pride

False humility is quite like the worst of both worlds: both that of Meekness and that of Conceit.

Friends can become enemies, and enemies can become friends. Ego and pride can turn what is good into bad, and kind words can turn what is bad into something good.

Competition works best in sports, but humans get addicted to stuff.

Power and influence: things that should be obtained not for means of greed, nor pride, nor ego, but rather to ensure that in the right moment, when your wisdom and benevolence are required to keep humanity strong and united, you can deliver and orchestrate others toward the greater good.

Where everyone wants to be a leader, it makes one a follower to want to be a leader, and a leader to know what to follow.

People tend to think that money makes them strong, but it's those that learn to survive without it, are truly the stronger.

Power without compassion is like a giant that blocks the sunlight.

There is nothing humble about this woman.

The central feature of pride is enmity__nmity toward God and enmity toward our fellowmen. Enmity means __atred toward, hostility to, or a state of opposition._ It is the power by which Satan wishes to reign over us.

[Pride and power] are the same except that pride leaves the lights on and power can do it in the dark.

Never mistaken humility for foolishness, nor pride for power.

Ignorance and power and pride are a deadly mixture, you know.

The best thing you can ever have is peace of mind, it is a basking fire to keep a cold heart in warmth, and a fortified confidence to be proud of.

Just as some people may conceal their own sinfulness thus seeming better than the norm, others expose their own sinfulness thus seeming worse than the norm.

Never become proud within yourself when you are seen as the one to cause that great effect. Never become timid if you know you can while others dare to prove otherwise! Mind your business and make the strike.

Of course, in our train of thought, we would all like to think we're on the right track, or at least the same railroad company as the right track.

To test a man's ego, simply ask him a complicated question. A good person will never be afraid to admit they don__ know the answer to something. And only when a man has fully dismantled his ego, can he begin to be truly good.

Where there is a real superiority of mind, pride will be always under good regulation.