Take pride away from a man and you might as well run a knife through his heart.

Julie Garwood

Mots clés men pride

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Pride,’ observed Mary, who piqued herself upon the solidity of her reflections, ‘is a very common failing, I believe. By all that I have ever read, I am convinced that it is very common indeed; that human nature is particularly prone to it, and that there are very few of us who do not cherish a feeling of self-complacency on the score of some quality or other, real or imaginary.

Jane Austen

Mots clés truth human-nature pride reflections self-complacency

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If pride is a sin, then love must be the mother of sin.

Lionel Suggs

Mots clés love sin pride

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At the end of the day, if pride is your greatest strength, turn it into vanity.

Lionel Suggs

Mots clés vanity pride

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Confidence turns into pride only when you are in denial of your mistakes.

Criss Jami

Mots clés confidence mistakes denial pride awareness differences distinction evolve denying denying-self

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My pride shut me up, my hurt shut me down, and together they ganged up on my hope and let her get away.

David Levithan

Mots clés hope hurt sad pride

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Ingratitude produces pride while gratitude produces humility.

Orrin Woodward

Mots clés humility pride gratitude thankfulness

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For thirty minutes I sat back and felt the glimmer of pride that historically precedes the most catastrophic falls.

Antony John

Mots clés humor failure pride

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There is something brittle in me that will break before it bends. Perhaps if the [the enemy] had brought a smaller army I might have had the sense to run. But he overdid it.

Mark Lawrence

Mots clés war army pride credo

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You can't take credit for your talents, but it matters that you use them. You can't really be blamed for your weaknesses, but it matters that you correct them. So pride and shame don't make a lot of sense, in the final analysis, but they weren't much fun anyway.

Sam Harris

Mots clés free-will shame pride

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