Quotes About Pride

Overconfidence is a curse

It is not hubris, not pride; it is inflation of the ego to its ultimate – confusion between him who worships and that which is worshipped. Man has not eaten God; God has eaten man.

You're a function of an impersonal cultural totality. You have no standards of your own. In the twentieth century men had personal standards of workmanship, artistic craft, pride of accomplishment, these words mean nothing to you. You have no soul.

Thank you, Mr. Bibleman, the robot said. 'I am very proud of you.

You might not have more courage, but you should be ashamed to show less.

We love them; they are brave, proud, beautiful, clever; and they die almost at once. They die so soon that our hearts are continually racked with pain. We

with ambitious aim against the throne and monarchy of God rais'd impious war in Heav'n and battel proud … • JOHN MILTON •

Ma, you want to see physical violence done to the Jews of Newark, go to the office of the plastic surgeon where the girls get their noses fixed. That's where the Jewish blood flows in Essex County, that's where the blow is delivered—with a mallet! To their bones—and to their pride!

It's a hard thing to be a jew... it's a harder thing to stay one.

It is baffling to me why so many people find it difficult to say, I was wrong. The words, when spoken with repentance, always turn away wrath. But those who cling to their absolute lightness, despite any evidence to the contrary, will always arouse anger in their comrades or superiors.

would ride into fire. For Odysseus that whip was pride.

unity, pride, respect, loyalty, excellence, and integrity.

Mumbett also had another family of her own. Her great-grandson was W. E. B. Du Bois. In his writings, he remembered her with pride, as an inspiration for his stellar career in American and world history.

Death with honor is better than life... life with dishonor.

The Book of Proverbs contains a warning that speaks to us in our uncertain state: "Pride goeth before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall."14 Those who believe they are changing the world, or saving the planet, or transforming the human race, are intoxicated with self-aggrandizing pride. As secular "redeemers," a haughty spirit is their second nature. Consequently, they are deaf to this biblical wisdom.

But all our wisdom had been vanity. I could no longer feel superior to

Their triumphant histories portrayed the sachem as having almost single-handedly led his people into a misguided rebellion by virtue of his supposedly savage pride and susceptibility to the devil, only to be crushed by a superior, civilized people favored by God.

When unprepared people think they're strong enough to resist any intimidation they may face, they're at great risk for abysmal failure. Pride in one's own strength cannot take the place of spiritual preparation. Discipleship is crucial to our ultimate destiny, but its cost is total commitment. Jesus warned against failing to count this cost before committing (Luke 14:25-33).

It was the age of confidence. Arrogance was epidemic.

I am proud that I defy your categories. I am proud that I don't fit easily into any box. I am proud of all the things I am and all the things i can be. Question yourself every time you think you only see one thing in me.

My pride shut me up, my hurt shut me down, and together they ganged up on my hope and let her get away.

If I'd managed any of these ifs-- would I have been able to avoid the inevitable fuck-up, the full-force fuck-off? My pride shut me up, my heart shut me down, and together they ganged up on my hope and let her get away.

Pride is allowed to have an element of worry, especially when you are a mother.

I should have felt proud, but instead I felt awful. That I had let him down so many times, that I had been a horrible brother. That he loved me anyway. That maybe he knew more about life than I did, even if I'd had more experience. Because knowing about life is really about knowing how it should be, not just how it is.