Alexander Horne Quotes

Pride and conceit were the original sins of man.

In the scriptures there is no such thing as righteous pride. It is always considered as a sin.

I look upon pride as a sin.

Pride is about the ugliest trait somebody can have.

Is pride, the never-failing vice of fools.

Pride defeats its own end, by bringing the man who seeks esteem and reverence into contempt.

Arrogance - I have very little tolerance for that.

Pride will spit in pride's face.

Vanity can easily overtake wisdom. It usually overtakes common sense.

We're all victims of our own hubris at times.

You cannot oppose reasoning to pride, the principal of all the vices, since, by its very nature, the proud man refuses to listen to it.

Self-conceit may lead to self destruction.

The truest characters of ignorance are vanity and pride and arrogance.

Such is the nature of men, that howsoever they may acknowledge many others to be more witty, or more eloquent, or more learned; yet they will hardly believe there be many so wise as themselves.

I was a modest, good-humoured boy. It is Oxford that has made me insufferable.

The silent killer of all great men and women of achievement - particularly men, I don't know why, maybe it's the testosterone - I think it's narcissism. Even more than hubris. And for women, too. Narcissism is the killer.

Pride and vanity, the opposites of humility, can destroy our spiritual health as surely as a debilitating disease can destroy our physical health.

Unbridled arrogance is worse than pride; for if pride will not break a superior, arrogance will not brook and equal.

Proud people breed sad sorrows for themselves.

Success didn't spoil me, I've always been insufferable.

In general, pride is at the bottom of all great mistakes.

I was a cocky kid.

By my count, more business leaders have failed and derailed because of arrogance than any other character flaw.

I think people who lack humility are really annoying.

I'm not conceited. Conceit is a fault and I have no faults.