Quotes About Pride

Yet, I didn't understand that she was intentionally disguising her feelings with sarcasm; that was usually the last resort of people who are timid and chaste of heart, whose souls have been coarsely and impudently invaded; and who, until the last moment, refuse to yield out of pride and are afraid to express their own feelings to you.

Faith looks away from itself to Christ ... sola fide (by faith alone) and sola gratia (by grace alone) ... mean the same thing ... let the sound of sola fide-sola gratia ring in the life of the Church. Let it be a warning against the pride of the treacherous heart.

In sanctification, there is never, under any circumstances, any room for self-pride or self-praise.

There is nothing that I can do particularly well. I do what I do because it came my way. I really never had a chance of doing anything else.' And this apology too I accept as conclusive. It is quite true that most people can do nothing well. If so, it matters very little what career they choose, and there is really nothing more to say about it. It is a conclusive reply, but hardly one likely to be made by a man with any pride; and I may assume that none of us would be content with it.

And we were angry and poor and happy, And proud of seeing our names in print.

Negotiation scholars have observed this phenomenon so often we have a name for it: "escalation of commitment." People lose sight of their real goals in competitive situations and pay far too much money, spend too much time, or sacrifice too many other interests for the privilege of saying they have won.

Now my belly is as noble as my heart.

She liked going to bed early and waking up early. She liked working. She liked that she was good at her work, and she felt proud of the fact that she was well paid for it. She felt pleasure in orderly things—a perfectly efficient section of code, a closet where every item was in its place. She liked solitude and the thoughts of her own interesting and creative mind. She liked to be comfortable.

A.J. kisses his daughter on the forehead. He is delighted to have produced such a fantastic nerd.

Ah!" Her eyes lit up as she grasped it, sliding the nasty little blade out of the sheath and holding it up to the light. "This should come in handy!" she murmured with great relish. It felt wonderful to have some means of self-defense in her hand again, at last. As Nick straightened up again, she noticed him staring at her. Did she seem too savage? "What is it?" she asked. "Your father would have been extremely proud of you.

Japan is like a young woman who thinks too much of herself. She's bound to get herself into trouble.

It was the pride and ostentation of power the Jesus rebuked in spiritual leaders.

Fear and realisation of ignorance, strong medicines against stupid pride.

Your families are extremely proud of you. You can't imagine the sense of relief they are experiencing. This would be a most opportune time to ask for money.

Maybe this happens to you every day, but I think it was the first time I could hardly wait to show something that I'd done to someone who would care besides my mother. You know how that feels?

Maybe the Snowy Heron is going to come off pretty badly when the planes come together. Maybe. But he's still proud and beautiful. His head is high, and he's got this sharp beak that's facing out to the world. He's okay for now.

Though pursuing holiness seems to be—and, in fact, is—a noble aim, and wanting to experience greater depth in holiness appears to be—and, in fact, is—a godly pursuit, it's possible that our desire for increased growth may be fueled by pride, ambition, and self-interest—and our attitude as we wait is often the best indicator of what our true motivation is.

The person who understands the evil in his own heart is the only person who is useful, fruitful, and solid in his beliefs and obedience. Others only delude themselves and thus upset families, churches, and all other relationships. In their self-pride and judgment of others, they show great inconsistency.

I believe God designed marriage, in part, to "pinch our feet." Both men and women need to have their pride assaulted. All of us, men and women alike, if we are to become like Christ, must, by definition, learn to become servants. And marriage gives us the opportunity to do just that.

So many marriages are filled with resentment, but voluntary acts of service can be the quickest way to replace resentment with love. When we act in service with godly motives, resentment suffocates and dies. It is only when we see that our pride and selfishness are the greatest barriers to our joy (rather than our spouse's sins or shortcomings) that our marriages will fully express the character of Christ.

Michael Jordan calls fear an illusion. He and many other great athletes learn to turn fear into anger. You can run from fear, or you can get angry and attack it. If you challenged Jordan's pride he wouldn't be afraid. He used that energy to become more aggressive. Good athletes take fear of failure and turn it around.

As Peggy Fleming, the former Olympic champion figure skater, said, the most important thing is to love your sport. Never compete just to please someone else. "You've got to love what you're doing," hockey great Gordie Howe said. "If you love it, you can overcome any handicap or the soreness or all the aches and pains.

Pete Rose warned, "When you mess with my pride you're going to get into trouble." Michael Jordan is another prideful man. When challenged on the basketball court he exhibited what golfer Sam Snead called a "cool mad." In the playoffs, Jordan was always the smiling assassin.

I've always considered myself to be fiercely patriotic. I love Britain - its history and the down-to-earth attitude people have.