Nationalist pride, like other variants of pride, can be a substitute for self-respect.

Quote by Eric Hoffer

Topics: Self Pride Quotes

How much easier is self-sacrifice than self-realization!

How much easier is self-sacrifice than self-realization!

The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings.

The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings.

People who bite the hand that feeds them usually lick the boot that kicks them.

People who bite the hand that feeds them usually lick the boot that kicks them.

The remarkable thing is that we really love our neighbor as ourselves: we do unto...

The remarkable thing is that we really love our neighbor as ourselves: we do unto...

Every new adjustment is a crisis in self-esteem.

Every new adjustment is a crisis in self-esteem.

The opposite of the religious fanatic is not the fanatical atheist but the gentle cynic...

The opposite of the religious fanatic is not the fanatical atheist but the gentle cynic...

Our greatest pretenses are built up not to hide the evil and the ugly in...

Our greatest pretenses are built up not to hide the evil and the ugly in...

Crude absurdities, trivial nonsense, and sublime truths are equally potent in readying people for self-sacrifice...

Crude absurdities, trivial nonsense, and sublime truths are equally potent in readying people for self-sacrifice...

Passionate hatreds can give meaning and purpose to an empty life. These people haunted by...

Passionate hatreds can give meaning and purpose to an empty life. These people haunted by...

Collective fear stimulates herd instinct, and tends to produce ferocity toward those who are not...

Collective fear stimulates herd instinct, and tends to produce ferocity toward those who are not...

Hatred is blind, as well as love.

Hatred is blind, as well as love.

Contempt is the weapon of the weak and a defense against one's own despised and...

Contempt is the weapon of the weak and a defense against one's own despised and...

Someone who smiles too much with you, can sometime frown too much with you at...

Someone who smiles too much with you, can sometime frown too much with you at...

No river can return to its source, yet all rivers must have a beginning

No river can return to its source, yet all rivers must have a beginning

You can have no influence over those for whom you have underlying contempt.

You can have no influence over those for whom you have underlying contempt.

You can have no influence over those for whom you have underlying contempt.

You can have no influence over those for whom you have underlying contempt.

Without something to hate, we should lose the very spring of thought and action.

Without something to hate, we should lose the very spring of thought and action.

The world of success is full of hatred haters.

The world of success is full of hatred haters.

Those who have experienced the most, have suffered so much that they have ceased to...

Those who have experienced the most, have suffered so much that they have ceased to...

We hate some persons because we do not know them; and we will not know...

We hate some persons because we do not know them; and we will not know...