The best definition of “pride” is self-satisfaction turned violently outward.
Aristotle felt that pride was a virtue instead of a sin. Not only was he comfortable with that opinion, he was pretty smug about it.
Parents usually say that they are equally proud of each of their children… often with a straight face…
Milton hinted that pride was Satan’s biggest transgression… but, I think that it was tricking people into eating fruit…. and they were naked people which I believe makes it even worse, morally…
Proud people will not accept any help from others. They are good friends to have if you don’t want to be out helping change a tire in the rain at eleven o’clock at night.
“I hope you’re proud of your inability to detect sarcasm”, his mother said. Jimmy beamed, happily…
Roosters are among the proudest of the birds and why not? It’s list of accomplishments include waking people up, running from dogs and standing “over there somewhere”…
Some religious leaders believe that pride isn’t necessarily wrong. It’s only wrong when you take credit for something God did, which, according to them, is everything.
If you are overly proud of your modesty, you are doing it wrong…
Some parents are proud of their lesbian, honor-student soccer-player daughters and their lesbian, honor-student soccer-players are proud of them… until they start talking to their daughters’ friends about lesbianism, soccer or school…
Potatoes and the Promise of More Potatoes 
I’m proud of you Charles, a whole list where you managed to not make one snide comment about llamas, Vin Diesel or tap dancing cockroaches. 🙂
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They were originally in the footnotes, but I deleted those…
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The old delete key … it deserves a post of its own, doesn’t it????
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Well… I don’t use it often… obviously…
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My fondness for chickens now makes perfect sense. I excel at standing over there…
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“and they were naked people which I believe makes it even worse, morally…” that made me laugh out loud. Fun to read 🙂
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Just one more deadly sin to go…
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That last one sure rang true…
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Actually, you crossed my mind when I wrote it… Call it a “tribute”…
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LOL. I’m so proud 😀
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all other sins are due to this one, due to that proud person who you envy, who eats less, who seems to enjoy the gym, who has the best women, …satan thought the same about god.
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I like that last remark a lot, ESP…
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