Quotes About Pride

Mas o homem que nos atos e palavras se deixa dominar por vão orgulho sem recear a obra da justiça e não cultua propriamente os deuses está fadado a doloroso fim, vítima da arrogância criminosa que o induziu a desmedidos ganhos, a sacrilégios, à loucura máxima de profanar até as coisas santas.

As I stood alone and forsaken, and the power of the sea and the battle of the elements reminded me of my own nothingness, and on the other hand, the sure flight of the birds recalled the words spoken by Christ: Not a sparrow shall fall on the ground without your Father: then, all at once, I felt how great and how small I was; then did those two mighty forces, pride and humility, happily unite in friendship.

It is modest of the nightingale not to require anyone to listen to it; but it is also proud of the nightingale not to care whether any one listens to it or not.

No one may pride himself at being more than an individual, and no one despondently think that he is not an individual...

In order to help another effectively I must understand more than he – yet first of all surely I must understand what he understands. If I do not know that, my greater understanding will be of no help to him. If, however, I am disposed to plume myself on my greater understanding, it is because I am vain or proud, so that at bottom, instead of benefiting him, I want to be admired.

we must be honest, and not interpret this lack of courage as humility, since it is really pride, whereas the courage of faith is the only humble courage.

The proud person always wants to do the right thing, the great thing. But because he wants to do it in his own strength, he is fighting not with man, but with God. — Søren Kierkegaard

La hora del dolor puede volvernos altivos, si es que no nos quiebra: en ella, nada se ha quebrado…

The girls gasp. Billie grins proudly.

O the shame of it, the humiliating shame of being condescended to by dolts

If you want pay, then just be gay.

We, the public, are easily, lethally offended. We have come to think of taking offence as a fundamental right. We value very little more highly than our rage, which gives us, in our opinion, the moral high ground. From this high ground we can shoot down at our enemies and inflict heavy fatalities. We take pride in our short fuses. Our anger elevates, transcends.

can honor be expected of a man who is preparing to storm the city of his birth?

We, the public, are easily, lethally offended. We have come to think of taking offence as a fundamental right. We value very little more highly than our rage, which gives is, in our opinion, the moral high ground. From this high ground we can shoot down at our enemies and inflict heavy fatalities. We take pride in our short fuses. Our anger, transcends.

Mândria r?nit? este suferinÈ›a din care-È›i revii cel mai greu, c?ci o fractur? la demnitatea È™i stima de sine a omului e mult mai grav? decât una la picior, iar vindecarea dureaz? È™i ea mult mai mult.

Ci offendiamo facilmente, mortalmente. Siamo arrivati a pensare che offendersi sia uno dei diritti fondamentali. Pochissime cose apprezziamo più della nostra indignazione, che ci dà, a parer nostro, la giustificazione morale. Dall'alto di questa posizione possiamo sparare ai nostri nemici e infliggere loro gravi perdite. Siamo fieri della nostra suscettibilità.

the personification of philistine triumphalism

You can't take credit for your talents, but it matters that you use them. You can't really be blamed for your weaknesses, but it matters that you correct them. So pride and shame don't make a lot of sense, in the final analysis, but they weren't much fun anyway.

Although saddened to have lost a son, they feel tremendous pride at his accomplishment

Sport is cultural. What the star athlete does helps to define the culture. What the star athlete does on a Canadian team, especially if he or she is Canadian, helps define Canadian-ness.

I consider the Detroit Red Wings one of the greatest franchises in any sport. For a player to come in and play, it's so special to wear the jersey.

Humbled by the fact that never in a million years would I ever thought that I would be on the same stage with all these great Hall of Famers and enshrined to the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

She's a Texan, born and raised. Football is in our blood.

People here don't identify themselves by their sports team.