Sin Of Pride Quotes - Page 2

• Part of the sin of Pride is a subtle but deep racism.

  K.P. Yohannan

  Pride, Racism, Sin

  K. P. Yohannan (2014). “Revolution in World Missions: One Man's Journey to Change a Generation”, p.46, Gospel For Asia Books

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• One of the things capitalism does is, it does enhance and exacerbate the sin of pride, making yourself, the material world the center of your universe, instead of God's will.

  David Brooks

  Pride, Doe, World

  "Shields and Brooks on the pope’s critique of capitalism, Thanksgiving gratitude". "PBS NewsHour" with Hari Sreenivasan, www.pbs.org. November 29, 2013.

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• It's a big mistake to think that your own cause, or your own country, or your own side has God in its corner. For one thing, it commits the sin of pride.

  Christopher Hitchens

  Country, Mistake, Pride

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• Whereas God, for reasons of His own, sometimes chooses to let the machine answer. 'The Supreme Being is unavailable to come to the phone at this time, but He wants you to know what your call is important to Him. In the meantime, for sins of pride, press one. For avarice, press two.

  Sherwood Anderson

  Pride, Phones, Two

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• Before we become too arrogant with the most deadly of the seven deadly sins, the sin of pride, let us remember that the two great wars of this century, wars which cost twenty million dead, were fought between Christian nations praying to the same God.

  Richard M. Nixon

  Christian, War, Pride

  Nixon, Richard M. (1974). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Richard M. Nixon, 1972”, p.126, Best Books on

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• Every man hath the right to doubt his task, and to forsake it from time to time; but what he must not do is forget it. Whoever doubteth not himself is unworthy -for in his unquestioning belief in his ability, he commiteth the sin of pride. Blessed are they who go through moments of indecision.

  Paulo Coelho

  Life, Inspiration, Blessed

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• There is no arguing with the pretenders to a divine knowledge and to a divine mission. They are possessed with the sin of pride, they have yielded to the perennial temptation.

  Walter Lippmann

  Pride, Temptation, Arguing

  Walter Lippmann (1955). “Essays in the Public Philosophy”, p.85, Transaction Publishers

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