Quotes About Pride

You need to take pride in what God has given you.

Si alguna vez estamos inclinados a enorgullecernos de nuestro conocimiento bíblico, debemos abrir cualquier volumen de John Owen, Thomas Goodwin, o Thomas Brooks, observar cómo se cita algún pasaje desconocido de Nahum seguido de un pasaje conocido de Juan —donde ambos ilustran perfectamente el punto que está planteando el escritor—, luego comparar nuestro conocimiento con el de ellos.

Ezekiel 29:9–10

That's not pride. That's fear. Pride is being so certain in yourself that you're not intimidated by the strangeness of others. Pride is being so certain that you can look after yourself that you don't need to threaten or complain or make malicious whispers behind others' backs.

but the one thing they'd taught him in the Academy that he already knew from his father was that a man only got as much respect as he gave himself.

My mother took off when I was little. I want to hunt her down and tell her how proud I am.

The wise man knew when to let go of pride to grab hold of wisdom.

This truth is a remedy against spiritual pride, namely, that none should account himself better before God than others, though perhaps adorned with greater gifts, and endowments.

Many a crown shines spotless nowThat yet was deeply sullied in the winning.

The American head of state grew up with a mother on food stamps. The British head of state grew up with a mother on postage stamps. Is that a contrast that fills you with pride?

Irving didn't want this to be true—it contradicted his own published work—but he told me, "One thing I do pride myself on is looking at the data, and allowing my mind to be changed when the data's different than I expected.

I feel instinctively like I've done a good hard day of work when I have been sitting at my laptop, spotlight-focused on tapping out words—at the end of it, I feel a little Puritan rush of pride at my productivity.

There are many kinds of smiles, each having a distinct character. Some announce goodness, and sweetness, others betray sarcasm, bitterness, and pride; some soften the countenance by their languishing tenderness, others brighten by their spiritual vivacity.

Ehre verloren, alles verloren." ("Honor lost, all lost.")

He values my understanding and talents more highly than my heart, but I am proud of the latter only. It is the sole source of everything of our strength, happiness, and misery. All the knowledge I possess every one else can acquire, but my heart is exclusively my own.

Îmi pre?uie?te inteligen?a ?i talentele mai mult decât inima, care e totu?i singura mea mândrie, care e singurul izvor al oric?rei for?e, al oric?rei fericiri, al oric?rui necaz. Ah, ceea ce ?tiu poate ?ti oricine, dar inima mea e numai a mea!

As a dedicated and proud father of three, I am a strong advocate of life. I value life whether born or unborn.

Some of those STINKIN' press people just had to make fun of my decision in joining the show. They also made fun of other choices in my life that I was proud of then and still am now!!!

It's a very weird thing to know where you want to be in life and all of a sudden to actually have taken some real steps is a very strange feeling. I've really done something that I'm proud of.

I'm truly flattered and honored that I get to be Raven for life.

It takes pride to be anxious – I am not wise enough to know how my life should go.

No amount of money will induce someone to lay down their life, but they will gladly do so for a bit of yellow ribbon.

No prince, no king, no president has ever lived a better life than I have!

I've done it all. I'm thankful and proud of what I've accomplished in my life. I hope to keep doing it.