Pridefulness Quotes

Pride and conceit were the original sins of man.

Pride, that invisible bone that keeps the neck stiff.

Pride is not the worst of sins. In fact, it's one of the most interesting ones.

Humility is often only feigned submission which people use to render others submissive. It is a subterfuge of pride which lowers itself in order to rise.

Pride only helps us to be generous; it never makes us so, any more than vanity makes us witty.

Hubris means deadly pride. Thinking you can do things better than anyone else.

A proud heart and a lofty mountain are never fruitful.

Prosperity often leads to pride, which leads to sin.

Riches are apt to betray a man into arrogance.

Disobedience is essentially a prideful power struggle against someone in authority over us. It can be a parent, a priesthood leader, a teacher, or ultimately God. A proud person hates the fact that someone is above him. He thinks this lowers his position.

A true man of honor feels humbled himself when he cannot help humbling others.

We are never, never so much in danger of being proud as when we think we are humble.

In the light of our egos, we are all dethroned monarchs

Nothing is ever done beautifully which is done in rivalship: or nobly, which is done in pride.

If we see pride among people who have no idea about Dharma, it is understandable. However, if afflictive emotions and haughtiness are present among Dharma practitioners, it is great disgrace to practice

That Man indeed can never be good at heart, who is full of himself and his own Endowments.

And when your soul becometh great, then doth it become haughty, and in your sublimity there is wickedness.

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

I have always been an arrogant man.

Pride never sleeps. The principle at least is always awake. An intemperate man is sometimes sober, but a proud man is never humble.

Moderation is a fear of falling into that envy and contempt which those who grow giddy with their good fortune quite justly draw upon themselves. It is a vain boasting of the greatness of our mind.

Pride is the king of vices...it is the first of the pallbearers of the soul...other vices destroy only their opposite virtues, as wantonness destroys chastity; greed destroys temperance; anger destroys gentleness; but pride destroys all virtues.

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

Some people change when they think they're a star or something.

What we cut off from our other faults is very often but so much added to our pride.