Reflection:
Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us.
… I could easily forgive his pride, if he had not mortified mine.
~ 2 by Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, (1775-1817)
Deep Blue. She Was Beautiful, Not Merely Pretty, But There Was In Her Eyes The Haughty Disdain Of A Queen Reprimanding A Clumsy Subject.
~ Louis L’Amour, (1908-1988), Author
Through pride we are ever deceiving ourselves. But deep down below the surface of the average conscience a still, small voice says to us, something is out of tune.
~ Carl G. Jung, (1875-1961), Swiss Psychoanalyst
All men make mistakes, but a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong and repairs the evil. The only crime is pride.
~ Sophocles, (497-406), Antigone
The proud wish God would agree with them. They are not interested in changing their opinions to agree with God’s.
~ Ezra Taft Benson, (1899-1994), Served as the 15th Secretary of Agriculture under Dwight Eisenhower
(And for those who haven’t been humbled by all this talk of pride yet…)
Your future self will always see your present self as unwise and immature. That means you are currently a fool right now.
~ Tim Keller