Pride Quotes
Never let yourself be swayed by emotions, ' her mother had said. 'Emotions are fleeting. They come and go. But reality stays with you forever.
Eisenhower on Patton: "Fundamentally, he is so avid for recognition as a great commander that he won't with ruthlessly suppress any habit that will jeopardize it.
There is nothing new under the sun but that of the Son. Man's rebellion against God has always been because he would rather fall in pride than rise in humility.
By the way, I never realized that to be nonbelieving, to be an atheist, was a thing to be proud of. It went without saying as it were.
Unlike humanity, my mind isn't so frail as to simply climb under gravity and submit to God.
The charity that hastens to proclaim its good deeds, ceases to be charity, and is only pride and ostentation.
One is not necessarily made self-centered because he is foolish, but one is very often made foolish because he is self-centered.
Horizontal (human-centered) grief is much less concerned with being broken and more concerned with being busted.
Pride becomes the blanket transgression that conceals the rest of our sins, allowing us to remain blind to them.
Smugness is the Great Catholic Sin.
There are times when Pride must transform into Vanity in order to reach the astray echo of the reflection of self.
He may have stolen my heart or had he taken my soul? I couldn’t be sure but I refused to let him have my pride too.
As long as you are proud you cannot know God. A proud man is always looking down on thing and people: and, of course, as long as you are looking down you cannot see something that is above you.
Some of you need a lesson in humility. While your arrogance may give you a sense of power, it may serve you better to put it aside. Those are the times you will be the light of the world.
For if any man thinks that he is alone is wise--that in speech, or in mind, he hath no peer--such a soul, when laid open, is ever found empty.
By acknowledging our boundaries and limitations, we attain greater heights than we ever will by appearing to think we know everything.
A student whose life is filled with woes least had and understood the hands of a good teacher that shape lives in a distinctive way
Confession is the giving up of ALL self-righteousness.
Apart from childhood and crisis, prayers have a way of being abstracted from the homely and distinctive details that are part and parcel of our ordinary and daily life.
He was driven to use the prerogatives of his profession, to act the parson.
Foolish defiance was his lifelong response to being ill.
Quite possibly, this depressive illness was the familiar sort that grew from perfectionist expectations.
Purple prose attracts attention more than converts.
People who are easily embarrassed – those who blush too often and too soon – usually end up retreating from excellence.
To wish to withstand the Holy Spirit would be the one unforgivable sin.
As with many tragedies, our story opens in a moment of triumph.
He did have his beliefs, chiefly in his own genius.
He may have confused honor with with with ruthlessness.
The Oracle at Delphi contained three maxims emblematic of Greek life. "Know yourself." "Nothing in excess." and, "Offer a guarantee and disaster threatens.
I do so love hearing people speak passionately on any subject, other than themselves.
The pride which is proud of want of pride is the most intolerable of all.
It is a sad thing to become so blinded and deafened by pride that you are no longer concerned about whether or not God is pleased with your actions.
It is an illusion to worry about pride without having those things that may predispose someone to fall into the trap of pride...
Never believe you're so great or important, so right or proud, that you cannot kneel at the feet of someone you hurt and offer a humble, sincere apology.
Vengeance would have us assault an enemy's pride to beat him down. But vengeance hides a dangerous truth, for a humbled foe gains patience, courage, strength, and greater determination.
Be humble and set the balls of your dreams rolling till God himself decides what next! As for "pride", allow it to go as a lone ranger!
Pride is not the opposite of shame, but it's source. True humility is the only antidote to shame.
Men and women believed and proclaimed God was firmly on their side – and easy and shallow assertion that reduced God to a sort of house deity.