Quotes About Pride

Beware of over-confidence; especially in matters of structure.

Confidence, as opposed, to modesty and distinguished from decent assurance, proceeds from self-opinion, and is occasioned by ignorance and flattery.

A sense of achievement improves general confidence and self-esteem.

The ability to take pride in your own work is one of the hallmarks of sanity.

Confidence turns into pride only when you are in denial of your mistakes.

When we are eager to be shy and humble about our accomplishments, we lose confidence in our abilities.

Modesty isn't always a virtue; it can be a hindrance; a careful measure of personal pride builds confidence and ensures success.

We don't see the global citizen as someone with no identity, but rather someone who has confidence and is proud of his culture and history - and... open to the modern world.

Stupidity is letting your pride rob you of God's blessings.

All of the years I spent trying to be someone you could be proud of would have been better spent being proud of myself for who I already was.

People shouldn't be ashamed of what they are. And it will help them, to gain self esteem and confidence.

Never be ashamed of who you are. True shame always belongs to the person that enjoys being ashamed of who you are.

Two times twice now, I have been called arrogant, by the decadent.I'd rather be overly self confident, rather than overly self indulgent.

It is easy to tell confidence from pride. Confidence lifts, encourages, helps, and is full of gratitude. Pride demeans, mocks, destroys, and is bitter and resentful.

It is as proper to have pride in oneself as it is ridiculous to show it to others.

If arrogance is the heady wine of youth then humility must be its eternal hangover.

Our self-conceit sustains and always must sustain us.

If a man is devout, we accuse him of hypocrisy; if he is not, of impiety; if he is humble, we look on his humility as a weakness; if he is generous, we call his courage pride.

Nothing on earth is so well-suited to make the sad merry, the merry sad, to give courage to the despairing, to make the proud humble, to lessen envy and hate, as music.

Fools through false shame conceal their open wounds.

No one provokes me with impunity (nemo me impune lacessit)

I would often be a coward but for the shame of it.

My brother had the courage to come out in 1978, when equality was still a distant dream.

I would like my Dad to be alive so he could see what I am.