„I take pride as the king of illiterature.“

„In the early ages of the world, according to the Scripture chronology there were no kings; the consequence of which was, there were no wars; it is the pride of kings which throws mankind into confusion.“

—  Thomas Paine, book Common Sense

Source: 1770s, Common Sense (1776)

„The hat is the pride of man; for he who cannot keep his hat on before kings and emperors is no free man.“

—  Friedrich Schiller, Wallenstein

Act IV, sc. v, Kellermeister (Master of the Cellar)
Wallenstein (1798), Part I - Die Piccolomini (The Piccolomini)

„People in their right minds never take pride in their talents.“

—  Harper Lee, book To Kill a Mockingbird

Pt. 1, ch. 10
Miss Maudie
Source: To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)

„Temper takes you to Trouble, Pride keeps you there.“

—  Chinmayananda Saraswati Indian spiritual teacher 1916 - 1993

Quotations from Gurudev’s teachings, Chinmya Mission Chicago
Variant: Temper brings you to trouble. Pride keeps you there.

„I take no pride in hopeless longing; I wouldn't hold a stillborn aspiration. I'd want to have it, to make it, to live it.“

—  Ayn Rand, book Atlas Shrugged

Source: Atlas Shrugged

„[Belafonte]'d take me to perform for Martin Luther King's cause. But when they were marching I did not take part, because I was not a citizen“

—  Miriam Makeba South African singer and civil rights activist 1932 - 2008

As quoted in Denselow, Robin (16 May 2008)
Interview with Robin Denselow (May 2008)

„They more than do their work, they take pride in it. Like Cinna.“

—  Suzanne Collins, book Mockingjay

Source: Mockingjay

„To rebel against being born a woman seemed as foolish to her as to take pride in it.“

—  Milan Kundera, book The Unbearable Lightness of Being

Source: The Unbearable Lightness of Being

„You need to take pride in what God has given you.“

—  Joel Osteen American televangelist and author 1963

Source: Your Best Life Now: 7 Steps to Living at Your Full Potential

„Pride will bring you back but humility would take you far.“

—  Emmanuel Bediako

„It may surprise you to learn that I take a certain pride, no matter how foolishly mistaken that pride may be, in making my own decisions for my own reasons.“

—  Kurt Vonnegut, book The Sirens of Titan

Source: The Sirens of Titan (1959), Chapter 12 “The Gentleman from Tralfamadore” (p. 285)

„This world is mine for the taking, make me king!“

—  Eminem American rapper and actor 1972

"Lose Yourself".
2000s, 8 Mile (2002)

„Materialism, attachment to things of the world, includes pride. Many religious people suffer from pride: taking pleasure or even delight in being good, or religious.“

—  Idries Shah writer and Sufi teacher 1924 - 1996

Source: Sufi Thought and Action

„Human pride is not worthwhile; there is always something lying in wait to take the wind out of it.“

—  Mark Twain American author and humorist 1835 - 1910

„I say it is not your pride that you are a Madrasi, it is not your pride that you a Brahmin, it is not your pride that you belong to South India, it is not your pride that you are a Hindu, that it is your pride that you are an Indian.“

—  Sarojini Naidu Indian politician, governor of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh from 1947 to 1949 1879 - 1949

"But this must transcend even national borders and extend to humanity because if ideas be only for the prosperity of your country, it would end where it began, by being a prophet to your own community and very probably to your own self.
In another lecture in Madras now (Chennai) quoted in "Selected Letters, Gandhi -Sarojini Naidu Correspondence, Preface".
Poetry

„Pride fills me. I am sick with the pride that destroyed me.“

—  Robert Jordan American writer 1948 - 2007

Lews Therin Telamon
(15 October 1994)

„You should take more pride in your appearance,” I tell him. “You'll never attract girls with an ugly mug like that.“

—  Darren Shan, book Lord Loss

Source: Lord Loss

„All free men, wherever they may live, are citizens of Berlin, and, therefore, as a free man, I take pride in the words "Ich bin ein Berliner."“

—  John F. Kennedy, book Ich bin ein Berliner

1963, Ich bin ein Berliner
Context: Freedom is indivisible, and when one man is enslaved, all are not free. When all are free, then we can look forward to that day when this city will be joined as one and this country and this great Continent of Europe in a peaceful and hopeful globe. When that day finally comes, as it will, the people of West Berlin can take sober satisfaction in the fact that they were in the front lines for almost two decades.
All free men, wherever they may live, are citizens of Berlin, and, therefore, as a free man, I take pride in the words "Ich bin ein Berliner."

„"Who are you?" I asked the phantom,
"I am rest from Hate and Pride.
"I am friend to king and beggar,
"I am Alpha and Omega,
"I was councilor to Hagar
"But men call me suicide."
I was weary of tide breasting,
Weary of the world's behesting,
And I lusted for the resting
As a lover for his bride.“

—  Robert E. Howard American author 1906 - 1936

The Tempter (1937)