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When old men decided to barter young men for pride and profit, the transaction was called war.
There is nothing that will kill a man so soon as having nobody to find fault with but himself.
I take pride in whatever I do. If you told me to clean the room up, I'd clean it up real good.
I love the pride whose measure is its own eminence and not the insignificance of someone else.
Curiosity is only vanity. We usually only want to know something so that we can talk about it.
Nothing is ever done beautifully which is done in rivalship: or nobly, which is done in pride.
Two things cause people to be destroyed: fear of poverty and seeking superiority through pride.
The Russians have a lot at stake, and the power of Moscow pride should never be underestimated.
Pride (of all others the most dang'rous fault) Proceeds from want of sense, or want of thought.
...love him enough to give him this, even if it's at the price of your pride." (Annette to Cat)
Pride is the carbon-monoxide of Sin. It silently and slowly kills you without you even knowing.
Ria snorted. “Leo’s pride rarely leaves the plains. What are they supposed to mate? The zebras?
The pride and presence of a professional football team is far more important than 30 libraries.
Humility counts for much, but it may be that vanity does not dispossess that admirable quality.
I have my pride. I'm a director. I'm not going to go and recreate some other director's vision.
Spade! Thou art a tool of honor in my hands. I press thee, through a yielding soil, with pride.
Poverty and pride are devoted blood brothers until one, always and inevitably, kills the other.
I'm not James Brown. I'm not Sam Cooke. I'm Charley Pride. I'm just me and that's what you got.
You don't just walk out because you think someone has insulted you and your pride has been hurt.
Repentance is a grace of God's Spirit whereby a sinner is inwardly humbled and visibly reformed.
There is no shame in taking pride in achievements or position. But nobody gets to the top alone.
The possession of land seems to be a greater gratification to the pride and independence of men.
I am very patient. I take pride in being patient with my husband, my children, my grandchildren.
Pride, which inspires us with so much envy, is sometimes of use toward the moderating of it too.
I pride myself on being the guy who can do Def Comedy Jam and Charlie Rose. And do well on both.
The pride in finishing a marathon is much greater than all the pain endured during the marathon.
all the vices are seasoned with pride just as the virtues are seasoned and enlivened by charity.
Pride gets no pleasure out of having something, only out of having more of it than the next man.
Only the # gospel can do two seemingly contradictory things: destroy pride and increase courage.
I often feel more disgust than pride about this kind of success. So there's no regret whatsoever.
That's what Rocky is all about: pride, reputation, and not being another bum in the neighborhood.
To others, being wrong is a source of shame; to me, recognizing my mistakes is a source of pride.
Learn good-humor, never to oppose without just reason; abate some degree of pride and moroseness.
The pride of men will not often suffer reason to have scope until it can be no longer of service.
I pride myself in the fact that in the six months tour of Cinderella, I didn't take one show off.
Haughty people seem to me to have, like the dwarfs, the stature of a child and the face of a man.
Do not become a disciple of one who praises himself, in case you learn pride instead of humility.
. . . [R]estlessness usually stems from pride and from being discontented with one's lot in life.
About humility we speak with an analogy: When the branches are full of fruit, they just bow down.
The solemn pride that must be yours to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of freedom.
Pride is the great stumbling block of Zion. I repeat: Pride is the great stumbling block of Zion.
Here Shock, the pride of all his kind, is laid, Who fawned like man, but ne'er like man betrayed.
Pride is the oldest and most common of sins. Humility is the rarest and most beautiful of graces.
For me it is a matter of pride that I have been born in the age in the which Tendulkar is playing
Holy humility confounds pride and all the men of this world and all things that are in the world.
Ladies of Fashion starve their happiness to feed their vanity, and their love to feed their pride.
Human pride is not worthwhile; there is always something lying in wait to take the wind out of it.
Why lower oneself to taking pride from being American or British, when you can boast of being man!
It is a source of great pride to have played 100 matches for a club as prestigious as Real Madrid.