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Quotes About Pride

Cats are the runes of beauty, invincibility, wonder, pride, freedom, coldness, self-sufficiency, and dainty individuality — the qualities of sensitive, enlightened, mentally developed, pagan, cynical, poetic, philosophic, dispassionate, reserved, independent, Nietzschean, unbroken, civilised, master-class men.
~ H.P. Lovecraft
It was a typical point, made in typical style, mixing pride and humility.
~ H.W. Brands
He adored competing but didn't want you to know he'd ever worked at it.
~ H.W. Brands
To them, violence, power, cruelty, were the supreme capacities of men who had definitely lost their place in the universe and were much too proud to long for a power theory that would safely bring them back and reintegrate them into the world. They were satisfied with blind partisanship in anything that respectable society had banned, regardless of theory or content, and they elevated cruelty to a major virtue because it contradicted society's humanitarian and liberal hypocrisy.
~ Hannah Arendt
If you wish to found a republic, you first must pull the people out of a condition of misery that corrupts them. There are no political virtues without pride, and no one can have pride who is wretched.
~ Hannah Arendt
But they hurt me so," said the little mermaid. "Pride must suffer pain," replied the old lady.
~ Hans Christian Andersen
Norden and Hagen treated their new commanding officer, who was still leaning nonchalantly against Hitler's oak, to a look of heroic pride or oxlike trust, whichever.
~ Hans Helmut Kirst
the grandmothers interrogated one another, measuring their own children and grandchildren against the competition, seeking an opponent's weakness and any conversational opening to jab forward with tales of offspring heroics, no one really listening, just preparing for the next frontal assualt, familial pride getting confused with self-worth and desperation.
~ Harlan Coben
If I have to cheer for you to know I'm proud," Dad once told Myron, "then I'm doing something wrong." Never
~ Harlan Coben
I want to sound like Christopher Cross in another ten years, and be totally proud of it.
~ Gene Ween
For once in my life, I wanted to flaunt my Asian side instead of hiding it to fit as somebody else... 'Crazy Rich Asians' made me want to get in touch with my roots, instead of running away from them.
~ Jimmy O. Yang
I've been proud to be national champion. I've really enjoyed it. I have very little opportunity to remind people that I'm British and it's a nice way of staying in touch. I'm going to defend it fiercely. I want to keep it.
~ David Millar
Everyone at home is so supportive. People recognise me, say how proud they are of me. It's awesome to hear, it's amazing to know I can touch so many people in a positive way.
~ Kirsty Coventry
My proudest moment is when I'm part of a good film, when people are touched by it.
~ Lea Seydoux
I touched Roger's bat and held it to my heart. My bat will lie next to his. I'm damn proud of that.
~ Mark McGwire
My father passed me the concept that vicuna was something very special, very expensive. So it was a question of pride. I didn't want anybody else in the world to be touching vicuna before us.
~ Pier Luigi Loro Piana
It's tough out there, but obviously I have a lot of great memories and a lot of pride for being a part of the Rockets organization.
~ Daryl Morey
Beating Pakistan is always special because they are a tough team and we have a bit of a history regarding Pakistan.
~ Sachin Tendulkar
I'm from the 805, man. I don't have to talk about where I'm from, but I'm tough.
~ Tony Ferguson
I love where I'm from, but it's a tough, poverty-stricken area.
~ Caleb Plant
I certainly think that Southerners are tough, and I take pride in that.
~ Jake Peavy
Actually, when I fought in PRIDE, we had the best fighters in the world. Back then, the UFC had a very serious and big crisis; they were going through some tough times trying to get top fighters. All the best fighters were in PRIDE.
~ Fedor Emelianenko
I am very happy I grew up in Serbia. You can have tough times, good times, but you learn a lot. I am incredibly proud of where I am from.
~ Dusan Tadic
I am very proud of being Brazilian, but I am also thankful for having the chance to play in Germany for four and a half years. I have completely changed the way I play football because Germany is a tougher, faster game which is more tactical with tighter marking.
~ Roberto Firmino