Quotes About Pride

Her eyes were on the brink of tears. If she blinked, they would fall— but Scythe Curie kept them pooled on her lower lashes, too proud to be seen weeping in conclave.

It was no surprise to Rowan that it was painted royal blue and studded with glistening stars. Everything in Scythe Goddard's life was a testament to his ego.

To call me unnatural is a high compliment. For am I not superior to nature?

Cats All ardent lovers and all sages prize, —As ripening years incline upon their brows— The mild and mighty cats—pride of the house— That like unto them are indolent, stern and wise.

Es el placer de asombrar y la satisfacción orgullosa de nunca asombrarse. Un dandi puede ser un hombre hastiado, tal vez un doliente; pero, en este último caso, sonreirá como el lacedemonio al morderlo el zorro. Se ve que, por ciertos lados, el dandismo linda con el espiritualismo y el estoicismo. Pero un dandi nunca puede ser un hombre vulgar.

doÄŸa, ac?mak bilmez büyücü, her zaman üstün ç?kan kar??t, b?rak beni! isteklerimi ve gururumu baÅŸtan ç?karmay? b?rak art?k! bir düellodur güzeli incelemek, sanatç?y? yere sermeden önce dehÅŸetten hayk?rtan bir düello.

I've found out why men sign their names to their works- not that they created them but more than the others did not.

I didn't say any more because when you hate, you don't beg...

I thought about Nietzsche. There we were: a German stallion and a Jewish mare. The fatherland would adore me.

you have no idea, cousin, how many men can do it but won't.

SCREW YOU GUYS! I'M A GENIUS!

Janeway Smithson had been on the job for twenty-five years and was dumb enough to be proud of it. He

Ngu d?t má»›i là th? hay sinh ra sá»± tá»± ph? ch? không ph?i là tri th?c.

man in his arrogance thinks himself a great work

He thinks the sun comes up just to hear him crow.

The Word didn't become flesh to establish a new religion. He became one of us to restore a broken relationship. He came to restore the true worship of God, which doesn't presume to earn His blessing through good deeds but rejoices in the unmerited favor He delights to give. Unfortunately, the roots of pride run deep into our flesh; therefore, the ability to accept grace does not come naturally, only supernaturally.

In the Laundry we supposedly pride ourselves on our procedures. We've got procedures for breaking and entering offices, procedures for reporting a shortage of paper clips, procedures for summoning demons from the vasty deeps, and procedures for writing procedures. We may actually be on track to be the world's first ISO-9000 total-quality-certified intelligence agency.

I've found that being with someone you love, whatever the arrangement, is better than being alone. I sank my pride long ago, in exchange for her company.

When the pride of intellect and caste is broken; when we grovel in the dust of humiliation; when sickness and sorrow come, and the shadow of death falls upon us, and there is no hope elsewhere,—we turn to God, who sometimes swallows the insult, and answers the appeal.

I am the proud owner of a gaping hole in my soul.

Do you know what you did to me?' he asked bitterly. 'You bloody well emasculated me. I destroyed my manhood over you. I threw away my pride, my self-control. I despised myself, and I hated you for the way you made me feel...' -Ashley Dent

Scions of old families who've hit the skids do like to flaunt their illustrious ancestors....

Another thing I take issue with are people who take their dogs on play dates, or even worse, people who choose to dress their dogs up in outfits better suited for homosexuals participating in a gay pride parade. Dog costumes are right up there with something else I find particularly offensive: sweater vests.

What kind of power was it if everybody knew that it would never be used? Better to say that it was not there, that it was no more than the power in the anus of the proud dog who tried to put out a furnace with his puny fart.... He turned the yam with a stick.