Pride Quotes

The devil wipes his breech with poor folks' pride.

If thou hast wit and learning, add to it wisdom and modesty.

As Pride increases, Fortune declines.

Pride gets into the Coach, and Shame mounts behind.

Fond pride of dress is sure a very curse

Take away the self-conceited, and there will be elbowroom in the world.

There is a pride in speaking this language.

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.

I take pride in having something to say, which people actually want to hear.

Anyone who has read my books will know that I don't tend to use guides when I am travelling. It's not a pride thing, but it is certainly a fact.

I pride myself as being a very supportive parent. I go to my daughter's soccer games. I hit most of them. I try to go to all of them.

You know, there are times when it's a source of personal pride to not be human.

We have been proud and thought we were better than any other race, any other people. Ladies and gentlemen, we are going to stumble into hell because of our pride.

You've got your passion. You've got your pride. But don't you know that only fools are satisfied? Dream on, but don't imagine they'll all come true.

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.

The walls of pride are high and wide, can't see over to the other side.

I pride myself on average, not home runs.

At Nature's Kitchen we take pride in saying that we wouldn't serve anything to your children that we wouldn't feed to our own children.

When teams win and play well, everyone benefits from a financial standpoint. But everyone takes pride in people being able to achieve at that level.

I take a lot of pride in being Nigerian

There's a disposition great defenders have - a genuine pride that scores are a problem, people that score on me is a problem

Im accustomed to Internet forums where rudeness and incivility are the rule, where too many people seem to take pride in their insults.

I take pride in the fact that you are able to make some good contributions to the sport at certain times.

Works which endure come from the soul of the people. The mighty in their pride walk alone to destruction. The humble walk hand in hand with providence to immortality. Their works survive.

If I added to their pride of America, I am happy.

To take pride in a library kills it. Then, its motive power shifts over to the critical if admiring visitor, and apologies are necessary and acceptable and the fat is in the fire.

I have a Damien Hirst spot painting which I love. It has pride of place over my dining-room table.

I've taken a certain a pride in all of my books. They devour so much time and energy that you have to engage deeply or you'd go mad.

We are organizers at heart. Most of us in the movement take great pride in being able to put things together.

Some set great value on method, while others pride themselves on dispensing with method.

It is good sometimes that the happy of this world should learn, were it only to humble their foolish pride for an instant, that there are higher, wider, and rarer joys than theirs.

I took no pride in my solitude; but I was dependent on it. The darkness of the room was like sunlight to me.

I will die here where I have walked. And I will walk here, though I am in my grave. I will walk here until the pride of this house is humbled.

The demon of pride was born with us; and it will not die one hour before us.

Personal pride is probably a bad guide to merit.

Be humble about it. Paint the color tones as they come against each other, and make them sing, vibrate. Don't ask me to look at those self-satisfied, pretty things.

What qualifies me to tell people how to act or what to think? I'm Charley Pride, country singer. Period.

My buddies tell me that I should have waited. They say I'm missing a whole world of fun. But I am happy and I sing with pride. I like the Christian life.

I pride myself on being the guy who can do Def Comedy Jam and Charlie Rose. And do well on both.

I take great pride in the fact that I have lived in a Spanish-speaking country.

I pride myself on being down-to-earth. I’m from the Midwest. People who go into show business are screwed up. I romanticized about having a serene life.

I thought, if I write a book that is not a retelling of Pride and Prejudice, it's not going to mean that I will not get any criticism. I might as well write the book that I want to write.

We are so conceited and so unproud.

Take pride in exactly what it is you do and remember it's okay to fail as long as you don't give up.

I can't re-examine work I did in the past with pride.

If you take a loud pride in anything, people will rightly shoot you down.

The truth thy speech doth show, within my heart reproves the swelling pride.

He stole horses' you'll say to yourself, 'and he didn't care for women; and but for my pride I'd have been with him now.

My strength is basically my get off. It is overpowering. I can get after the quarterback on first, second and third down. I pride myself on being an every down guy.

You should take more pride in your appearance,” I tell him. “You'll never attract girls with an ugly mug like that.