Quotes about pride
pride calling weavers
I call myself a labourer because I take pride in calling myself a spinner, weaver, farmer and scavenger. Mahatma Gandhi
pride self healthy
Brokenness involves removing inappropriate pride and self-reliance and building healthy God-reliance. John C. Maxwell
pride achievement shame
There is no shame in taking pride in achievements or position. But nobody gets to the top alone. Harvey Mackay
pride compassion elderly
Young people...have more compassion and tenderness toward the elderly than most middle-aged adults. Nothing--not avarice, not pride, not scrupulousness, not impulsiveness--so disillusions a youth about her parents as the seemingly inhumane way they treat her grandparents. Louise J. Kaplan
pride artist color
It's not about doing over the living room of someone who has bad taste in color. This is about restoring historic buildings and instilling pride in a community, which can be done through designing new public spaces and social gathering spots. Genevieve Gorder
pride proud way
In a way, I was incredibly proud of her (not that I had any intention of letting it show while I was beating the crap out of her). Meg Cabot
pride instinct egoism
The hospitable instinct is not wholly altruistic. There is pride and egoism mixed up with it. Max Beerbohm
pride hair water
Over your breasts of motionless current, over your legs of firmness and water, over the permanence and the pride of your naked hair I want to be, my love, now that the tears are thrown into the raucous baskets where they accumulate, I want to be, my love, alone with a syllable of mangled silver, alone with a tip of your breast of snow. Pablo Neruda
pride caring gun
There is no virtue in compulsory government charity, and there is no virtue in advocating it. A politician who portrays himself as "caring" and "sensitive" because he wants to expand the government's charitable programs is merely saying that he's willing to try to do good with other people's money. Well, who isn't? And a voter who takes pride in supporting such programs is telling us that he'll do good with his own money -- if a gun is held to his head. P. J. O'Rourke
pride men proud
The proud man is forsaken of God. Plato
pride beloved
Love prides itself not only in the one who loves, but also in the beloved. Khalil Gibran
pride men giving
Who are you that men should rend their bosom and unveil their pride, that you may see their worth naked and their pride unabashed? See first that you yourself deserve to be a giver, and an instrument of giving.
pride men knowing
Pride, ill nature, and want of sense are the three great sources of ill manners; without some one of these defects, no man will behave himself ill for want of experience, or what, in the language of fools, is called knowing the world. Jonathan Swift
pride empowerment development
Our Matru Shakti is our pride. Women empowerment is very crucial to our development. Narendra Modi
pride community empowerment
It is a matter of immense pride that never in history has there been a complaint against the Indian community from any society in the World. These values aren't small!
pride feet asking
I know the youth of India. They are not merely asking for things. The youth wants to stand of their own feet and live a life of pride and dignity.
pride government air
The previous Governments took pride in making laws, but I am happier removing laws. Let's open the windows, let some fresh air come in.
pride giving water
Let your actions always speak for you, but be forever on guard against the terrible traps of false pride and conceit that can halt your progress. The next time you are tempted to boast, just place your fist in a full pail of water, and when you remove it, the hole remaining will give you a correct measure of your importance. Og Mandino
pride fighting trouble
It is doubtful whether the oppressed ever fight for freedom. They fight for pride and power-power to oppress others. Eric Hoffer
pride men self
In man's life, the absence of an essential component usually leads to the adoption of a substitute. The substitute is usually embraced with vehemence and extremism, for we have to convince ourselves that what we took as second choice is the best there ever was. Thus blind faith is to a considerable extent a substitute for the lost faith in ourselves; insatiable desire a substitute for hope; accumulation a substitute for growth; fervent hustling a substitute for purposeful action; and pride a substitute for an unattainable self-respect.
pride soul tolerance
Every era has a currency that buys souls. In some the currency is pride, in others it is hope, in still others it is a holy cause. There are of course times when hard cash will buy souls, and the remarkable thing is that such times are marked by civility, tolerance, and the smooth working of everyday life.
pride self dust
Give people pride and they'll live on bread and water, bless their exploiters, and even die for them. Self-surrender is a transaction of barter: we surrender our sense of human dignity, our judgement, or moral and aesthetic sense for pride. If there is pride in being free, we are ready to die for liberty. If there is pride to be derived from an identification with a leader, we grovel in the dust before a Napoléon, Hitler or Stalin and are ready to die for him. If there is a distinction in suffering we search for martyrdom as for hidden treasure.
pride next-week two
The Prime Minister, shortly after she came into office, received a sobriquet as the 'Iron Lady'. It arose in the context of remarks which she made about defence against the Soviet Union and its allies; but there was no reason to suppose that the Right Honourable Lady did not welcome and, indeed, take pride in that description. In the next week or two this House, the nation and the Right Honourable Lady herself, will learn of what metal she is made. Enoch Powell
pride loss reflection
Sink into morbid, cynical reflection on how much romantic heartbreak is to do with ego and miffed pride rather than actual loss Helen Fielding
pride cease
Where pride begins, love ceases. Johann Kaspar Lavater
pride air credentials
Airs of importance are the credentials of impotence.
pride scruples concealed
Too rigid scruples are concealed pride. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
pride rose
The rose is wont with pride to swell, and ever seeks to rise.
pride names boxing
I hope they're still making women like my momma. She always told me to do the right thing. She always told me to have pride in myself; she said a good name is better than money. Joe Louis
pride sake language
I refuse to put the unnecessary strain of learning English upon my sisters for the sake of false pride or questionable social advantage.
pride sake spinning
If we are true servants of the masses, we would take pride in spinning for their sake.
pride ego flesh
The source of our actions resides in an unconscious propensity to regard ourselves as the center, the cause, and the conclusion of time. Our reflexes and our pride transform into a planet the parcel of flesh and consciousness we are. Emile M. Cioran
pride revelations
What pride to discover that nothing belongs to you - what a revelation.