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Pride Quotes

On the many faces of pride, good and difficult.

These pride quotes range from cultural pride tied to real achievement to the more uneasy side of self-pride and vanity. The theme connects closely with Confidence quotes, since both explore how people carry belief in themselves.

Pride is a tricky, glorious, double-edged feeling.

Quotes by Adrienne Rich

In zombie horror, the juxtaposition of the calm world of the living and the menace of the undead inspires terror. In zombie comedy, like 'Pride and Prejudice and Zombies,' it is played for laughs.

Quotes by Adam Cohen

Regency romances end in marriage; zombie stories end in the zombies being vanquished. 'Pride and Prejudice and Zombies' delivers both.

Quotes by Adam Cohen

Pride works frequently under a dense mask, and will often assume the garb of humility.

Quotes by Adam Clarke

Achievement Quotes

It would astonish if not amuse the older citizens to learn that I (a strange, friendless, uneducated, penniless boy, working at ten dollars per month) have been put down as the candidate of pride, wealth, and aristocratic family distinction.

Abraham Lincoln

I don't know whether it is fortunate or unfortunate, but I have no such thing as national pride. I don't feel proud that I am Iranian. I happen to be who I am.

Quotes by Abbas Kiarostami

There's a lot of pride that business owners have. It's actually really critical that pride and ownership extends to everyone in the organization. I think of everyone is in the same boat in driving the company forward.

Quotes by Aaron Levie

It's hard to find an emblem of cultural, national pride that burns as bright as Israel's success in classical music.

Quotes by Zubin Mehta

A discontented young fellow, filled with self pride; he certainly should have considered it an honor to be sent on so respectable an embassy as he was.

Quotes by Zebulon Pike

Confidence Quotes

I take a lot of pride in connecting with people - period.

Quotes by Zac Taylor

I pride myself on being able to create mismatches. That's what I've done my whole life.

Quotes by Zach Ertz

I am a Hindu, and I have pride in that.

Quotes by Yogi Adityanath

I took the same pride in my dishwashing job as a child as I take in running my company today.

Quotes by Yolanda Hadid

I take full pride in the fact that I'm from Chandigarh.

Quotes by Yami Gautam

Identity Quotes

The State of Israel was not established by anxiety but, rather, through pride.

Quotes by Yair Lapid

Pride and excess bring disaster for man.

Quotes by Xun Kuang

My aim then was to whip the rebels, to humble their pride, to follow them to their inmost recesses, and make them fear and dread us.

Quotes by William Tecumseh Sherman

Fame is the inheritance not of the dead, but of the living. It is we who look back with lofty pride to the great names of antiquity.

Quotes by William Hazlitt

My family pride is something inconceivable. I can't help it. I was born sneering.

Quotes by William Gilbert

Strength Quotes

What is a wife and what is a harlot? What is a church and what is a theatre? are they two and not one? Can they exist separate? Are not religion and politics the same thing? Brotherhood is religion. O...

Quotes by William Blake

Frequently Asked Questions

Is there a quote connecting pride to a country's cultural achievements?
Yes — one holds up a specific example: "It's hard to find an emblem of cultural, national pride that burns as bright as Israel's success in classical music," using that success as a case study in national pride rather than making any broader political claim.
What's the "self pride" quote about?
It's an older, formal description of "A discontented young fellow, filled with self pride" who nonetheless should have felt "an honor to be sent on so respectable an embassy as he was" — pride and honor sitting side by side in one character sketch.
Does this collection include a religious take on pride?
Yes — one quote states it as belief, not neutral fact: "our human pride in itself is sinful," acknowledging in the same breath that "This solution may not appeal to our human pride." It's presented here as that speaker's own theological view.
What does the "pride of sovereignty" quote mean?
It reflects on monarchy in the abstract: "A family on the throne is an interesting idea." The quote goes on to argue that it "brings down the pride of sovereignty to the level of petty life" — a philosophical observation, not a comment on any specific royal family.
Where can I find quotes about the more confident, positive side of pride?
Try Confidence quotes or Achievement quotes for pride tied to accomplishment, and Identity quotes for pride connected to who you are.

A few lines here treat pride as something that can humble greatness or curdle into something sinful, not just a virtue to celebrate. Compare with Achievement or Strength quotes for related themes of standing tall.