Quotes About Pride

She was quivering with self-importance, like a small enraged football.

He could hear his granny speaking. "No one's too poor to buy soap." Of course, many people were. But in Cockbill Street they bought soap just the same. The table might not have any food on it but, by gods, it was well scrubbed. That was Cockbill Street, where what you mainly ate was your pride.

it wasn't the wearing of the hat that counted so much as having one to wear. Every trade, every craft had its hat.

Everyone had their levers. Often it was greed. Greed was a reliable old standby. Sometimes it was pride. That was Groat's lever. He desperately wanted promotion; you could see it in his eyes. Find the lever, and then it was plain sailing.

Seni ne için affedeceÄŸim? Bana masumiyetin gerçek anlam?n? gösterdiÄŸin için mi? Ä°nanmaya programland???m her kibirli nosyonu sorgulamama sebep olduÄŸun için mi? Salak olduÄŸumu fark etmemi saÄŸlad???n için mi? Sana a??k olmama sebep olduÄŸun için mi?

That was the day she learned she was the daughter of a lioness.

Anger is rooted in our lack of understanding of ourselves and of the causes, deep-seated as well as immediate, that brought about this unpleasant state of affairs. Anger is also rooted in desire, pride, agitation, and suspicion. The primary roots of our anger are in ourselves. Our environment and other people are only secondary.

The commentaries usually mention nine kinds of internal formations: desire, hatred, pride, ignorance, stubborn views, attachment, doubt, jealousy, and selfishness. Among these, the fundamental internal formation is ignorance, the lack of clear seeing. Ignorance is the raw material out of which the other internal formations are made. Although there are nine internal formations, because "desire" is always listed first, it is often used to represent all the internal formations.

DIANA: Mary's right. Give me London any day. It may smell of sewage, but it's our sewage.

DIANA: Mary's right. Give me London any day. It may smell of sewage, but it's our sewage. CATHERINE: Well I can't possibly think of a higher recommendation than that. DIANA: That's sarcasm, right?

Clyde was as vain and proud as he was poor

The Three Kinds of Pride are: (1) thinking I am better than the other(s); (2) thinking I am worse than the other(s); and (3) thinking I am just as good as the other(s).

Often, our pride stands in the way of our asking for help. In true love there is no place for pride. To love each other means to trust each other. If you don't tell the person you love of your suffering, it means you don't love this person enough to trust her. You have to realize that this person is the best person to help you. We need to be able to get help from the person we

If we don't take the time to tell our children about our culture, they'll lose it. But we also have to be aware that in each culture there are flowers and garbage, and there is no need to idealize one culture or denigrate another.

I just don't want to do crap movies, man, because I just love that I can get up and talk about them and talk to journalists about stuff that I'm really proud of.

My family's journey is something I am very proud of - in front of me, behind me and every part.

I consider myself a journeyman actor, and I pride myself and look forward to keeping my career choices as diverse as possible because it challenges me as an actor.

I read James Joyce's short story 'The Dead,' and I love that movie for many reasons. It was the last film I made with my father, and it's emotional for me as well as a movie I'm proud of.

The Fourth of July concert is invigorating in so many ways, in terms of what it feels like to be an American.

I can jump really high, yeah. I'm proud of that. I'll take it.

There's nobody better than me, especially Junior Dos Santos.

It is a great feeling that I am the first Indian to win a gold medal in track event in world juniors.

Don't be afraid. Don't be ashamed. Don't ever apologize for your sexuality. Just be you.

I think to be - for me to be an American is - you know, it's one of the greatest things in the world for - you know, for me just because I've been able to grow up with everything. The freedom. You know, in my eyes this is the greatest country in the world.