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Quotes About Pride

Good men do not always have grace and favor, lest they should be puffed up, and grow insolent and proud.
~ Saint John Chrysostom
If we esteem them too highly, good works can become the greatest idolatry.
~ Martin Luther
If you lose, it hurts, but as long as you have fought hard, you can still feel good about yourself.
~ Ivan Lendl
I was brought up to be a good boy and proud of myself so I suppress all the things about me that are bad.
~ Rik Mayall
Sin corrupts even our good deeds. We injure our shoulder trying to pat ourselves on the back.
~ D. A. Carson
It is not good to see people who have been pretending strength all their lives lose it even for a minute.
~ Lillian Hellman
I like to have my hand on every single plate that goes out. It's really a good feeling when someone compliments your meal, and you had everything to do with making it. It's very rewarding.
~ Bill Dickey
Of course, Americans have no monopoly of patriotic enthusiasm and good faith.
~ Herbert Croly
Be good, be young, be true! Evil is nothing but vanity, let us have the pride of good, and above all let us never despair.
~ Alexandre Dumas-fils
It would be good for us Africans to accept ourselves as we are and recapture some of the positive aspects of our culture.
~ Wangari Maathai
Other sins find their vent in the accomplishment of evil deeds, whereas pride lies in wait for good deeds, to destroy them.
~ Saint Augustine
We're sometimes treated like the stupid cousin, so I'm always drawn to characters that make you feel good about being Welsh.
~ Matthew Rhys
It is typically Norwegian to be good
~ Kjell Magne Bondevik
Proving I'm a good mother is the one achievement I'm most proud of. It's brought out the best in me.
~ Sheena Easton
It was the nation and the race dwelling all round the globe that had the lion's heart. I had the luck to be called upon to give the roar.
~ Winston Churchill
moral vanity is the snare of good people.
~ Margaret Deland
You can take pride in yourself without comparing yourself to anybody else. If you run your race and be the best that you can be, then you can feel good about yourself.
~ Joel Osteen
Today was a good day for Hill Air Force Base and Utah.
~ Rob Bishop
Win or lose, I'll feel good about myself. That's what is important.
~ Mary Docter
I was probably a terrible husband, but I pride myself on being a good dad.
~ Dwyane Wade
I am a good mother and I feel proud about it.
~ Emily Mortimer
the best of all good friends is pride.
~ Gertrude Atherton
It just feels good to beat the world champs to be the world champs.
~ Joe Torre
The good feeling I get from contributing rivals anything I felt on the Olympic stand in Albertville.
~ Kristi Yamaguchi