Quotes About Pride

A proud heart can survive a general failure because such a failure does not prick its pride.

Un coeur fier peut survivre à un échec général parce qu'un tel échec ne blesse pas son orgueil. C'est plus difficile et plus amer quand un homme échoue tout seul.

Was it not a common saying among his people that a man should not, out of pride and etiquette, swallow his phlegm?

Un corazón orgulloso puede sobrevivir a un fracaso general, porque ese fracaso no afecta a su orgullo.

Somehow I found myself admiring the man for his lack of modesty. For what is modesty but inverted pride? We all think we are first-class people. Modesty forbids us from saying so ourselves though, presumably, not from wanting to hear it from others. Perhaps it was their impatience with this kind of hypocrisy that made men like Nanga successful politicians while starry-eyed idealists strove vaingloriously to bring into politics niceties and delicate refinements that belonged elsewhere.

The problem with always having to be right is that sometimes you're not. And so, if you're like me, those times when you're not, you try and save face—especially after you've seriously fucked up. You make one bad decision and then another, trying to fix that very first fuck-up.

I had to fight, a lot of years, to be really proud of the person I see in the mirror and really love this person.

I can look at myself in the mirror, and I can be proud.

I look in the mirror and see lines, but I have earned those lines. It has taken me 59 years to get them and I am not losing them now.

I've done things I was miserable doing, and then I watched the episode and I'm proud of how fun and funny it is.

I don't want to miss any game for Australia.

When you see all the medals won by Team GB, you can just see how much it means to each and every athlete, so it just feel like it's a little bit of a missed opportunity - but I'm only 23. I have just got to get on now and keep going.

I was never an assimilationist. I always thought gays had some special mission.

I proud to say that most of the Iranians love me and love my work. I love them, and I always have them in my mind when I work. There are few people who do not agree with me, but truly, I don't care. I call myself an actress with a mission.

Music is in Mississippi's DNA, whether it's the blues, country music, folk, or rock 'n' roll. It's not just a source of cultural pride, but also a strong contributor to our economy.

Every Missourian should be confident in the legitimacy of their vote and take pride in the strength and security of our elections here in Missouri.

Missouri has a rich history and diverse heritage that deserves a proper celebration.

Drugs, alcohol and ego. They are a bad mix.

I'm mixed, and I'm proud of that.

I'm glad my son doesn't have to be labeled black or Samoan or mixed. He has instead been labeled as the best.

Mixed people - people of color - we've always been here. But we are really entering a time in which we are proud of our heritage. Proud to say, I'm not one or the other. I'm both.' And that's beautiful.

I'm very proud of the album I made with Adrenaline Mob, and I think that there was really a great chemistry there; it was a great band.

We are proud to be role models.

I am rather proud of my modest contribution to bringing democracy home.