Top 1200 Excessive Pride Quotes & Sayings - Page 18

Pride grows in the human heart like lard on a pig.

Pride dwells in the thought; the tongue can have but a very little share in it.

I pride myself on the fact that my work has no socially redeeming value.

Pride is the chief cause in the decline in the number of husbands and wives.

...for love casts out fear, and gratitude can conquer pride.

I always pride myself on goals and if I can keep scoring, I'll be happy.

I pride myself on being a good friend, and all my friends can attest to that.

Let pride go afore, shame will follow after.

Pride is a big thing that gets in the way of a lot of relationships.

When everything comes from Jesus, it is spiritual insanity to have any form of pride.

I want to live my life moving forward with integrity and pride.

Swallow your pride and admit that we all need help at times.

False humility is more insulting than open pride!

The most ordinary things are to philosophy a source of insoluble puzzles. With infinite ingenuity it constructs a concept of space or time and then finds it absolutely impossible that there be objects in this space or that processes occur during this time . . . the source of this kind of logic lies in excessive confidence in the so-called laws of thought.

. . . [R]estlessness usually stems from pride and from being discontented with one's lot in life.

Pride is a powerful narcotic, but it doesn't do much for the auto-immune system.

Pride looks down, and no one can see God but by looking up.

People in their right minds never take pride in their talents.

Be an example to your men, in your duty and in private life. Never spare yourself, and let the troops see that you don't in your endurance of fatigue and privation. Always be tactful and well-mannered and teach your subordinates to do the same. Avoid excessive sharpness or harshness of voice, which usually indicates the man who has shortcomings of his own to hide.

Poverty and affliction take away the fuel that feeds pride.

The Torah itself becomes coarse in the mouth of a man of pride.

The troops may whine and moan, but when they meet the standard, there's a sense of pride.

To master the pride of defiant selfhood, that in truth is the highest bliss.

A mule has neither pride of ancestry nor hope of posterity.

If Pride leads the Van, Beggary brings up the Rear.

I'm an American citizen now, but I will always have Canadian pride.

If I fail it is only because I have too much pride and ambition.

It is seldom men think of death in the pride of their health and strength.

Of all the fools that pride can boast, A Coxcomb claims distinction most.

Go another step. Try to live one entire day without words at all. Do it not as a law, but as an experiment. Note your feelings of helplessness and excessive dependence upon words to communicate. Try to find new ways to relate to tohers that are not dependent upon words. Enjoy, savor the day. Learn from it.

I try to take a lot of pride in what I can do in terms of knowing the defense.

Attitude is an accurate monitor of where we fall on the spectrum of pride and humility.

The pride of dying rich raises the loudest laugh in hell.

I take great pride in being able to work with anybody.

They more than do their work, they take pride in it. Like Cinna.

Heaven's Way is like stretching a bow. The high is lowered and the low is raised. Excess is reduced and deficiency is replenished. Heaven's Way reduces excess and replenishes deficiency. People's Way is not so. They reduce the deficient and supply the excessive.

It's not that I take pride in being unfashionable. It's just that I've gotten used to it.

Pride is the community coming together and showing that love is real.

The State of Israel was not established by anxiety but, rather, through pride.

Pride in a man is confused with dignity; in a woman, with self-love.

Rising oil prices have focused the world's attention on the depletion of oil reserves. But the depletion of underground water resources from overpumping is a far more serious issue. Excessive pumping for irrigation to satisfy food needs today almost guarantees a decline in food production tomorrow.

I can see his pride Peep through each part of him.

Propaganda's content increasingly resembles information. It has even clearly been proved that a violent, excessive, shock-provoking propaganda texts leads ultimately to less conviction and participation. The listeners critical powers decrease if the propaganda message is more rational and less violent.

Little learning and much pride come of hasty reading.

Leading by example is something I've always tried to pride myself on.

Personality-wise, I like to avoid putting my pride on parade.

Success rests not only on ability, but upon commitment, loyalty, and pride.

Displaying riches and titles with pride brings about one's downfall.

The rose is wont with pride to swell, and ever seeks to rise.

In the scriptures there is no such thing as righteous pride. It is always considered as a sin.

We have a lot of pride for Yulee, and with the football team we can help show that.

Humility is the marriage bond of Heaven. Pride is the frigidity of Hell.

I always just take pride in being a basketball player.

London Pride is a big event in the global celebration of freedom.

Men in Rajasthan pride themselves on their moustaches. It is a sign of their masculinity.

My family pride is something inconceivable. I can't help it. I was born sneering.

The pride of the body is a barrier against the gifts that purify the soul.

On thyroid therapy, more than 90 percent of those with painful menstruation were relieved, most of them completely. The results were fully as good in converting irregular periods to normal, regular ones. And in six of seven women with excessive flow, normal flow was established.

I pride myself on having the most exciting fights ever.

That's something I pride myself on, playing every single game.