Quotes About Pride

He that falls in love with himself will have no rivals.

Arrogant and right is surely better than humble and wrong.

Remember, it doesn't matter whether you win or lose; what matters is whether I win or lose.

The typical American of today has lost all the love of liberty, that his forefathers had, and all their disgust of emotion, and pride in self- reliance. He is led no longer by Davy Crocketts; he is led by cheer leaders, press agents, word mongers, uplifters

Love, Arthur, is a poodle's chance of attaining the infinite, and personally I have my pride.

Vanity, thy name is

In order to get power and retain it, it is necessary to love power; but love of power is not connected with goodness but with qualities that are the opposite of goodness, such as pride, cunning and cruelty

My first wedding makes me proud in front of people.

Every man who is high up loves to think that he has done it all himself; and the wife smiles, and lets it go at that.

Just the opposite. I'm so proud of you I could burst.

An inch from his ear, Kevin hissed, "Hide." Not a word from Andy, not a question. Nothing but instant obedience. It made a big brother both mighty proud and sad. A shame the kid had learned such ugly lessons. Silence, fear, danger, death. Stay hidden. Move, move, move. Ugly lessons they'd all learned well.

They Thought Themselves only a step lower than the gods, proud in their power over heaven and earth. They grew strong in their knowledge but weak in their wisdom, craving more and still more power, crushing the defenseless. _ Morrighan Book of Holy Text,Vol. IV

When someone sings his own praises, he always gets the tune too high.

I do consider myself part of black history.

I love her attitude, but as much as I'd like to bring my medals to a speech or appearance, I never do.

I like America. I think it's pretty cool.

For I am my mother's daughter, and the drums of Africa still beat in my heart.

the many things that puzzled me was, if there were other Black people as proud and fierce-looking as Effie and could control a situation as well as she could, why was the Black race in such a mess? I didn't even think that Effie could answer that question

They were proud of their nationality, which had existed nearly as long as from Columbus to our own day. They gloried in their splendid background of great deeds and their long line of heroes reaching back to Rurik.

When team members personally create an environment in which they can be proud of their work and work processes, you have made a good start.

People who have earned no pride in themselves, are content to be proud of their cities through other men.

maybe his soul remembered. as we know. the ashes of Achilles and Patroklos were mingled in one urn. not even a god could sift the one from the other. Achilles has come back with his fierceness and his pride, and with Patroklos' feeling. each of them suffered for what he was; this boy will suffer for both.

We lived in the Bull Court; a city sealed in a palace, and a life sealed in with death. Yet it is a proud city, and a strong fierce life. A man once in it is of it till he dies. So I, who have gray beginning in my beard, still say "it is", as if the Bull Court stood and I might yet go back to it.

Man," I cried, "how ignorant art thou in thy pride of wisdom!