Quotes About Pride

Douglas Hyde's Beside the Fire, William Butler Yeats's The Celtic Twilight, Lady Augusta Gregory's Visions and Beliefs of the West of Ireland, and Standish O'Grady's collections not only established Irish folklore as one of the great oral literature traditions of Western civilization, but also provided an immense source of pride for the growing Irish Nationalist movement.

AIDS can destroy a family if you let it, but luckily for my sister and me, Mom taught us to keep going. Don't give up, be proud of who you are, and never feel sorry for yourself.

Only proud or overly confident beings think they are completely able to take care of themselves without help at all times. Pride and confidence can make a solid suit of armor, but such armor is weak compared with the power of the Force

Hit a home run - put your head down, drop the bat, run around the bases, because the name on the front is more - a lot more important than the name on the back.

When people speak admiringly of a butch, what I see is someone who has taken on the best gendered characteristics of both woman and man, left a lot of the stuff born of misogyny and heterosexism behind, and walked forward into the world without apology.

You should move toward whatever changes, whatever surgeries, whatever renovations or alterations or restorations will create you in the glory you deserve, oh yes you should. And you should do it with your usual style, and you should do it without shame, and when you're healed up and ready we can go shopping for something fabulous to showcase the many wonders of you.

This is in line with what the Yalkut notes: when King David finished composing the Book of Psalms, he boasted to the Holy One, blessed be He, "Master of the Universe! Is there anything in the world that lifts up its voice in song like me?"—upon which a frog appeared before him and said, "Do not be so proud of yourself. I sing more than you do.

People are crying up the rich and variegated plumage of the peacock, and he is himself blushing at the sight of his ugly feet.

Sak?n tepenize bir s?rça kö?k kurmay?n?z. Ama günün birinde nas?lsa böyle bir s?rça kö?k kurulursa, onun y?k?lmaz, devrilmez bir ?ey oldu?unu sanmay?n. En heybetlisini tuz buz etmek için üç be? kelle f?rlatmak yeter.

Etraflar? taraf?ndan anla??lmayan, haklar?nda daima yanl?? hükümler verilen insanlar?n zamanla bu yaln?zl?klar?ndan bir gurur ve ac? bir zevk duymaya ba?lad?klar?n? biliyordum.

Ben ev halk?na niçin bu yalan? söyledi?ini de?il, bana niçin hakikati söyledi?ini merak ediyor, fakat bundan biraz da gurur duyuyordum: Bir insana ba?kalar?ndan daha yak?n olman?n gururunu.

Only one thing had her balking: his cool kiss. Especially when compared to Mr. Pinter's hot ones. Curse that man. No matter how much she told herself his kisses hadn't meant anything, her wounded pride wanted to believe otherwise. Her wounded pride insisted they'd been too passionate to be meant only as a lesson. Her wounded pride was a blasted nuisance.

He comes, so I must go. But be bold. He is your husband, no? The worst he can do is wound your pride," she pointed to Eleanor's chest. " he cannot hurt your heart unless you let him

I'll join you, sir. You'll need help finding your way about the estate." His lips tightened into a disapproving line. "Begging your pardon, Lady Rosalind, but I didn't have a nursemaid when I was three, so I certainly don't need one now. I'm perfectly capable of navigating an estate alone." "I'm sure you are - indeed, you demonstrated a remarkable proficiency for it last night, and in a strange house, too.

Well, perhaps she had a little of his pride. She'd certainly found plenty when he was making her sound like some lofty lady who couldn't live without "fanciful creatures of sugar paste" to decorate her birthday cake.

So you do enjoy my lovemaking?" She lifted an eyebrow. "If you can't tell that, sir, you are blind and deaf and probably stupid." If he'd been a peacock, he would have been strutting about, displaying his feathers.

The chief weakness of the people of Bengal is self-pride, which is why they are unhappy if they do not hear all the time words of praise … This vanity, hunger for flattery, obscures their vision and they do not perceive others clearly. We deprive ourselves on account of this blindness.

Beating Pakistan is always special because they are a tough team and we have a bit if a history regarding Pakistan.

As long as you around here wearing the white men's name bragging about this so called democracy, you will always be looked down up, by the rest of the world.

If you want to be a garbage man, be a garbage man, but be the best garbage man you can be. (p. 8)

The Duelists.

Nothing is more scandalous than a man that is proud of his humility.

The pride which is proud of want of pride is the most intolerable of all.

Pride is a master of deception: when you think you're occupied in the weightiest business, that's when he has you in his spell.