Famous Quotes & Sayings

Chris Rock

I pride myself on being the guy who can do Def Comedy Jam and Charlie Rose. And do well on both.

Chris Noth

In society, we have these unspoken rules of conduct, these 'shoulds.' Even though we pride ourselves on being a democracy, there are all these ways we say you 'should' behave. But what if you're living your life by the 'shoulds' and you're not really living your life?

Chris Murray

You – help - people. You are an expert in your field, who genuinely helps other human beings. Take pride in that, stop hawking your wares, and get a bit of respect for your profession, and earn some from your prospects.

George Eliot

One's self-satisfaction is an untaxed kind of property which it is very unpleasant to find deprecated.

George Eliot

The pride of the body is a barrier against the gifts that purify the soul.

George Eliot

There is nothing that will kill a man so soon as having nobody to find fault with but himself.

Gary Numan

Maybe I over-do the 'not-80s' thing. It should be a part of my life that I've got some sort of pride in, but I've got this huge chip on my shoulder about '80s nostalgia - and it annoys fans sometimes.

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Man, do not pride yourself on your superiority to the animals, for they are without sin, while you, with all your greatness, you defile the earth wherever you appear and leave an ignoble trail behind you -- and that is true, alas, for almost every one of us!

Franz Grillparzer

I love the pride whose measure is its own eminence and not the insignificance of someone else.

Jim Carrey

I try to stay in decent shape always. I pride myself on staying at least a month away from really good shape.

Jemima Kirke

I've never been one to just do what I'm told. I don't say that necessarily with pride, it's just something that has gotten me in trouble before.

Jean-Paul Sartre

But [your crime] will be there, one hundred times denied, always there, dragging itself behind you. Then you will finally know that you have committed your life with one throw of the die, once and for all, and there is nothing you can do but tug our crime along until your death. Such is the law, just and unjust, of repentance. Then we will see what will become of your young pride.

Georges Bernanos

It's a fine thing to rise above pride, but you must have pride in order to do so.

George Weinberg

My dearest friend in the movement is Jack Nichols. If there were no such thing as gay or straight, we would still talk and share experiences till the end of time.

Graham Greene

Indifference and pride look very much alike, and he probably thought I was proud.

Giovanni Pico della Mirandola

A sacred pride should grip us of not being satisfied with the mediocre but to strive (for we can do it, if we want to) with the exertion of all our strength to attain the highest. Let us scorn what is of this earth, let us ignore what is of heaven, let us leave absolutely everything worldly behind us in order to hasten to the abode out of this world, in the proximity of the sublime deity. We do not need to think of stepping back. Of being satisfied with second rank, let us strive for dignity and glory. To attain the highest.

Giuliana Rancic

Chicago is incredibly gracious. People here have so much pride.

Gil Scott-Heron

I am a black man dedicated to expression; expression of the joy and pride of blackness. I consider myself neither poet, composer, or musician. These are merely tools used by sensitive men to carve out a piece of beauty or truth that they hope may lead to peace and salvation.

Igor Stravinsky

I take no pride in my artistic talents; they are God-given and I see absolutely no reason to become puffed up over something that one has received.

Hugh Blair

It is pride which fills the world with so much harshness and severity. We are rigorous to offenses as if we had never offended.

Hosea Ballou

Prosperity is very liable to bring pride among the other goods with which it endows an individual; it is then that prosperity costs too dear.

George R. R. Martin

A hedge knight must hold tight to his pride. Without it, he was no more than a sellsword

Garth Ennis

I suppose that Heartland, Unknown Soldier and Pride and Joy represent not a quieter side but more of a serious side to my work, something I've been getting into recently.

Frederick Buechner

The pride that keeps us from forgiving is the same pride which keeps us from accepting forgiveness.

Fay Weldon

Pride is what you can afford or think you can afford.

Ezra Taft Benson

Was it not through pride that the devil became the devil? Christ wanted to serve. The devil wanted to rule. Christ wanted to bring men to where He was. The devil wanted to be above men.

Ezra Taft Benson

Pride is a sin that can readily be seen in others but is rarely admitted in ourselves.

Ezra Taft Benson

Pride is essentially competitive in nature. We pit our will against God's.

Ezra Taft Benson

Pride is competition-competition between God and Man.

Ezra Taft Benson

Some prideful people are not so concerned as to whether their wages meet their needs as they are that their wages are more than someone else’s. Their reward is being a cut above the rest. This is the enmity of pride.

Ezra Taft Benson

Selfishness is one of the more common faces of pride. 'How everything affects me' is the center of all that matters-self-conceit, self-pity, worldly self-fulfillment, self-gratification, and self-seeking.

Ezra Taft Benson

Essentially, pride is a 'my will' rather than 'thy will' approach to life.

Ezra Taft Benson

Pride... limits or stops progression. The proud are not easily taught. They won't change their minds to accept truths, because to do so implies they have been wrong.