Quotes about Pride
Stranger! henceforth be warned; and know that pride, Howe'er disguised in its own majesty, Is littleness; that he, who feels contempt For any living thing, hath faculties Which he has never used; that thought with him Is in its infancy...
— William Wordsworth
I like to succeed in public, but to fail in secret.
— David Ogilvy
Coming closer to home, there is so much of jealousy, pride, arrogance, and carping criticism; fathers who rise in anger over small, inconsequential things and make wives weep and children fear.
— Gordon Hinckley
Do not glory in your own faith, your own feelings, your own knowledge, or your own diligence. Glory in nothing but Christ.
— JC Ryle
Whoever is ashamed of marriage is also ashamed of being thought a man, or else he thinks that he can make himself better than God made him.
— Elisabeth Elliot
If I am to love the Lord my God with all my mind, there will not be room in it for carnality, for pride, for anxiety, for the love of myself. How can the mind be filled with the love of the Lord and have space left over for things like that?
— Elisabeth Elliot
Together, We will make America strong again. We will make wealthy again. We will make America proud again. We will make America safe again. And yes, together, we will make America great again. Thank you. God bless you. And God bless America.
— Donald Trump
I wear the national dress because it is the most natural and the most becoming for an Indian.
— Mahatma Gandhi
I am content that the work that I've done is wonderful.
— Angela Bassett
The proud do not change to improve, but defend their position by rationalizing. Repentance means change, and it takes a humble person to change.
— Ezra Taft Benson
he was telling the story to the Pharisees: self-righteous, proud, and judgmental people who looked down on others. People like me. He was trying to teach them to look past their pride and into their hearts—to embrace the lost not with judgment or condemnation but with celebration.
— Richard Paul Evans
The ego hates losing — even to God.
— Fr. Richard Rohr