Famous Quotes & Sayings

Emile M. Cioran

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

What pride to discover that nothing belongs to you - what a revelation.

Ellen Malcolm

It is with tremendous excitement and pride that EMILY's List endorses Senator Hillary Clinton for president.

Ellen G. White

Music is made one of Satan's most attractive agencies to ensnare souls; but, when turned to a good account, it is a blessing. When abused, it leads the unconsecrated to pride, vanity, and folly.

Emily Bronte

Proud people breed sad sorrows for themselves.

Emily Giffin

When you’re in love, sometimes you have to swallow your pride, and sometimes you have to keep your pride. It’s a balance. But when the relationship is right, you find the balance.

We still have pride in our game. We still want to win.

(Students) had to use the school colors, red and white, as much as possible, ... The project was not only to give the stadium a new look, but to show pride in their school.

Joe Thornton

It's something that reflects pride in their profession,

That is the one that did it. It was all over pride.

It was appropriate that all of the Texans were there. I saw a lot of pride.

Nhat Hanh

The Three Kinds of Pride are: (1) thinking I am better than the other(s); (2) thinking I am worse than the other(s); and (3) thinking I am just as good as the other(s).

John Greenleaf Whittier

God should be most where man is least: So, where is neither church nor priest, And never rag nor form of creed To clothe the nakedness of need,- Where farmer folk in silence meet,- I turn my bell-unsummoned feet; I lay the critic's glass aside, I tread upon my lettered pride, And, lowest-seated, testify To the oneness of humanity; Confess the universal want, And share whatever Heaven may grant. He findeth not who seeks his own, The soul is lost that's saved alone.

John Green

Is it still cool to go to the mall?' she asked. 'I take quite a lot of pride in not knowing what's cool,' I answered.

Cassandra Clare

He speaks of you only with the greatest pride, Will

Muriel Rukeyser

I hear the singing of the lives of women. They clear mystery, the offering, and pride.

Kumar Mangalam Birla

In 1991, the government unleashed the power of India and created a partnership between itself and industry. As a result, India has emerged as an economic success story, and that is a matter of pride for all of us.

Kevin Garnett

The competition, the naysayers, the owners who talk too much. The people who don't think a 36-year-old can do what I do. I take a lot of pride in my craft, I work really hard at my craft everyday, and I'm a true professional.

Karl Marlantes

I knew many Marines had done brave deeds that no one saw and for which they got no medals at all. I was having a very hard time carrying those medals and didnt have the insight or maturity to know what to do with my combination of guilt and pride.

Jules Verne

Why lower oneself to taking pride from being American or British, when you can boast of being man!

P. D. James

If this were fiction, could even the most brilliant novelist contrive to make credible so short a period in which pride had been subdued and prejudice overcome?

Ovid

Pride is innate in beauty, and haughtiness is the companion of the fair.

Mary Wollstonecraft

Weakness may excite tenderness, and gratify the arrogant pride of man; but the lordly caresses of a protector will not gratify a noble mind that pants for, and deserves to be respected. Fondness is a poor substitute for friendship.

Paul Henderson

Pride is about the ugliest trait somebody can have.

Paul Haggis

We think we know what's right. With excessive pride comes blindness.

Pat Conroy

The only way I could endure being a coward was if I was the only one who knew it.

Jurnee Smollett

There's a level of shame attached to our history, and we need to replace that shame with pride and own our history. These are our superheroes. These are our people, and I would love to see us own this side of our history with pride.

Julia Roberts

It's my privilege and honor to cook three meals a day for my family, and it's a luxury on a level that I didn't even realize, because it can be relentless for me on some days. You have pride in how you take care of your family.

Julia Quinn

Am I not allowed to have my pride? Or is that an emotion reserved for the elite?

Nathan Fillion

You can't embarrass Joss Whedon, he's got no pride! He fully admits it. 'Oh, it's me. I'm little and goofy.' You can't wound his pride. He's too self-deprecating.

Kemmons Wilson

The most successful people are those who take pride in their work, pride in their family It is great to attain wealth, but money is really just one way - and hardly the best way - to keep score.

Kate Clinton

We really got a lot of very conservative gay people. You could look at the figures from the last election and realize that a third of the gay movement voted Republican.

Julian Assange

In the United Kingdom at various stages, journalism has been the profession of gentlemen amateurs. And some of them even pride themselves on being amateurs. Their quality is not comparable with the quality of intelligence services even if most of them harbor a remarkable degree of corruption and incompetence.