Downfall Of Pride Quotes & Sayings

The wolves were circling, wary of the might and presence of the kingly beasts who dared to challenge possession of the crown and so far, the lions had proved to be invincible. But should they drop their guard for an instant, or should the scavengers discover the quixotic virtue of their armor, all of the honor, pride, and passion in the world would not save them. It would, instead, be the cause of their ultimate downfall. — Marsha Canham

It's good to know where you come from. It makes you what you are today. It's DNA, it's in your blood. — Alexander McQueen

A man's pride can be his downfall, and he needs to learn when to turn to others for support and guidance. — Bear Grylls

No man is poor who does not think himself so. But if in a full fortune with impatience he desires more, he proclaims his wants and his beggarly condition. — Jeremy Taylor

People look at me and see a calm, cool guy on the sidelines and I want them to know that my Christian faith affects my coaching and everything I do. — Tony Dungy

He who prides himself upon wealth and honor hastens his own downfall. — Laozi

The tweets are getting shorter, but the songs are still 4 minutes long. You're coming up with 140-character zingers, and the song is still 4 minutes long ... I realized about a year ago that I couldn't have a complete thought anymore. And I was a tweetaholic. I had four million twitter followers, and I was always writing on it. And I stopped using twitter as an outlet and I started using twitter as the instrument to riff on, and it started to make my mind smaller and smaller and smaller. And I couldn't write a song. — John Mayer

Had I been a man I might have explored the Poles or climbed Mount Everest, but as it was my spirit found outlet in the air ... — Amy Johnson

The question is whether or not our insecurities are substantial enough to hurt, limit, or even distract us from profound effectiveness or fulfillment of purpose. — Beth Moore

I have a bit of pride, which is always my downfall. — Richard C. Armitage

No matter how angry she makes me, she's still my mother, and I have to protect her if I can. — Teri Brown

All those who rejoice in the success of the church's enemies will share with them in their downfall; and those who have most indulged themselves in pride and pleasure are the least able to bear calamities; their sorrows will be as excessive as their pleasure and jollity were before. — Matthew Henry

Your fame is as the grass, whose hue comes and goes, and His might withers it by whose power it sprang from the lap of the earth. — Dante Alighieri

A Shakespeare could have arisen only on English soil. In the same way, your great dramatists and poets express the nature and essence of the Norwegian people, but they also express that which is universally valid for all mankind. — Gustav Stresemann

Displaying riches and titles with pride brings about one's downfall. — Laozi

I think I look better in darker clothes. And maybe the fact that I wear black so much makes me more aware of putting people at ease. — Joan Jett

If I write novels in a country in which most citizens are illiterate, who then is my community? — Chinua Achebe

In the LGBT community, the opposite of pride is self- hatred. But in the Bible, the opposite of pride is faith. Was pride keeping me from faith, or was pride keeping me from self-hatred? That was when the question inserted itself like a foot in the door: Did pride distort self-esteem the way lust distorts love? This was the first of my many betrayals against the LGBT community: whose dictionary did I trust? The one used by the community that I helped create or the one that reflected the God who created me? As soon as the question formed itself into words, I felt convicted of the sin of pride. Pride was my downfall. I asked God for the mercy to repent of my pride at its root. — Rosaria Champagne Butterfield

I always think about the next generation and creating a different blueprint for them. That's my goal: to let them know there's another way. — Janelle Monae

And you would be docile strung up by your ankles," Tobias said smoothly. "One stroke. Now try again. — Chris Owen

Haile Selassie was not an evil man, but his priorities were misplaced. He was so concerned with establishing a strong central government and modernizing the country that he failed to meet the challenge of natural disaster ... It was his false pride, this lack of courage to admit mistakes, that brought about his downfall. — Haile Selassie

Pride of opinion has been responsible for the downfall of more men on Wall Street than any other factor. — Charles Dow

Casual?" Elam halted and crossed his arms. "My good horse, there's a big difference between casual and confident. I am aware of the danger, but ... I want to maintain a confident mind-set in full assurance of faith, otherwise my heart might melt within me." ... "Take care that your confidence does not swell into arrogance, for that is the downfall of every man of pride. — Bryan Davis

The danger to which the success of revolutions is most exposed, is that of attempting them before the principles on which they proceed, and the advantages to result from them, are sufficiently seen and understood. — Thomas Paine