Pride Quotes

Pride makes us artificial and humility makes us real.
Thomas Merton

It is a beggar’s pride that he is not a thief.
Japanese Proverb

Pride comes before a fall.
Proverb

Pride is an admission of weakness; it secretly fears all competition and dreads all rivals.
Fulton J. Sheen

The truest characters of ignorance are vanity, and pride and arrogance.
Samuel Butler

Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay.
François de la Rochefoucauld

Pride that dines on vanity, sups on contempt.
Benjamin Franklin

Be modest! It is the kind of pride least likely to offend.
Jules Renard

Pride is the master sin of the devil, and the devil is the father of lies.
Edwin Hubbel Chapin

Pride perceiving humility honorable, often borrows her cloak.
Thomas Fuller

Be modest! It is the kind of pride least likely to offend.
Jules Renard

Pride is as loud a beggar as want, and a great deal more saucy.
Benjamin Franklin

Pride costs more than hunger, thirst and cold.
Thomas Jefferson

A family on the throne is an interesting idea. It brings down the pride of sovereignty to the level of petty life.
Walter Bagehot

I look upon pride as a sin.
Tommy Lee Jones

All money means to me is a pride in accomplishment.
Ray Kroc

Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.
Kahlil Gibran

As far as I know, I have no pride of opinion.
Albert J. Nock

Despite what people think of cowboys, they take pride in how they look, and that look is important to them.
Steve Kanaly

Humility and knowledge in poor clothes excel pride and ignorance in costly attire.
William Penn

If you are a housewife, take pride in that.
Anthea Turner

I always took a great deal of pride in being original.
Roger Miller

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

It is not the broken heart that kills, but broken pride, monseigneur.
Gilbert Parker

I think national pride leads to nothing but wars and hates.
Johnny Rotten

It’s a fine thing to rise above pride, but you must have pride in order to do so.
Georges Bernanos

I used to suffer from excessive pride. Well, I got over that one.
Francesca Annis