Quotes about Pride

23rd May, 1872.—There seems but little prospect of Christianity spreading by ordinary means among Mohamadans. Their pride is a great obstacle, and is very industriously nurtured by its votaries. No new invention or increase of power on the part of Christians seems to disturb the self-complacent belief that ultimately all power and dominion in this world will fall into the hands of Moslems.

There is no room for God in a mind that's full of self.

He who begins by seeking God within himself may end by confusing himself with God.

God can't fill you when you are already full of yourself.

You will never glory in God till first of all God has killed your glorying in yourself.

Don't wait for God to break you. You can choose to be broken or you can wait for God to crush your pride.

People who are lazy, careless, doubtful-minded or arrogant need not expect God to reveal His secret or covenant to them.

As long as you are proud, you cannot know God.

The place where God has supremely destroyed all human arrogance and pretension is the cross.

God can never entrust His Kingdom to anyone who has not been broken of pride, for pride is the armour of darkness itself.

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.

We all salute, with pride, the same American Flag. And we are equal - totally equal - in the eyes of Almighty God.