Quotes About Pride

But oh, my brothers, black folk ain't never goin' to be led from bondage without they has pride! Black folk ain't goin' to be free, they ain't goin' to have no spoonbread an' sweet cider less'n they studies to love they own selves. Only then will the first be last, and the last first.

Despoiled and exploited like the South, and like it, a poverty-ridden, agrarian, feudal society, Poland has shared with the Old South one bulwark against its immemorial humiliation, and that is pride. Pride and the recollection of vanished glories.

DAY, I HAD no idea what was in store for me. To begin with, everything was too perfect for anything unusual to happen. It was one of those days when a man feels good, feels like speaking to his neighbor, is glad to live in a country like ours, and proud of his government. You know what I mean, one of those rare days when

Of course I'm an egoist. Where do you get if you aren't?

Spare the conquered and confront the proud.

Hers would be the perpetual ache of loss and loneliness, slowly dulled with time until it became a part of her character, a faint sourness tinged with withered pride.

People who brag of their ancestors are like root vegetables. All their importance is underground.

George stared across the street. 'There is only one trouble with the Poldarks,' he said after a moment. 'They cannot take a beating.' 'And only one trouble with the Warleggans,' said Ross. 'They never know when they are not wanted.' George's color deepened. 'But they can appreciate and remember an insult.' 'Well, I trust you will remember this one.' Ross turned his back and went down the steps into the tavern.

Poverty can be endured if it is endured with pride.

una debole amarezza screziata di orgoglio avvizzito. [...]

All the conflicting feeling inside her suddenly found an outlet. The mixed motives for asking him in—the liking, the affection, the feminine curiosity, the piqued pride—suddenly merged into indignation to keep out something stronger. She was as much alarmed at her own feelings as indignant with him, but the situation had to be saved somehow.

A man will perhaps tolerate an offensive word applied to himself, but will be infuriated if his nation, his rank, or his profession is insulted.

but in front of all, as a special recognition of their devoted valour, marched the Dublin Fusiliers, few, but proud.

Môr o gân yw Cymru i gyd. [All Wales is a sea of song.]

It is baffling to reflect that what men call honour does not correspond always to Christian ethics. Honour is often influenced by that element of pride which plays so large a part in its inspiration.

Average intelligence loves blinders, which facilitate an even trot; but a brisker and livelier intelligence desires uncertainty, risk, a play of more deceptive and elusive forces...where one can preserve flight, pride, joke, confession, rapture, play, struggle.

Fryderyk, asymiluj?c z niezwyk?? skwapliwo?ci? tego ducha arystokratycznego, zacz?? tak?e wysoko si? nosi? — udziela? si? od czasu do czasu rozmowie, ale jak kto?, czyje milczenie by?oby dla wszystkich niezas?u?on? katastrof?. I oto naraz jego l?k przed niepoprawno?ci? sta? si? w nim wy?szo?ci? i dum?!

Needleman, k?z?m ve benle beraber Milano'da opera izlerken locadan aÅŸa??ya biraz fazla eÄŸildi ve orkestra çukuruna düÅŸtü. Bir kaza olduÄŸunu kabullenemeyecek kadar gururlu olan Needleman, bir ay boyunca ayn? operaya gitti ve her gece kendini çukura att?.

The star's proudest possession, I learned, is the engraved Rolex he was given for Valentine's Day by Mother Teresa.

I'm very proud of my pocket watch. My grandfather, on his deathbed, sold me this watch.

El orgullo es como un caramelo que se acaba pronto.

For in the very nature of things, success tends to create pride and blindness in the hearts of men, while suffering teaches them to be patient and strong." "Well spoken, Gobryas!" exclaimed

Honour to Agamemnon is a thing / That he can pick, pick up, put back, pick up again, / A somesuch you might find beneath your bed.

You must be proud, bold, pleasant, resolute, And now and then stab, when occasion serves.