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Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay.

Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay.

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Pride gets no pleasure out of having something, only out of having more of it than the next man.

Pride gets no pleasure out of having something, only out of having more of it than the next man.

by C.s. Lewis Found in: Pride Quotes,
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Pride is seldom delicate; it will please itself with very mean advantages.

Pride is seldom delicate; it will please itself with very mean advantages.

by Samuel Johnson Found in: Pride Quotes,
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What is pride? A whizzing rocket that would emulate a star.

What is pride? A whizzing rocket that would emulate a star.

by William Wordsworth Found in: Pride Quotes,
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Once social change begins, it cannot be reversed. You cannot uneducate the person who has learned to read. You cannot read more

Once social change begins, it cannot be reversed. You cannot uneducate the person who has learned to read. You cannot humiliate the person who feels pride. You cannot oppress the people who are not afraid anymore. We have seen the future, and the future is ours.

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He is so plaguy proud that the death-tokens of it
Cry 'No recovery.'

He is so plaguy proud that the death-tokens of it
Cry 'No recovery.'

by William Shakespeare Found in: Pride Quotes,
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As proud as Lucifer.

As proud as Lucifer.

by Philip James Bailey Found in: Pride Quotes,
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The sin of pride may be a small or a great thing in someone's life, and hurt vanity a passing read more

The sin of pride may be a small or a great thing in someone's life, and hurt vanity a passing pinprick, or a self-destroying or ever murderous obsession.

by Iris Murdoch Found in: Pride Quotes,
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Though pride is not a virtue, it is the parent of many virtues.

Though pride is not a virtue, it is the parent of many virtues.

by George Chapman Found in: Pride Quotes,
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