Pride Quotes

Empowering pride quotes about self-respect dignity and taking pride in your achievements and authentic self.

21 quotes
Be proud of who you are, not ashamed of how someone else sees you.
Unknown
True nobility is not about being superior to another man. True nobility is being superior to your former self.
Ernest Hemingway
It is better to lose your pride with someone you love rather than to lose that someone you love with your useless pride.
John Ruskin
Pride is a tricky, glorious, double-edged feeling.
Adrienne Rich
Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall.
Proverbs 16:18
False pride is spiritual suicide.
Unknown
Take pride in your work at every level.
Unknown
Never be too proud to ask for help when you need it.
Unknown
Take pride in how far you've come and have faith in how far you can go.
Unknown
Pride makes us artificial and humility makes us real.
Thomas Merton
The proudest moment is when you can say you tried your hardest.
Unknown
Pride should be reserved for something you achieve or obtain on your own, not something that happens by accident of birth.
George Carlin
Pride can be a virtue when it drives you to do your best.
Unknown
You have to take pride in what you do, regardless of what others think.
Unknown
Healthy pride is taking satisfaction in your accomplishments.
Unknown
Pride is the mask of one's own faults.
Unknown
It's not about pride, it's about principle.
Unknown
Pride is not the opposite of shame, but its source.
Iroh
The proud person always wants to do the right thing, the great thing. But because he wants to do it in his own strength, he is fighting not with man, but with God.
Søren Kierkegaard
Pride in what and who you are is a strong foundation, but don't be so proud that you can't bend.
Unknown
Pride is holding your head up when everyone around you has theirs down.
Bryce Courtenay