Quotes About Pride

But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.

Pride was not made for men, nor furious anger for them that are born of a woman.

Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked.

Debugging is anticipated with distaste, performed with reluctance, and bragged about forever.

Never forget to respect yourself for being yourself

The few, the proud, Anonymous!

You are so proud of your intelligence," said the master. "You are like a like a condemned man, proud of the vastness of his prison cell.

There is pride, too, though - pride that he has done it alone. That his daughter is so curious, so resilient. There is the humility of being a father to someone so powerful, as if he were only a narrow conduit for another, greater thing. That's how it feels right now, he thinks, kneeling beside her, rinsing her hair: as though his love for his daughter will outstrip the limits of his body. The walls could fall away, even the whole city, and the brightness of that feeling would not wane.

Everybody, he is learning, likes to hear themselves talk. Hubris, like the oldest stories. They raise the antenna too high, broadcast for too many minutes, assume the world offers safety and rationality when of course it does not.

We are Malouins first, say the people of Saint-Malo.

This was a massive blow to Rome's pride that would demand revenge

If you stand too close to the sun you can't complain when all you become as a silhouette.

you choose to stand too close to the sun you can't complain when you become nothing more than a silhouette.

I always tell people that I am most proud of the fact that the Ushahidi story has provided an inspiration to other techies in Kenya and Africa as an example of the kind of talent the continent holds.

One of the things I'm proud of at Planned Parenthood is the number of health centers providing trans care, which was largely driven by young activists.

No one painted a more accurate picture of military depredation than Vergil. Inspired though he was by the Latin spirit and by his pride in Rome, he nevertheless glorified Rome's true mission as one of providing the world with the rules of peace and justice.

Our defence forces and their morale symbolise the prowess of the India of the 21st century.

Leaders who fail to prune their pride will meet demise. That's not a guess, it's a guarantee. With pride, it's not a matter of 'if' we will fall, but 'when.' There are no exceptions.

Professional farmworkers who know how to do a number of different jobs, whether it be pruning or picking or crafting, they see themselves as professionals, and they take a lot of pride in that work. They don't see themselves as doing work that is demeaning.

For me, psychologically, I am very much an Indian.

I believe that people should take pride in what they do, even if it is scorned or misunderstood by the public at large.

The great corrupter of public man is the ego. Looking at the mirror distracts one's attention from the problem.

I've never been a person that has had fear of, like, 'Oh, I don't want to be the poster child for all black lesbian women.' I don't know. I want to be someone in the public eye that they can be proud of.

My husband and I are both proud public school graduates.