Quotes About Pride

You know, there's something especially lonely about a gold medal hanging all by itself on a bedroom wall, something that says "fluke," or "beginner's luck," or "one in a million," but two gold medals, now that says something completely different. That says, "Oh, yeah, baby, this is the real deal!

If you begin to rely upon yourself and become arrogant in your skill, that is the day you will fall.

I use their expectations against them. That will be their weakness. Not mine. Let them all underestimate me. Let them think they have the upper hand over the little girl. Let them relax while the adrenaline leaks out of their systems. Let them believe they're closing their grips on a shrinking violet. And when their guard is down and their pride is rising... let me kick their butts up around their ears.

We may be poor, but at least we've always been honest." Something broke inside Han, and when he opened his mouth the words came spilling out. "We're

Bagi kami kemiskinan bukanlah sesuatu yang perlu membuat malu. Kami semua orang yang berpikiran idealis.

Aku tidak mau jika kemerdekaan yang kuoerjuangkan sepanjang hidupku, diberikan sebagai hadiah kepadaku seperti sedekah kepada pengemis. Kemerdekaan haruslah merupakan buah dari usaha kita sendiri.

Tak ada orang progresif yang berpikiran sehat akan menentang cita-cita komunis, yang mencakup bantuan di bidang sosial dan ekonomi. Kami menyetujui ini semua. Tetapi aku tidak mungkin meninggalkan Tuhan. Aku tidak mungkin membuang nasionalisme dan aku tidak dapat membayangkan bagaimana aku bisa melepaskan diri dari sifat angkuh, jadi aku tidak mungkin menjadi seorang komunis.

There are tears there but she is too proud to blink and let one fall. If she blinked, he would take her hand and take her away from this place. This, at least, is what he tells himself. It's what she once wanted but two people hardly ever want the same thing at any given point in life. It is sometimes the hardest part of being human.

We must be doing something right.' 'Tis mostly your doing,' Furlong admitted. 'Where am I ever only away all day then home to the table and up to bed and gone again before they rise.

Does he still talk about it?" "No. Is it anything to talk about? Is it anything to be proud of?" "Is it anything to be ashamed of?" "Yes. You know that, don't you?" Carol asked in her even, distinct voice. "In the eyes of the world it's an abomination.

The patriot blood of my father was warm in my veins.

Porque o formalismo não tem ferido a minha simplicidade, e sim o meu orgulho, pois é pelo, orgulho de ter nascido que me sinto tão íntima do mundo, mas este mundo que eu ainda extraí de mim um grito mudo.

Science increases our power in proportion as it lowers our pride.

Nothing that is mine seems to me to deserve my pride: in the seventh grade, I couldn't admire the eighth-grades enough, though the eighth grade seemed to me quite devoid of charm once I was in it. And so on until the day I found myself with a doctorate in something and decorated, and had only scorn for such mediocre privileges. Life grows disenchanting as our dreams are fulfilled.

Federico Ozanan añade: «Hay dos clases de orgullo: el que está contento de sí mismo, que es el más corriente y el menos peligroso; y el que está descontento de sí, porque esperaba mucho de él mismo y se ha visto defraudado en su esperanza.

Elena no siente orgullo, siente otra cosa, tampoco pena, ni bronca, siente un sentimiento que no sabe qué nombre tiene, eso que uno siente cuando se descubre tonto.

Pride sullies the noblest character.

The one thing the English can't stand is someone getting above themselves.

Learn how to bow. It is an old gesture of respect, honor and pride.

It grows inside you, poisonous and festering, and it tells you its name is Pride, but it's a liar. Its name is Hate.

But there is something stronger than fear. It grows inside you, poisonous and festering, and it tells its name is Pride, but it's a liar. Its name is Hate.

The flower imperishable of this valiant age, - A true American!

While like most men, Sam prided himself on being equipped with a supernatural internal compass that kept him from ever being lost, he'd also learned to concede those rare times when that compass seemed to be temporary disrepair.

A powerful sense of national pride built on a belief in historical humiliation, combined with an inability to distinguish between the nation and its government, goes a long way towards explaining why many in the Chinese diaspora, including Chinese-Australian citizens, remain loyal to the PRC and defend its actions even when they conflict with Australia's values and interests.