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Quotes About Pride

She should be good, not complain, learn through her eyes and ears, and make her mother proud.
~ Lisa See
She brags that she once earned one
~ Lisa See
They sought to pummel His pride, not understanding He'd laid it aside at birth, when He gave up heaven and came to earth.
~ Liz Curtis Higgs
His pride was trampled, and his spirit was humbled, yet he knew the way out: praising God. That's our way out, too. Out of sin, out of misery, out of fear. When we start praising God for all the great things he has done, there's little time left for whining or worrying.
~ Liz Curtis Higgs
I can't stand people who say 'I told you so.' That's worse than somebody coming up and eating your dinner before you have a chance to sit down.
~ Lloyd Alexander
What! I don't care about being a princess! And since I'm already a young lady, how else could I behave? That's like asking a fish not to swim! ~Princess Eilonwy, daughter of Angharad, daughter of Regat, of the Royal house of Llyr
~ Lloyd Alexander
Our pride is not in fighting but in farming; In the work of our, hands not our blades. Never have we sought war. We come to the Banner of the white pig because it is the banner of our friend, Terran Wanderer.
~ Lloyd Alexander
Had I done it sooner, perhaps he might have lived. He was a man of courage and good heart, a proud man. Now he is dead. I saved the signal to use in a worthy cause, and when I found one it was wasted." "Wasted?" answered Fflewddur. "I think not. Since you did your best and didn't begrudge using it, I shouldn't call it wasted at all.
~ Lloyd Alexander
I have the sword I fashioned,' Taran proudly cried, 'the cloak I wove, and the bowl I shaped. And the friendship of those in the fairest land of Prydain. No man can find greater treasure.
~ Lloyd Alexander
Be proud of your pain, for you are stronger than those with none.
~ Lois Lowry
Take pride in your pain, her mother had always told her. You are stronger than those who have none.
~ Lois Lowry
Gay!' he chirped. 'Gay!' It was the way he said his own name.
~ Lois Lowry
But their shoulders were as straight as they had been in the past: in the classroom, on the stage, at the Sabbath table. So there were other sources, too, of pride, and they had not left everything behind.
~ Lois Lowry
Take pride in your pain," her mother had always told her. "You are stronger than those who have none.
~ Lois Lowry
Take your pride in your pain. You are stronger than those who have none.
~ Lois Lowry
He had seen a birthday party, with one child singled out and celebrated on his day, so that now he understood the joy of being an individual, special and unique and proud.
~ Lois Lowry
Take pride in your pain," her mother had always told her. "You are stronger than those who have none." She
~ Lois Lowry
he understood the joy of being an individual, special and unique and proud.
~ Lois Lowry
Suicidal glory is the luxury of the irresponsible.
~ Lois McMaster Bujold
Leif had a heart of courage. Whenever someone spoke of his steady ways, Bree glanced at Thjodhild. As proud as any mother, she seemed to tuck the words away in her heart.
~ Lois Walfrid Johnson
Ria snorted. "Leo's pride rarely leaves the plains. What are they supposed to mate? The zebras?
~ Lora Leigh
I don't need you to make allowances for anything. Damn her pride. If you can stand to pay for it, then I can wear it. His brow arched. Don't let your mouth write checks your body can't cash, sweetheart. Because trust me, I know exactly how to dress a woman for prime impact.
~ Lora Leigh
Why do you believe he calls you a 'whelp,' young man? Could it be because you're so like him that he's not certain whether to feel pride or to shoot you and put the world out of its misery?
~ Lora Leigh
The bigger they are, the harder they fall. And the better the world liked seeing them fall.
~ Loretta Chase