Quotes About Pride

... it is seldom a medical man has true religious views--there is too much pride of intellect.

And any man who must say 'I am king' is no true king at all.

Take pride away from a man and you might as well run a knife through his heart.

I have been recognized from Mad Men, and it's so cool when that happens because I am so proud to be a part of the show.

Yes, I am proud; I must be proud to see Men not afraid of God, afraid of me.

Where's the man who counsel can bestow, still pleased to teach, and yet not proud to know.

When success turns a man's head he faces failure

A man who lifts his chin in pride will fail to see the chasm at his feet.

Men who love themselves hate those who would dim their glory.

Vanity is apt to inspire contempt, but that becomes immediately tempered by a gentler and more gracious feeling; for the vain man desires to win our approbation, and in this way he flatters us.

It is the small men and not the great who hold their noses in the air.

The attack on "selfishness" is an attack on man's self-esteem; to surrender one, is to surrender the other.

Come on, man, I got a full beard!

When men start talking about 'honor', there is sure to be trouble ahead.

I want to do something that people can really say, 'Hey, man, that was good, I'm proud of you, I'm proud of that.' 'Pride' and 'Transformers' and things like that.

And the only people I fear are those who never have doubts... Save us all from arrogant men, and all the causes they're for.

The philosophers talk to you about the dignity of man, and they tempt you to pride, or they talk to you about the misery of man, and they tempt you to despair.

Those born blind cannot see; similarly blind are those in the grip of lust. Proud men have no perception of evil; and those bent on acquiring riches see no sin in their actions.

I've found out why men sign their names to their works- not that they created them but more than the others did not.

There are two sins of men that are bred in the bone and that continually come out in the flesh. One is self-dependence and the other is self-exultation.

But then, like George Michael in a men's bathroom, I got cocky.

The best way to find out if a man has done something is to advise him to do it. He will not be able to resist boasting that he has done it without being advised.

There is nothing more deceptive, more grandeur, than the delusion of a single man.

The Olympic games should be a matter between individual athletes and the gods. Noisy flag-waving dishonors gods and men alike.