Humanity has many shortcomings, but none is stronger than pride.

The logic behind patriotism is a mystery. At least a man who believes that his own family or clan is superior to all others is familiar with more than 0.000003% of the people involved.

Maybe what I need to be rescued from is the feeling that I don’t need to be rescued, for without a doubt this is the most difficult rescue of all.

In one way or another, every mission that I have ever set out on to rescue myself is yet another mission that I end up needing to be rescued from. Hence, there is God.

Overcome the prideful need to measure your worth by how much more successful you are than others, by operating from a core belief grounded in abundance.

At this moment God might not necessarily be a necessity, but know that His absence will of necessity eventually result in His necessity.

My rather arrogant attitude deludes me into believing that my ability to understand something is the criteria for its legitimacy. And if there’s one thing in my life that I don’t understand yet I allow to be legitimate, thinking this way would most certainly be it.

To assume that I and I alone have all the answers is to eventually find myself entirely alone without any answers.

Pride is a human nature and it's good for people to be proud of themselves, achievements, etc. but too much of anything is not healthy. Humble is pride exhibited through humility, so be humble and prideful about being humble.

If you are proud for bad reasons, shame waits around the corner

At the point that it dawns on me that I am not God I have finally made room for God.

To declare myself as a genius immediately evidences that I am not.

Pride is a very dangerous disease that can turn your talent, asset, and achievements into a handicap.

Murph took his shot and dropped the bastard right out of the tree. then he stood. "I'm an American soldier, you son of a bitch.