Quotes About Pride

I'll bet I'm the only eighty-five-year-old cracker left with all his own teeth.

Soy Abush! ¡Hijo de un millar de reyes de la antigüedad! ¡Heredero de los sagrados montes y valles y de las gloriosas bestias que los habitan! ¿¡Qué derecho tienes a proferir tan arrogantes exigencias!? ¿¡Quién te crees que eres, niño!? -Soy Robin. Hijo de Batman. ¡Y no te hace falta saber nada más!

I am not a Virginian, but an American.

C. S. Lewis once said, "A proud man is always looking down on things and people; and, of course, as long as you're looking down, you can't see something that's above you.

Anger can keep you warm at night, and wounded pride can spur a man to wondrous things.

Do you just want to get by? Or do you want to make me proud?

Ambrose turned on his heel and stormed off, but before he made it through the door, Elodin burst out singing: 'He's a well-bred ass, you can see it in his stride! And for a copper penny he will let you take a ride!

Why? Because pride is a strange thing, and because generosity deserves generosity in return. But mostly because it felt like the right thing to do, and that is reason enough.

Pride is always a better lever against the nobility than reason.

You are unmannerly,sharp-tounged, and show no respect for your betters,which is practically everyone given your lowly ravel birth." "I am Edema Ruh to my bones. That means my blood is red. It means I breathe the free air and walk where my feet take me. I do not cringe and fawn like a dog at a man's title. That looks like pride to people who have spent their lives cultivating supple spines" -Kvothe

La música es una amante orgullosa y temperamental. Si le dedicas el tiempo y la atención que se merece, es toda tuya. Pero si la desairas, llegará un día en que la llamarás y ella no contestará.

Además, la rabia puede calentarte por la noche, y el orgullo herido puede alentar a un hombre a hacer cosas maravillosas.

Besides, anger can keep you warm at night, and wounded pride can spur a man to wondrous things.

The poorer you are, the more your pride is worth.

El orgullo herido puede alentar a un hombre a hacer cosas maravillosas

El orgullo es absurdo, pero es una fuerza poderosa.

You would be amazed at how similar arrogance and confidence look at first glance.

El orgullo es el lujo de los fuertes.

Tempi reached out and gripped my shoulder firmly. Then he looked up, met my eye, and held it for a brief moment. Such a rarity for him. He gave a small, quiet smile. "Proud," he said.

I knew that he was trying to do me a favor, and a week ago I would have jumped at the opportunity for free shoes. But for some reason I didn't feel right about it. I quietly gathered up my things and left a pair of copper jots on his stool before I left. Why? Because pride is a strange thing, and because generosity deserves generosity in return. But mostly because it felt like the right thing to do, and that is reason enough.

Fue una buena interpretación. Mi padre habría estado orgulloso de mí.

No. You should take pleasure in following the Lethani. If you fight well, you should take pride in doing a thing well. For the fighting itself you should feel only duty and sorrow. Only barbarians and madmen take pleasure in combat. Whoever loves the fight itself has left the Lethani behind.

Because you are too eager to be properly patient," he said flippantly. "You're too proud to listen properly. And you're too clever by half. That's the worst of it.

I hate nothing so much as doing a thing badly.