Billy Graham Quotes

Leaders who fail to prune their pride will meet demise. That's not a guess, it's a guarantee. With pride, it's not a matter of 'if' we will fall, but 'when.' There are no exceptions.

The deepest thing in any one is the conviction of the bad luck that follows boasting.

He who prides himself upon wealth and honor hastens his own downfall.

I have a bit of pride, which is always my downfall.

One of the things that happens to careers out here is that people destroy themselves because they begin to think they're wonderful. They begin to think they know what they're doing, and the minute that happens, it's over.

Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty, and supped with infamy.

Proud people breed sad sorrows for themselves.

Success tempts many to their ruin.

We've seen a lot of people self-destruct because of a small taste of success.

Be careful of success; it has a dark side.

We're all victims of our own hubris at times.

I have a bit of pride, which is always my downfall.

Pride and excess bring disaster for man.

I've learned that if one is arrogant and if something bad happens to him, people won't want him to succeed. They will make more of an effort to bring him down.

Ambition devours gold and drinks blood and climbs so high by other men's heads, that at the length in the fall, it breaks its own neck; therefore, it is better to live in humble content than in high care and trouble.

It's always great to play a man who sets himself up to be punctured.

Pride is the first step in people unraveling and companies unraveling and relationships unraveling.

Self-conceit may lead to self destruction.

Pride defeats its own end, by bringing the man who seeks esteem and reverence into contempt.

The silent killer of all great men and women of achievement - particularly men, I don't know why, maybe it's the testosterone - I think it's narcissism. Even more than hubris. And for women, too. Narcissism is the killer.

Success can set the table for tragedy if the victors are not careful.

The greatest enemy a man can have is his prosperity.

We [Germans] are morally and intellectually superior to all men.

Other men would … have to pay for that terrible arrogance and vainglory.

What enables us to achieve our greatness contains the seeds of our destruction.