Let us learn, then, to know that this is a mark of such as are in love with Christ. They think less of themselves than they can do of any other. Pride is not a mark of the children of God.
— Samuel Rutherford
“The Forlorn Son” in Quaint Sermons
Effects of Pride
The most effective poison to lead men to ruin is to boast in themselves, in their own wisdom and will power.
— John Calvin (1509-1564)
Pride
The more godly a man is, and the more graces and blessings of God are upon him, the more need he hath to pray, because Satan is busiest against him, and because he is readiest to be puffed up with a conceited holiness.
— Richard Greenham
Pride
The more godly a man is, and the more graces and blessings of God are upon him, the more need he hath to pray, because Satan is busiest against him, and because he is readiest to be puffed up with a conceited holiness.
— Richard Greenham
Folly of Pride
Man ought to be ashamed of being proud, seeing that God was humbled for his sake.
— Augustine of Hippo
