“Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.
“As long as you are proud you cannot know God. A proud man is always looking down on thing and people: and, of course, as long as you are looking down you cannot see something that is above you.”
“Through pride we are ever deceiving ourselves. But deep down below the surface of the average conscience a still, small voice says to us, something is out of tune. ”
“Greed, envy, sloth, pride and gluttony: these are not vices anymore. No, these are marketing tools. Lust is our way of life. Envy is just a nudge towards another sale. Even in our relationships we consume each other, each of us looking for what we can get out of the other. Our appetites are often satisfied at the expense of those around us. In a dog-eat-dog world we lose part of our humanity.”
“All your life, other people will try to take your accomplishments away from you. Don’t you take it away from yourself.”
“All men make mistakes, but a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong, and repairs the evil. The only crime is pride.”
“Humility is nothing but truth, and pride is nothing but lying.”
“Pride costs us more than hunger, thirst, and cold.”
“Boys were so proud – you always had to let them think they were good at things.”
“The less worth of a man,the greater his pride.”
“Friends, show me a man who hates himself, and I’ll show you a man who hates his neighbors more! He’d have to – you’d not grant anyone else something you can’t have for yourself – no love, no respect!”
“Wealth is a gift from God, and pride is bequeathed to us from the devil.”
“We do not have to be ashamed of what we are. As sentient beings we have wonderful backgrounds. These backgrounds may not be particularly enlightened or peaceful or intelligent. Nevertheless, we have soil good enough to cultivate; we can plant anything in it.”
“It was time to bring out the world destructive weapons. It was now time to hit him where it would do the biggest damage, his pride.”
“Every woman that finally figured out her worth, has picked up her suitcases of pride and boarded a flight to freedom, which landed in the valley of change.”
“Some people would rather die in their pride, than live in their humility.”
“Our weaknesses may never go away but when we give them to God, His grace will turn them into something beautiful…”
