Pride is no respecter of persons. The serious thinkers may be humble, and the careless mystics may be arrogant.
The heart of the world is breaking under this load of pride and pretense. There is no release from our burden apart from the meekness of Christ.
Creating some god for one's inspirations was always a good way to avoid accusations of pride should the scheme succeed, as well as the blame if did not.
It is a sad thing to become so blinded and deafened by pride that you are no longer concerned about whether or not God is pleased with your actions.
I am called to minister to people and inspire them to do more not to advertise them and have them swell up with pride.
There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others. My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me.
Had I been in love, I could not have been more wretchedly blind. But vanity, not love, has been my folly.
Every impulse of feeling should be guided by reason; and, in my opinion, exertion should always be in proportion to what is required.
Do not consider me now as an elegant female intending to plague you, but as a rational creature speaking the truth from her heart.
Nothing is more deceitful," said Darcy, "than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion, and sometimes an indirect boast.
For my part, I am determined never to speak of it again to anybody. I told my sister Phillips so the other day.
And to all this she must yet add something more substantial, in the improvement of her mind by extensive reading.
We must not be so ready to fancy ourselves intentionally injured... It is very often nothing but our own vanity that deceives us.
You must learn some of my philosophy. Think only of the past as its remembrance gives you pleasure.
We all know him to be a proud, unpleasant sort of man; but this would be nothing if you really liked him.
Do not turn your face from others with pride, nor walk arrogantly on earth. Verily the Almighty does not like those who are arrogant and boastful.
Don’t put the hat in hate and then wear it around with pride. Wear your love like socks for gloves, and let the world know you're serious.
I would say I'm a nice person, and I take pride in the fact that I treat everyone really well, so there's no reason for anyone to ever come at me because I only want the best for everybody else.
Maybe Grodzenski was showing me, with his quiet pride, the reason he hummed a little while he worked.
carry your wounds with pride, Believe in yourself; amongst greatest of catastrophe' You grew into the being you are And I think that in itself, is certainly enough.
We're not opposed to Catholics having pride in their church, but that doesn't mean that every church that doesn't join them isn't a church.
