Quotes About Pride

Noah Webster contended that Hamilton's "ambition, pride, and overbearing temper" had destined him "to be the evil genius of this country.

My family is American, Ulysses later declared proudly, and has been for generations, in all its branches, direct and collateral.

He went through the week cautioning himself with proverbs taught by Eliza, such as "Pride goeth before a fall," and this spiritual self-scrutiny intensified with his growing wealth.

Are you going to let this money puff you up? Keep your eyes open. Don't lose your balance.

They knew they would either have to quit the business or swallow their pride and make peace with the oil giant.

Despite the scope of his vision, Pierpont was extremely attentive to details and took pride in the knowledge that he could perform any job in the bank:

It is well to learn the ethnic backgrounds of your parents, to love and cherish the ancient folklore. But never, never forget, you are an American first. And millions of Americans before you have fought for your freedom. The Nation holds all the terms of our endearment. Support, defend and honor those whose duty it is to keep it safe.

My sex is me as my mind is me, and nobody will make me feel shame about it.

Don't let ego get in the way of a good decision." "You just trashed every general in our nation's history.

If you come back with me, you're guaranteed to survive the night." "No," Reacher said. "If I come back with you, I'm guaranteed to die of shame.

You're owed a refund on your manhood.

Oh, I was young then, and I walked in my body like a Queen.

Pride is the mother hen under which all other sins are hatched,' says C. S. Lewis.

Pride is the rope God allows us all.

Parades always made me cringe—the sight of so many people lockstepping along, chests out, elbows pumping, seemed to denote an unearned pride or a humiliating need for attention. I have generally found something else to do, if any parades were nearby.

sobre la estela de este arrebato, la generación joven y curtida de los sabras dio lugar a otra generación que no había de saber jamás lo que era verse humillado por haber nacido judío.

Dein Volk ist alles" ("Your people is everything") soon followed

Peki mutluluk nedir? DoymuÅŸ bir gururdur mutluluk. Kendini dünyada herkesten daha iyi, daha güçlü saysayd?m mutlu oldurdum. Herkes sevseydi beni, içimde bitmek tükenmek bitmez sevgi kaynaklar? olsayd?... Kötülük doÄŸuruyor bu. Ä°lk ac?, baÅŸkalar?na ac? çektirmenin hazz?n? öÄŸretiyor bize.

It isn't respectable to beg

He was one of those men whom success never mollified, whose enjoyment of a point gained always demanded some hoarse note of triumph from his own trumpet.

But why not take pride in this country? It's the envy of the world. A place where any man can realize his dream. We, the dreamers, built this nation. The Indians and slaves might disagree, Jericho shot back.

She would live every day fully. She was not the same girl she'd been nearly a year ago. She would never see things so blithely again. Even now, as Evie watched the parade and the people alight with pride and joy, she knew how easily that same crowd could become angry. The things that divided them. The things that brought them together, too. They couldn't afford to become complacent.

God, Jack, it makes you want to go out and convert the whole damn world to homosexuality," she told him. "Just so you can walk down the street with your head up. "Maybe

That was the thing about cats; even the scruffiest one was convinced of its innate superiority.