To know a man, observe how he wins his object, rather than how he loses it; for when we fail our pride supports us; when we succeed, it betrays us.

Charles Caleb Colton

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Pride is an independent, me-oriented spirit. It makes people arrogant, rude and hard to get along with. When our heart is prideful, we don't give God the credit and we mistreat people, looking down on them and thinking we deserve what we have.

The ego is always looking to find something. The Spirit can see what's already there.

Marianne Williamson

Above all, don't lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others. And having no respect he ceases to love.

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Do not be lured by the need to be liked: better to be respected, even feared.

To be more requires a man who is conceited enough to believe that the world really needs him and depends on his getting into power.

Peter F. Drucker

The shy and the extroverted have this in common - that they both fancy they are the center of attention.

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