Quotes About Pride

Hence the entire psalm accuses nothing but pride, as stated below (v. 23): The pride of those who hate Thee goes up continually. For this is the cause of unbelief and the beginning of all evils.

No matter how insignificant the little office may be, they take a foot though they do not have an inch,73 and always want to be God themselves when they ought to be God's maid.

This is shown by the history of Saul. Although he had sinned against the voice of the Lord, this would have been forgiven him if he had not added a defense of his sin and said (1 Sam. 15:13), "I have performed the commandments of the Lord.

what cruel and bloodthirsty beasts are smug presumption, vain-glory, pride, and carelessness

Sirach calls the people who dwelt at Shechem a foolish people (Ecclus. 50:26), just as the Germans are accustomed to judge concerning the Swabians and the Bavarians. They were a proud people given to luxury.

For this is what GOD means when Peter says: "Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of GOD" (1 Peter 5:6), and for this reason He humbles and disciplines His saints so that they should not be proud.

Hence every external worship and religion is dregs, which alone are left to be drunk by those who by it exalt themselves over others.

In brief, trust not in any who exalt you, but in those who humiliate you. For this is the judgment of God: "He hath cast down the mighty from their seat, and hath exalted the humble.

Therefore conquering pride, restraining riotous living, crucifying the flesh, these are great beyond all the power of men.

IN this chapter Moses selects another occasion for transgressing the First Commandment, an occasion called spiritual pride because it boasts of its righteousness and merits. This is trust in one's own works, and no plague and opponent of faith or trust in the mercy of God is more destructive.

True humility does not know that it is humble. If it did, it would be proud from the contemplation of so fine a virtue.

Ordinarily, a person leaving a courtroom with a conviction behind him would wear a somber face. But I left with a smile. I knew that I was a convicted criminal, but I was proud of my crime.

Pride only breeds quarrels, but wisdom is found in all those who take advice Proverbs 13:10

she looked at her kids and felt the swell of pride she always did when she saw them en masse. When they were all happy in each other's company it made it all seem worthwhile.

all you had at the end of the day was your name, and that made it the more important because it was something you either respected or you were ashamed of. Your name was all you had, the only thing that you couldn't ever deny.

It means so much being a part of country music and the Opry.

The apex of my civic pride and personal contentment was reached on the bright September morning when I entered the public school.

Unhappy is that Grandeur which makes us too great to be good and that Wit which sets us at a distance from true Wisdom.

Lord Palmerston and John F. Kennedy proudly broadcast the Latin phrase Civis Romanus sum ('I am a Roman citizen') as a slogan for their times.

and France, that fancy education you're so proud of.

It never ceased to amaze Lacey how ignorant people were about deafness. Forget understanding Deaf Culture. Forget hearing people respecting them as a linguistic community with a shared history, language, and pride. That was way beyond most hearing people's understanding. Their perspective was that of pity, impairment, and fixing. Lacey was proud to be a Deaf woman, wouldn't want to become hearing for anything in the world.

Who, caught by Fortune's favoring gales, Will sail in sooner, proud and fast, And who, with conquered, silent sails, Must gain the blessed harbor last.

Love the Lord, all you his saints! The Lord preserves the faithful but abundantly repays the one who acts in pride.

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.