Quotes About Pride

Pride and weakness are Siamese twins.

Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.

The infinitely little have pride infinitely great.

Mine is better than ours.

The man who glories in his luck may be overthrown by destiny.

Apology is only egotism wrong side out.

We are traditionally rather proud of ourselves for having slipped creative work in there between the domestic chores and obligations. I'm not sure we deserve such big A-pluses for all that.

For me, writing is the only thing that passes the three tests of metier: (i) when I'm doing it, I don't feel that I should be doing something else instead; (2) it produces a sense of accomplishment and, once in a while, pride; and (3) it's frightening.

The clever men at Oxford Know all there is to be knowed - But they none of them know as half as much As intelligent Mr. Toad.

Wounded vanity knows when it is mortally hurt; and limps off the field, piteous, all disguises thrown away. But pride carries its banner to the last; and fast as it is driven from one field unfurls it in another.

Proud people breed sad sorrows for themselves.

Nobody holds a good opinion of a man who has a low opinion of himself.

God hates those who praise themselves.

Losers have tons of variety. Champions take pride in just learning to hit the same old boring winners.

It is abundantly clear that success tends to negate humility.

For me, writing is the only thing that passes the three tests of metier: (1) when I'm doing it, I don't feel that I should be doing something else instead; (2.) it produces a sense of accomplishment and, once in a while, pride; and (3) it's frightening.

He who prides himself on giving what he thinks the public wants is often creating a fictitious demand for low standards which he will then satisfy.

I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart.

At home I am a nice guy, but I don't want the world to know. Humble people, I've found, don't go very far.

When someone sings his own praises, he always gets the tune too high.

Productive work is the central purpose of a rational man's life, the central value that integrates and determines the hierarchy of all his other values. Reason is the source, the precondition of his productive work - pride is the result.

I am thankful for a lawn that needs mowing, windows that need cleaning and gutters that need fixing because it means I have a home.

Kud sam ja sve lutao? Kud su padale moje teznje, koliko posrtao, koliko bludio u mislima i grijesio u zivotu! - Kako da vam kazem kad to i rodjeno moje sjecanje zaboravlja! Oholost me je nosila kao vjetar. Oganj kojim mi je sagarala dusa nije me izjedao nego mi je davao snagu i zamah. Na borbe svijeta ja sam gledao kao sto se s vedra visa gleda na magle koje se nadvijaju po dolinama. Bio sam nijemi, oholi gost zivota.

U po?etku su svi bili gordi na veliku zadužbinu koju treba da podigne vezir iz njihovog kraja.Tada još nisu znali ovo što vide sada: da te slavne gra?evine traže ovoliki krš i nemir, napor i trošak.