Quotes about pride
pride shame
Let pride go afore, shame will follow after. George Chapman
pride welcome excitement
We have so much pride in welcoming these passengers onto the plane, and they have so much pride in travel. It's something that I definitely always remember, when I'm playing a scene on the plane, just to imbue everything with that sense of excitement. Christina Ricci
pride rose guy
I pride myself on being the guy who can do Def Comedy Jam and Charlie Rose. And do well on both. Chris Rock
pride live-your-life what-if
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 Noth
pride helping-others people
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. Chris Murray
pride gay people
Out of the mists of our long oppression, / We bring love for ourselves and each other, / And love for the gifts we bear, /So heavy and so painful the fashioning of them, /So long the road given us to travel them. A separate people, /We bring a gift to celebrate each other, /’Tis a gift to be gay! / Feel the pride of it! Harry Hay
pride men years
The earth turns, and the seasons, and for all his pride and power man cannot temper the winds or change their course. They are the unseen tides that shape our days and our years. Hal Borland
pride purpose vices
A portion of mankind take pride in their vices and pursue their purpose; many more waver between doing what is right and complying with what is wrong. Horace
pride ice accomplishment
If I'd have went on the ice when this thing happened, someone would have speared me or something. It's a great feeling of accomplishment and pride. They had to do it; it was their moment. Herb Brooks
pride civilization alive
Most of the stone a nation hammers goes toward its tomb only. It buries itself alive. Henry David Thoreau
pride sky cities
When my hoe tinkled against the stones, that music echoed to the woods and the sky, and was an accompaniment to my labor which yielded an instant and immeasurable crop. It was no longer beans that I hoed, nor I that hoed beans; and I remembered with as much pity as pride, if I remembered at all, my acquaintances who had gone to the city to attend the oratorios. Henry David Thoreau
pride simple men
The tops of mountains are among the unfinished parts of the globe, whither it is a slight insult to the gods to climb and pry intotheir secrets, and try their effect on our humanity. Only daring and insolent men, perchance, go there. Simple races, as savages, do not climb mountains,--their tops are sacred and mysterious tracts never visited by them. Pomola is always angry with those who climb the summit of Ktaadn. Henry David Thoreau
pride men race
The Jews could be put down very plausibly as the most unpleasant race ever heard of. As commonly encountered they lack any of the qualities that mark the civilized man: courage, dignity, incorruptibility, ease, confidence. They have vanity without pride, voluptuousness without taste, and learning without wisdom. Their fortitude, such as it is, is wasted upon puerile objects, and their charity is mainly a form of display. H. L. Mencken
pride vanity nationalism
The English are predisposed to pride, the French to vanity. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
pride proud looks
Indifference and pride look very much alike, and he probably thought I was proud. Graham Greene
pride thinking order
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. Giovanni Pico della Mirandola
pride people chicago
Chicago is incredibly gracious. People here have so much pride. Giuliana Rancic
pride men expression
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. Gil Scott-Heron
pride talent artistic
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. Igor Stravinsky
pride world offense
It is pride which fills the world with so much harshness and severity. We are rigorous to offenses as if we had never offended. Hugh Blair
pride cost prosperity
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. Hosea Ballou
pride joy cinema
All my life, I have loved and been inspired by French cinema, and as a studio head it has been my pride and joy to have the ability to bring movies to audiences around the world. Harvey Weinstein
pride liberty peculiar
Individualism, the love of enterprise, and the pride in personal freedom, have been deemed by Americans not only as their choicest, but their peculiar and exclusive possessions. James Bryce
pride vanity static
Vanity is a static thing. It puts it faith in what it has, and is easily wounded. Pride is active, and satisfied only with what it can do, hence accustomed not to feel small stings. Jacques Barzun
pride ideas stuff
I really kind of pride myself on figuring stuff out pretty quickly but I couldn't, couldn't. I just had no idea. Jennifer Aniston
pride men independence
For marriage the best man is the man within oneself. Most women need to develop their own 'masculine' qualities of independence, pride, courage and open sexuality. Glenda Jackson
pride men personality
Pride consists in a man making his personality the only test, instead of making truth the test. The sceptic feels himself too large to measure life by the largest things; and ends by measuring it by the smallest thing of all. Gilbert K. Chesterton
pride thinking idiot
Thinking in isolation and with pride ends in being an idiot. Gilbert K. Chesterton
pride would-be preaching
If I had only one sermon to preach it would be a sermon against pride. Gilbert K. Chesterton
pride names creating
[T]he final step in becoming an urban farmer is the naming of your farm, even if your name is simply for the few pots on your front porch. Creating your name helps to build a sense of place within your neighborhood as well as pride in your accomplishments. By naming your farm you give it a life of its own. Be creative and come up with a name that inspires and makes people smile, like my friend Laura's "Wish We Had Acres," the Fairy Tale inspired "Jack's Bean Stalk" or my "Urban Farm. Greg Peterson
pride animal earth
When one of those skirt-bearing animals has set herself up above all by permitting herself to be deified, no power on earth can be as proud as she. Honore de Balzac
pride men causes
Beaucoup d'hommes ont un orgueil qui les pousse a' cacher leurs combats et a' ne se montrer que victorieux. Many men have pride that causes them to hide their combats and to only show themselves victorious. Honore de Balzac
pride men may
A man may and ought to pride himself more on his will than on his talent. Honore de Balzac