If a man has a right to be proud of anything, it is of a good action done as it ought to be, without any base interest lurking at the bottom of it.—Sterne.
There is this paradox in pride,—it makes some men ridiculous, but prevents others from becoming so.—Colton.
In reality, there is perhaps no one of our natural passions so hard to subdue as pride. Disguise it, struggle with it, stifle it, mortify it as much as you please, it is still alive, and will every now and then peep out and show itself.—Franklin.
Men say, "By pride the angels fell from heaven." By pride they reached a place from which they fell!—Joaquin Miller.
Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty, and supped with infamy.—Franklin.
Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.—Proverbs 16:18.
If he could only see how small a vacancy his death would leave, the proud man would think less of the place he occupies in his lifetime.—Legouvé.
I think half the troubles for which men go slouching in prayer to God are caused by their intolerable pride. Many of our cares are but a morbid way of looking at our privileges. We let our blessings get mouldy, and then call them curses.—Beecher.
When pride and presumption walk before, shame and loss follow very closely.—Louis XI.
How can there be pride in a contrite heart? Humility is the earliest fruit of religion.—Hosea Ballou.