Pride Quotes - Page 9

• We are rarely proud when we are alone.

  Voltaire

  Proud

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• The infinitely little have a pride infinitely great.

  Voltaire

  Littles

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• Of all the marvelous works of God, perhaps the one angels view with the most supreme astonishment, is a proud man.

  Charles Caleb Colton

  God, Angel, Men

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• The difference between patriotism and nationalism is that the patriot is proud of his country for what it does, and the nationalist is proud of his country no matter what it does; the first attitude creates a feeling of responsibility, but the second a feeling of blind arrogance that leads to war.

  Sydney J. Harris

  Country, Attitude, War

  Sydney J. Harris (1953). “Strictly personal”

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• When you see someone who is not as religious, remember that you were once on the edge of the fire, and it was Allah Subhaanahu wa Ta'ala's favor upon you to guide you. Arrogance will wipe away any goodness from the transformation.

  Nouman Ali Khan

  Religious, Islamic, Fire

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• I have been told many times that when I win I make my people proud to be Australian. I am Aboriginal, I am one of them and every time I win or am honoured like this it should be an example to Aboriginal people who may think they have nowhere to go but down. But more importantly I am an Australian and I would like to make all Australians feel proud to be Australian. Ours is a truly multicultural society and should be united as such. I would like to believe that my successes are celebrated by all Australians, bringing our nation together.

  Cathy Freeman

  Success, Leadership, Believe

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• Perhaps, a sin that humbles you is better than a good deed that makes you arrogant.

  Hamza Yusuf

  Religious, Islamic, Humble

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• Ireland that has wronged no man, that has injured no land, that has sought no
  dominion over others. Ireland is treated today among other nations of the world as if she was a convicted criminal. If it be treason to fight against such an unnatural fate as this, then I am proud to be a rebel and shall cling to my rebellion with the last drop of my blood.

  Roger Casement

  Patriotic, Fate, Fighting

  Sir Roger Casement (1917). “Trial of Sir Roger Casement”, Canada Law Book

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• ... the passion for popularity brings such injury upon those it masters that it shipwrecks faith itself. Our Lord confirms this when He says, 'How can you have faith in Me when you receive honour from one another and do not seek for the honour that comes from the only God?' (cf. Jn. 5:44).

  Gregory Palamas

  God, Faith, Christian

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• Know yourself. Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful.

  Ann Landers

  Dog, Witty, Cat

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• Cast out pride and vanity; have no thought of trying to rule over others or of outdoing them.

  Wallace D. Wattles

  Vanity, Trying, Casts

  Wallace D. Wattles (2015). “The Science of Being Great: Personal Self-Help Book of Wallace D. Wattles (Unabridged): From one of The New Thought pioneers, author of The Science of Getting Rich, The Science of Being Well, How to Get What You Want, Hellfire Harrison, How to Promote Yourself and A New Christ”, p.17, e-artnow

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• The devil...the prowde spirite...cannot endure to be mocked.

  Thomas Moore

  Devil, Endure

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• Airs of importance are the credentials of impotence.

  Johann Kaspar Lavater

  Air, Credentials, Importance

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• Pride requires very costly food-its keeper's happiness.

  Charles Caleb Colton

  Keepers

  Charles Caleb Colton (1836). “Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think”, p.459

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• I think half the troubles for which men go slouching in prayer to God are caused by their intolerable pride. Many of our cares are but a morbid way of looking at our privileges. We let our blessings get mouldy, and then call them curses.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Prayer, Men, Thinking

  Henry Ward Beecher (1858). “Life Thoughts”, p.19

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• When flowers are full of heaven-descended dews, they always hang their heads; but men hold theirs the higher the more they receive, getting proud as they get full.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Flower, Men, Heaven

  Henry Ward Beecher (1858). “Life Thoughts”, p.73

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• There was one who thought himself above me, and he was above me until he had that thought.

  Elbert Hubbard

  Elbert Hubbard (1911). “A Thousand & One Epigrams: Selected from the Writings of Elbert Hubbard”

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• Pride (of all others the most dang'rous fault) Proceeds from want of sense, or want of thought.

  Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl of Roscommon

  Want, Faults

  Wentworth Dillon (4th earl of Roscommon.) (1749). “The poetical works of ... Wentworth Dillon, earl of Roscommon”, p.25

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• All the other passions do occasional good, but whenever pride puts in its word, everything goes wrong, and what it might really be desirable to do, quietly and innocently, it is mortally dangerous to do, proudly.

  John Ruskin

  Passion, Occasional

  "Modern Painters".

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• O world, how apt the poor are to be proud!

  William Shakespeare

  Haughtiness, World, Proud

  'Twelfth Night' (1601) act 3, sc. 1, l. [141]

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• 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

  Mean, Heart, Self

  Louie Giglio (2009). “I Am Not But I Know I Am: Welcome to the Story of God”, p.131, Multnomah

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• I will give you a definition of a proud man: he is a man who has neither vanity nor wisdom one filled with hatreds cannot be vain, neither can he be wise.

  John Keats

  Wise, Wisdom, Men

  John Keats (2015). “John Keats - The Man Behind The Lyrics: Life, letters, and literary remains: Complete Letters and Two Extensive Biographies of one of the most beloved English Romantic poets”, p.803, e-artnow

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• There is no cure for the pride of a virtuous nation but pure religion.

  Reinhold Niebuhr

  Religion, Cures, Virtuous

  Reinhold Niebuhr (1957). “Love and Justice: Selections from the Shorter Writings of Reinhold Niebuhr”, p.186, Westminster John Knox Press

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• People that are conceited of their own merit take pride in being unfortunate, that themselves and others may think them considerable enough to be the envy and the mark of fortune.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Conceited, Thinking, People

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• Pride, which inspires us with so much envy, is sometimes of use toward the moderating of it too.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Envy, Inspire, Use

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