Quotes About Pride

Those who follow or "worship" the path of selfishness and pleasure (Avidya), without knowing anything higher, necessarily fall into darkness; but those who worship or cherish Vidya (knowledge) for mere intellectual pride and satisfaction, fall into greater darkness, because the opportunity which they misuse is greater.

Snobbery? But it's only a form of despair.

Man only honors what he conquers or defends.

True humility is the absence of anyone to be proud." Humility is not a stance; it is simply the absence of self. In the same way, relationship is the absence of separation, and it can be felt with each breath, each sensation, each thought, each cloud in the sky, each person that we meet. "And being nothing, you are everything. That is all.

The proud man hath no God; the envious man hath no neighbor; the angry man hath not himself.

Those who never retract their opinions love themselves more than they love the truth.

IV-40. Pride and ambition caused me to go against God. But why? He's the one who gave me my glory. He was kind to me. And he didn't ask much in return. IV-46. What was so hard about giving him the praise and thanks that he deserved? IV-48. But all his goodness only made me bad. IV-49. I was in a high position, but it just made me want to be higher. IV-52. I got sick of always saying thank you.

A humble person rarely stumbles, the old ones say, because such a person walks with face toward the Earth and can see the path ahead. On the other hand, the arrogant man who walks with his head high to bask in the glory of the moment will stumble often because he is more concerned with the moment than what lays ahead.

Hatred and bigotry, both of which are the bitter fruits of pride, are self-encapsulating prisons, locking the intellect within the constraining confines of the self-centered ego. There is no way out of this prison of pride without the key provided by God-given grace.

Many a man is praised for his reserve and so-called shyness when he is simply too proud to risk making a fool of himself.

Oakheart, of all cats! He thinks he's StarClan's gift to the Clans.

Owl Eyes leaped onto a caterpillar, squashing it flat. "I killed it!" he announced proudly. "I can hunt!

Don't go there again," Pinestar growled. "You're a Clan cat, not a kittypet!

Princess's eyes shone with pride, and Fireheart felt a prickle of uncertainty in his fur. He knew how much it meant to his sister to have given her firstborn to the Clan. There was no way he could let her have any doubts about how the kit was settling into Clan life.

I'm proud of you, Leopardfur," he mewed. "I always have been. I'm privileged in a way most medicine cats aren't: I am a father, and I've lived a full life. I loved being a warrior.

I'd hate to be stuck in the medicine den, worrying about sick cats and sorting out piles of old herbs." Jaykit sank his claws into the moss that lined his nest. "I'd much rather be a warrior, patrolling and hunting and fighting in Clan battles!" Hollykit looked at her brother, fierce and proud. Firestar had to let him become a warrior!

Lion's Roar

We are grace. We are power. We are RiverClan.

Fircone's spirit shimmered closer, stopping in front of Gorse Fur. "We hunted as rogues," he purred. "Do you remember?" "Of course." Gorse Fur lifted his chin. Fircone nodded to Wind Runner. "You were always faster than us both." Emberkit was still at her paws. "Were you fast?" He stared up at her with round eyes. "As the breeze," Wind Runner told him proudly.

More sense than a kit?" Stormfur took another step forward until he stood right on the border. "That must make you so proud. You're really fierce warriors, I can see that.

I wish to create a new rule for the warrior code: that each Clan has the right to be proud and independent, but in times of trouble they must forget their boundaries and fight side by side to protect the four. Each Clan must help the others so that no Clan will fall.

Canek dijo: —Nunca te enorgullezcas de los frutos de tu inteligencia. Sólo eres dueño del esfuerzo que pusiste en su cultivo; de lo que logra, nada más eres un espectador. La inteligencia es como una flecha: una vez que se aleja del arco, ya no la gobierna nadie. Su vuelo depende de tu fuerza, pero también del viento y, ¿por qué no decirlo?, del destino que camina detrás de ella.

I knew Armada was only a videogame, but I'd never been one of the "best of the best" at anything before, and my accomplishment gave me a real sense of pride.

Sorrento," I said, trying to hide the fear in my voice, "I want you and your bosses to know something. You're never going to find Halliday's egg. You know why? Because he was smarter than all of you put together. It doesn't matter how much money you have or who you try to blackmail. You're going to lose.