Quote of the Day
Authors Categories Blog Quote Maker Videos
 

Bernard of Clairvaux Quotes: Pride only, the chief of all iniquities, can make us treat gifts as if they were rightful attributes of our nature, and, while receiving benefits, rob our Benefactor of His due glory.
         

Pride only, the chief of all iniquities, can make us treat gifts as if they were rightful attributes of our nature, and, while receiving benefits, rob our Benefactor of His due glory.


Bernard of Clairvaux
Check all other quotes by Bernard of Clairvaux

Want to display this quote image on your website or blog? Simply copy and paste the below code on your website/blog.

Embed:

Format of this image is jpg. The width and height of image are 1200 and 630, repectively. This image is available for free to download.





Citation

Use the citation below to add this quote to your bibliography:


Styles:

×

MLA Style Citation


"Bernard of Clairvaux Quotes." Quoteslyfe.com, 2024. Fri. 29 Mar. 2024. <https://www.quoteslyfe.com/quote/Pride-only-the-chief-of-all-iniquities-408224>.





Check out


Other quotes of Bernard of Clairvaux


He who labors as he prays lifts his heart to God with his hands.

He who labors as he prays lifts his heart to God with his hands.



We find rest in those we love, and we provide a resting place in ourselves for those who love us.

We find rest in those we love, and we provide a resting place in ourselves for those who love us.



The measure of love is love without measure.

The measure of love is love without measure.



Love seeks no cause beyond itself and no fruit; it is its own fruit, its own enjoyment. I love because I love; I love in order that I may love.

Love seeks no cause beyond itself and no fruit; it is its own fruit, its own enjoyment. I love because I love; I love in order that I may love.



What we love we shall grow to resemble.

What we love we shall grow to resemble.



The three most important virtues are humility, humility, and humility.

The three most important virtues are humility, humility, and humility.



there are four degrees of love: 1) Love of self for self's sake. 2) Love of God for self's sake. 3) Love of God for God's own sake. 4) Love of self for God's sake.

there are four degrees of love: 1) Love of self for self's sake. 2) Love of God for self's sake. 3) Love of God for God's own sake. 4) Love of self for God's sake.



The true measure of loving God is to love him without measure.

The true measure of loving God is to love him without measure.



The rivers of Grace cannot flow uphill, up the steep cliff of the proud man's heart.

The rivers of Grace cannot flow uphill, up the steep cliff of the proud man's heart.



Theirs is an endless road, a hopeless maze, who seek for goods before they seek for God.

Theirs is an endless road, a hopeless maze, who seek for goods before they seek for God.





Other quotes you may like


I have this rage that I can't explain. It's sad.

I have this rage that I can't explain. It's sad.



...if good is defined as something else, it is then impossible either to prove that any other definition is wrong or even to deny such definition.

...if good is defined as something else, it is then impossible either to prove that any other definition is wrong or even to deny such definition.



Dear girl, it will be a very long road if you spend more time looking backwards than forward.

Dear girl, it will be a very long road if you spend more time looking backwards than forward.



The sun does not rise when you need it most. You rise instead.

The sun does not rise when you need it most. You rise instead.



Don't bow down to critics who have not themselves written great masterpieces.

Don't bow down to critics who have not themselves written great masterpieces.



You don't have to feel bad to act kindly. Love doesn't stand by, it moves with the speed of clarity.

You don't have to feel bad to act kindly. Love doesn't stand by, it moves with the speed of clarity.



Such is the strength of art, rough things to shape.

Such is the strength of art, rough things to shape.



The more wants we have, the further we are from God, and the nearer we approach him, the better can we dispense with everything that is not Himself.

The more wants we have, the further we are from God, and the nearer we approach him, the better can we dispense with everything that is not Himself.



The size of a man's understanding might always be justly measured by his mirth.

The size of a man's understanding might always be justly measured by his mirth.



I have so many playlists full of Rihanna, Nicki Minaj, Lil Wayne, Chris Brown.

I have so many playlists full of Rihanna, Nicki Minaj, Lil Wayne, Chris Brown.




Quote Description


This page presents the quote "Pride only, the chief of all iniquities, can make us treat gifts as if they were rightful attributes of our nature, and, while receiving benefits, rob our Benefactor of His due glory.". Author of this quote is Bernard of Clairvaux. This quote is about attributes, pride, benefits, receiving, nature, glory,.