Quotes on Proud Man

Those born blind cannot see; similarly blind are those in the grip of lust. Proud men have no perception of evil; and those bent on acquiring riches see no sin in their actions.

A proud man is always looking down on things and people; and, of course, as long as you are looking down, you cannot see something that is above you.

Pride gets no pleasure out of having something, only out of having more of it than the next man... It is the comparison that makes you proud: the pleasure of being above the rest. Once the element of competition is gone, pride is gone.

The truly proud man knows neither superiors or inferiors. The first he does not admit of - the last he does not concern himself about.

Pride slays thanksgiving, but a humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow. A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves.

A proud man is satisfied with his own good opinion, and does not seek to make converts to it.

I'm a competitor and a very proud man. If a guy beats me once, he'll have to do it again to make me believe him.

I will give you a definition of a proud man: he is a man who has neither vanity nor wisdom one filled with hatreds cannot be vain, neither can he be wise.