Quotes About Pride

Inverted snobbery is just as dangerous as snobbery itself, you know - that pride in having nothing.

I feel very, very proud that so many people have copied me.

I'm quite proud that I've inspired so many people.

I think I am very proud that my father has inspired so many people through his work.

My mom rebuilt our family. That's why my dad spent so much time talking about my mom, who he's incredibly proud of.

Even the littlest minds, sunk in petty pride of self, are susceptible to chords struck on the cosmic scale.

He was proud of her, he admired her, and at that moment he was conscious of life as something good and he fell in love with her all over again. This consciousness of love took the form of a deep patience inhabiting him, rather than a feeling of cheer or even hope

Today, it felt like time should be measured by how much of the future she had left, and needed to be counted forward. She felt proud listening, as if somehow Jonathan Parish's speech reflected on her, as if she could take credit for some part of it, for him.

The soul in which philosophy dwells should by its health make even the body healthy. It should make its tranquillity and gladness shine out from within; should form in its own mold the outward demeanor, and consequently arm it with a graceful pride, an active and joyous bearing, and a contented and good-natured countenance. The surest sign of wisdom is constant cheerfulness.

Pride and curiosity are the two scourges of our souls. The latter prompts us to poke our noses into everything, and the former forbids us to leave anything unresolved and undecided.

I had rather complain of ill-fortune than be ashamed of victory.

There is indeed a certain sense of gratification when we do a good deed that gives us inward satisfaction, and a generous pride that accompanies a good conscience…These testimonies of a good conscience are pleasant; and such a natural pleasure is very beneficial to us; it is the only payment that can never fail. "On Repentance

It is only certain that there is nothing certain, and that nothing is more miserable or more proud than man.

If any one be in rapture with his own knowledge, looking only on those below him, let him but turn his eye upward towards past ages, and his pride will be abated, when he shall there find so many thousand wits that trample him under foot.

Atheism being a proposition as unnatural as monstrous, difficult also and hard to establish in the human understanding, how arrogant soever, there are men enough seen, out of vanity and pride, to be the authors of extraordinary and reforming opinions, and outwardly to affect the profession of them; who, if they are such fools, have, nevertheless, not the power to plant them in their own conscience.

One may be humble out of pride.

La presunción es nuestra enfermedad natural y primera. La más frágil y discutible de las criaturas es el hombre, y a la vez la más orgullosa

Kendinden söz etmeyi kötü görmek, yasak etmek adet olmuÅŸtur; çünkü kendinden söz etmek her zaman kendini övmek gibi görünür; kendini övmekse herkesin z?dd?na gider. Ama kendinden söz etmeyi yasak etmek, çocuÄŸun burnunu silecek yerde, bununu koparmak olur.

I find it funny when people try to brag about being younger than me...like having lived less is an accomplishment. Makes me want to pat them on the head, lol. I'm comfortable with who I am.

A sense of entitlement could be getting in the way of God blessing you.

Qué es la felicidad? Orgullo satisfecho.

All in all, I was feeling the smug satisfaction of a job well begun and therefore half done.

We've been testing you,' said Woland. 'Never ask for anything! Never for anything, and especially from those who are stronger than you. They'll make the offer themselves, and give everything themselves. Sit down, proud woman

On her proud soul, I tell you, I have affixed my seal above; so from your cloister I repel you, this is my kingdom, here I love!