Quotes About Pride

A man is proud until he falls.

As some men were born to handle a paintbrush or a pen, he was born to wield a gun. It looked natural in his hand, a tool of which a man could be proud, like a wrench.

To be anti-American only makes you a reactionary. In our case, having defeated the Americans, we no longer defined ourselves as anti-American. We are simply one hundred percent Vietnamese.

A small man is like a small dog, always barking about what he can do.

He who has no shame before the world has no fear before God.

Hunger brings people down, but pride can help them get up.

The fool doesn't think anything well done except what he did or what he is doing.

The reward of the fool is that they make you feel as if you were God.

Those who are trying to impress others must puff themselves up.

We all want to be great, but we don't want people to know we want to be great.

The arrogant cannot stand in your presence; you hate all who do wrong. (Psalm 5:5)

My family was all born in Sicily and I'm Italian-American. They're the real thing. They're authentic Italians, and honestly they're the most open-minded, nicest people in the world and nothing can really offend them. That's the way I think true Sicilians are.

A saint likes to be told what he is, but a sinner is a bit touchy.

We descend from Jove; in ancestral Jove Troy's sons rejoice.

I am not sweet I am not lovable I am not a middle-class girl. I get hormonal highs that send me into peaks of aggression. If I didn't come from the world of punk rock, I would be ashamed of what I am. But I do come from the world of punk rock, and I am proud of not fitting in.

Thou knowest not the endless artifices of a court. Invented crimes are often there alleged; but real ones, and those especially, which may offend his pride, are oftentimes not to a king divulged.

The infinitely little have a pride infinitely great.

We are rarely proud when we are alone.

Maya was wearing a big fluffy outfit, so I knew we weren't going to the park to play afterward, but that was okay because everyone seemed so glad at how well I'd done the trick. Mama even cried, she was so happy.

All anyone asks for is a chance to work with pride.

Management must understand design of product and of service, procurement of materials, problems of production, process control, and barriers on the job that rob the hourly worker of his birthright, the right to pride of workmanship.

The mass and majesty of this world, all That carries weight and always weighs the same Lay in the hands of others; they were small And could not hope for help and no help came: What their foes like to do was done, their shame Was all the worst could wish; they lost their pride And died as men before their bodies died.

She always paid a high price for her dignity.

Nor dread nor hope attend A dying animal; A man awaits his end Dreading and hoping all; Many times he died, Many times rose again. A great man in his pride Confronting murderous men Casts derision upon Supersession of breath; He knows death to the bone – Man has created death.