Quotes About Pride

Of all the weaknesses that beset a man, vanity is the most deadly. For through vanity can a wise man turn to folly.

Cynicism is, first of all, a style of presenting oneself, and more than anything, cynics take pride in not being fooled and not being foolish. But in the forms in which I encounter it, cynicism is frequently both of those things.

They had wandered in a defeated continent of the vulgar world, where vulgarity had lost its power and its pride, and had to repeat old jokes because it could no longer invent new ones, and speak of virtues in phrases so worn by use that they gave the same feeling of want as rags.

He was full of the glossy self-regard of men who shrugged off their importance in a way that only emphasized it.

Není nic nepÃ…â"¢íjemnÄ›jÅ¡ího než chvástalové, kteÃ…â"¢í musejí neustále komentovat své pocity. Kv?li nim vznikají sváry a pochybnosti, které by nakonec mohly vést ke smrtícímu jedu.

the particular consequence of his moral vanity was that when he did people an injury, he never forgave them. Never again.

MAY 1 THE VERY PURPOSE of religion is to control yourself, not to criticize others. Rather, we must criticize ourselves. How much am I doing about my anger? About my attachment, about my hatred, about my pride, my jealousy? These are the things which we must check in daily life.

A tí que duermes con tu orgullo y te dejas tocar por tu rencor barato

Se mataban, entonces, entre ellos, estos señores, para probarse que eran caballeros argentinos y hombres de honor, con lo cual los caballeros argentinos y los hombres de honor disminuían.

But he - he hated pity as a cat hates water.

It's like, at the end, there's this surprise quiz: Am I proud of me? I gave my life to become the person I am right now! Was it worth what I paid?

Stand to Center meant only great shame or great honor.

O, korkuyu yenmenin gururuyla, haz alarak ya??yordu.

The river loved to tell everybody (everybody being the sky, the wind, the few trees that grew around there, birds, deer and even the stars if you can believe that) what a great river it was. I come roaring from the earth and return roaring to the earth. I am the master of my waters. I am the mother and father of myself. I don't need a single drop of rain. Look at my smooth strong white muscles. I am my own future!

I was too young and naive then to link up the meaning of those ridiculingly defunct tennis shoes that I was forced to wear with the reality that we were on Welfare and Welfare was not designed to provide a child with any pride in its existence.

MARIA. Well I'll not debate how far Scandal may be allowable — but in a man I am sure it is always contemtable. — We have Pride, envy, Rivalship, and a Thousand motives to depreciate each other — but the male-slanderer must have the cowardice of a woman before He can traduce one.

The most important thing is our dignity. If we have that we can survive on bread and water.

no matter the evidence of your life, or who you believe you are, or what you're willing to take credit for or draw your vital strength and pride from--anything at all can follow anything at all.

no matter the evidence of your life, or who you believe you are, or what you're willing to take credit for or draw your vital strength and pride from—anything at all can follow anything at all.

Overconfidence is a powerful force.

Is it a wolf I hear, Howling his lonely communion With the unpiloted stars, Or merely the self importance and servitude In the bark of a dog? How many millenia did it take, Twisting and torturing The pride from the one To make a tool, The other? And how do we measure the distance from spirit to spirit? And who do we find to blame?

The way I see it, anyone who's proud of their country is either a thug or just hasn't read enough history yet.

To the perfectionist, there is always room for improvement. The perfectionist calls this humility. In reality, it is egotism. It is pride that makes us want to write a perfect script, paint a perfect painting, perform a perfect audition monologue.

Puerto Rico depende de tu vida y tu nombre, colgando en ti van millones de esperanzas para resucitar en lo que nos fue robado y hacer valer de nuevo el honor de la Patria. Puerto Rico depends on your life and your name, resting on you are millions of hopes to be resurrected in what was stolen from us and to renew the worth of the Nation's honor. (Puerto Rico está en tí / Puerto Rico Is in You)