The Quotes canon
Sourced and curated.
Every quote has been curated by hand and carefully authenticated.
Browse all 10,075 quotes or apply filters in different categories to narrow your search.
Browse all 10,075 quotes or apply filters in different categories to narrow your search.
Pride12 quotes
Pride is therefore pleasure arising from a man's thinking too highly of himself. — Baruch Spinoza · 1677I could easily forgive his pride, if he had not mortified mine. — Jane Austen · 1813Pride helps us; and pride is not a bad thing when it only urges us to hide our own hurts-not to hurt others. — George Eliot · 1872But many that are first shall be last; and the last shall be first. — Jesus · 60And the Devil did grin, for his darling sin
Is pride that apes humility. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge · 1799Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall. — Proverbs 16:18 · 686 BCAll 12 quotes →Humility2 quotes
But many that are first shall be last; and the last shall be first. — Jesus · 60For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted. — Luke 14:11 · 61Pride vs. humility2 quotes
But many that are first shall be last; and the last shall be first. — Jesus · 60For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted. — Luke 14:11 · 61Dignity1 quote
It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees. — Dolores Ibarruri · 1936Envy1 quote
Pride still is aiming at the bless'd abodes,
Men would be angels, angels would be gods. — Alexander Pope · 1733False humility1 quote
And the Devil did grin, for his darling sin
Is pride that apes humility. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge · 1799Forgiveness1 quote
I could easily forgive his pride, if he had not mortified mine. — Jane Austen · 1813Mother's love1 quote
Pride is one of the seven deadly sins; but it cannot be the pride of a mother in her children, for that is a compound of two cardinal virtues—faith and hope. — Charles Dickens · 1839Mothers and children1 quote
Pride is one of the seven deadly sins; but it cannot be the pride of a mother in her children, for that is a compound of two cardinal virtues—faith and hope. — Charles Dickens · 1839Resistance1 quote
It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees. — Dolores Ibarruri · 1936Seven deadly sins1 quote
Pride is one of the seven deadly sins; but it cannot be the pride of a mother in her children, for that is a compound of two cardinal virtues—faith and hope. — Charles Dickens · 1839The devil1 quote
And the Devil did grin, for his darling sin
Is pride that apes humility. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge · 1799Vanity1 quote
Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us. — Jane Austen · 1813