Quotes About Pride

It was the code of breezy, cocky men, who had no fear in heaven or earth they would admit to. The code involved never hitting a man who was down, never turning down a drink, never refusing to take a dare, never backing out of a fight-except with a woman. The code involved contempt for city folks, redskins, varmints of all kinds, atheists, scholars, aristocrats, and the enemies of the United States of America.

She folded her arms across her breasts and looked at me like a lioness.

I didn't see then what I see now, that the things that make us unremarkable are also the very things we'll fight to death to protect. Unremarkable things turn us into heroes.

Romantic jealousy is another experience in which people become irrationally oversensitive because of implicit blows to their pride.

Bajo el cielo, resignadas, reposan las aguas melancólicas. Las torres y las sombras se confunden de tal modo que todo parece suspendido en el aire, mientras que desde una torre orgullosa, la Muerte como un espectro gigante, contempla la ciudad que yace a sus pies.

Los claros clarines de pronto levantan sus sones, su canto sonoro, su cálido coro, que envuelve en su trueno de oro la augusta soberbia de los pabellones. Él dice la lucha, la herida venganza, las ásperas crines, los rudos penachos, la pica, la lanza, la sangre que riega de heroicos carmines la tierra; de negros mastines que azuza la muerte, que rige la guerra.

I want to make sure I continue to make good music that my mom and everybody around me can be proud of.

A vulgar mind is proud in prosperity and humble in adversity. A noble mind is humble in prosperity and proud in adversity.

The flanneled fools at the wicket or the muddied oafs at the goals.

They rise to their feet as He passes by, gentlemen unafraid.

Little Tin Gods on Wheels.

With hair, heels, and attitude, honey, I am through the roof.

Walking with your chest out and your head held high says you have earned the right to stomp and pummel this particular piece of real estate.

I'm six foot four - hello. And with hair, heels, and attitude... I'm through the mother-freakin' roof!

The Flag still floats unblotted with defeat! But ah the blood that keeps its ripples red, The starry lives that keep its field alight.

He looked both proud and guilty of something. As if happiness was a reward and he wasn't sure he'd done enough to deserve it.

Carter My daddy'll kick your daddy's ass all the way from here to China, Japan, wherever the hell you from and all up that Great Wall too.

All politicians are humble, and seldom let you forget it. They go around the country boasting about their humility. They are proud of their humility. Many are downright arrogant about their humility and insist that it qualifies them to be President.

There's no shame in being second to Stephen Fry. Unless it's in a straight nose competition.

Do you ever see a man who struts around altogether too large to notice an ordinary working mechanic? Do you think he is great? He is nothing but a puffed-up balloon, held down by his big feet. There is no greatness there.

Shame is worse than death.

Mi corazón no es orgulloso, ni son altivos mis ojos; no busco grandezas desmedidas, ni proezas que excedan a mis fuerzas.

Mi corazón no es orgulloso, ni son altivos mis ojos; no busco grandezas desmedidas, ni proezas que excedan a mis fuerzas. SALMO 131:1

I could be proud to have survived what some have called the asshole of creation, proud that it held me and couldn't keep me. But it is dangerous nonsense to believe that anyone contributed much to her own survival.