I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color.
Quality is pride of workmanship.
I watched the spinning stars, grateful, sad and proud, as only a man who has outlived his destiny and realizes he might yet forge himself another, can be.
But he understood at last what Dumbledore had been trying to tell him. It was, he thought, the difference between being dragged into the arena to face a battle to the death and walking into the arena with your head held high. Some people, perhaps, would say that there was little to choose between the two ways, but Dumbledore knew , thought Harry, with a rush of fierce pride, that there was all the difference in the world.
Hello, Mary.'It was like hearing a note of divine calm after a dissonant passage of music. My confusion died away.
What you say of the pride of giving life to an immortal soul is very fine dear, but I own I cannot enter into that: I think much more of our being like a cow or a dog at such moments: when our poor nature becomes so very animal and unecstatic
When you are full of pride on the inside, it makes you stiff, stubborn, and creates strife with others.
A proud man is always looking down on things and people; and, of course, as long as you are looking down, you cannot see something that is above you.
I will give you a definition of a proud man: he is a man who has neither vanity nor wisdom --one filled with hatreds cannot be vain, neither can he be wise.
There was one who thought himself above me, and he was above me until he had that thought.
The passions grafted on wounded pride are the most inveterate; they are green and vigorous in old age.
Pride that dines on vanity, sups on contempt.
Pride costs more than hunger, thirst and cold.
Show class, have pride, and display character. If you do, winning takes care of itself.
Pride makes us artificial and humility makes us real.
Peter was now standing very close - as if he wanted to comfort me - as if he knew how hurt I felt that Mrs Knowles had not asked me to play or to sing. And I did feel comforted. It was as if a tide of warmth was carrying me out of myself, inclining me to trust him and to conduct myself well.
Before I could reply, he had picked me up, literally swept me off my feet, and kissed me. And afterwards, when I tried to speak, he silenced me in much the same manner. It was a shock (but not at all distasteful) to be so caught up. Later - when he at last set me down - he handled me more gently. He took of my glasses and told me that he loved me.
Seek out your superiors and learn from them. Do not hide nor shy away from them for the sake of your pride for true pride is perceived, not in perceived skill, but in improvement.
Humility and pride will forever battle whenever or wherever love is concerned
Love can either be your greatest companion or your worst enemy, depending on your pride to accept or deny things.
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