius Annaeus Seneca

“Anger is the enemy of non-violence and pride is a monster that swallows it up.”
– Mahatma Gandhi

“I regard the Klan, the Anglo-Saxon clubs and White American societies, as far as the Negro is concerned, as better friends of the race than all other groups of hypocritical whites put together.”
– Marcus Garvey

“Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and important, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction.”
– Margaret Thatcher

“Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and importance, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction.”
– Margaret Thatcher

“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
– Martin Luther King Jr.

“Friends, show me a man who hates himself, and I’ll show you a man who hates his neighbors more! He’d have to – you’d not grant anyone else something you can’t have for yourself – no love, no respect!”
– Mary Ann Shaffer

“In a way, I was incredibly proud of her (not that I had any intention of letting it show while I was beating the crap out of her).”
– Meg Cabot

“Seek out your superiors and learn from them. Do not hide nor shy away from them for the sake of your pride for true pride is perceived, not in perceived skill, but in improvement.”
– Megan Webster

“Pride is a wound, and vanity is the scab on it. One’s life picks at the scab to open the wound again and again. In men, it seldom heals and often grows septic.”
– Michael Ayrton

“All your life, other people will try to take your accomplishments away from you. Don’t you take it away from yourself.”
– Michael Crichton

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