Contributed by Wayne Major on Mar 16, 2002
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“Pride is the king of vices. . . it is the first of the pallbearers of the soul. . . other vices destroy only their opposite virtues, as wantonness destroys chastity; greed destroys temperance; anger destroys gentleness;
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Methodist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 21, 2005
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THE DISEASE OF PRIDE
“Pride is the only disease known to man that makes everyone sick except the one who has it”
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Contributed by John Scott on Aug 15, 2014
Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad marches — or runs — to the beat of a different drummer. The 29-year-old French athlete was up to his old tricks Thursday. The two-time Olympic silver medalist was on the verge of winning his third straight title in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the European
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Christian/Church Of Christ
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Augustine on pride:
Every proud man heeds himself and he who pleases himself seems great to himself. But he who pleases himself pleases a fool for
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Pentecostal
QUOTES ON PRIDE
Medieval theologian Thomas Aquinas said of pride: "Inordinate self-love is the cause of every sin ... the root of pride is found to consist in man not being, in some way, subject to God and His rule."
"A proud man is always looking down on things and people; and, of course, as
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Brian Harvison on Oct 3, 2023
You can even have pride in the fact that you aren’t proud
• An Amish farmer put on a new pair of overalls
• Of course the Amish are famous for their simplicity
• So, as he was shaving his mustache one morning he stepped back and admired his new clothes in the mirror
• He said This will never do,
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Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jul 14, 2002
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SUBTLETY OF PRIDE
Paul W. Powell once observed: “Pride is so subtle that if we aren’t careful we’ll be proud of our humility. When this happens our goodness becomes badness. Our virtues become vices. We can easily become like the Sunday School teacher who, having told the story of the Pharisee and
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Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Mar 27, 2007
Dwight Lehman once heard a missionary tell how he was trying to do translation work in a particular tribe and found it hard to translate the word "pride," or at least the concept. He finally came to the idea to use their word or words for the ears’ being too far apart. In other words, he conveyed
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 16, 2006
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Business destroys relationships. It substitutes shallow frenzy for deep friendship. It feeds the ego but starves the inner man. It fills a calendar but fractures a family. It cultivates a program that plows under priorities. Many a church boasts about its active program: "Something for every night
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2007
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"When the world is destroyed, it will be destroyed not by its madmen but by the sanity of its experts and the
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
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No indulgence of passion destroys the spiritual nature so much as
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"The destroyed Temple is no longer regarded as the place of God’s earthly presence. The Temple built of stone has ceased to express the hope of Christians; its curtain is torn forever. Christians [now] look toward the east, the rising sun. This is
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Catholic
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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When Pompeii was destroyed by the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius there were many persons buried in the ruins who were afterwards found in very different positions.
There were some found in deep vaults, as if they had gone there for security. There were some found in lofty chambers. But where did they
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Contributed by Mary Lewis on Feb 1, 2001
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"Pride, the idolatrous worship of self, is the
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Baptist
Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Apr 4, 2007
A perverted form of pride is inordinate self-esteem.
In the fall after we married Barbara took some drapes and a quilt to the cleaners. One afternoon she asked if I wanted to go with her to get them. The young girl behind the counter was feeling her oats – hair cut just right, permed just
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Pentecostal