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....to abuse the intellect for reasons of pride, vanity, or escape from responsibility, is the fruit of that same tree.
The greatest joy I get is setting up plays for somebody else. I take a lot of pride in helping other people make plays.
I believe that people should take pride in what they do, even if it is scorned or misunderstood by the public at large.
So much of TV seems to be chewing gum for the eyes.... TV desperately needs more self-reliance and pride in the medium.
criticism is dangerous, because it wounds a person's precious pride, hurt his sense of importace and arouse resentment.
Religious faith not only lacks evidence, its independence from evidence is its pride and joy, shouted from the rooftops.
I pride myself on finding balance. I love making music and I love raising my boys - I find time to make both a priority.
For no mortal ever attains to blessedness. One may be luckier than another when wealth flows his way, but blessed never.
One who is wise and disciplined, always kind and intelligent, humble and free from pride. One like this will be praised.
Man is timid and apologetic; he is no longer upright; he dares not say "I think," "I am," but quotes some saint or sage.
I pride myself on that, even though I'm kind of under the radar, when I step on the field, I try to do an admirable job.
I remember taking great pride in making Brad Pitt laugh. I always had a soft spot for him. He's such a sweet, sweet man.
He stole horses' you'll say to yourself, 'and he didn't care for women; and but for my pride I'd have been with him now.
I think that the poorest of the poor... look up to wealthy and successful Indians with some degree of respect and pride.
I feel that I've always done things the hard way, and I've always felt a lot of pride in earning everything that I have.
I think that every Saturday, we ought to say, 'My father's a Jew, my mother was a Jew, and I'm a Jew,' with great pride.
I've always been someone who believes in being real and embraced my imperfections with pride rather than covering it up.
I have a lot of passion. I have a lot of pride. I think I do get that from my family. But you can be driven and be nice.
It is better to lose your pride with someone you love rather than to lose that someone you love with your useless pride.
The Cross sanctifies the ego trip. For the Cross protected our Lord's perfect self-esteem from turning into sinful pride.
China no longer has an ideology that makes any sense to them, but what they do have is great pride in the Chinese nation.
I am impelled, not to squeak like a grateful and apologetic mouse, but to roar like a lion out of pride in my profession.
Man prides himself on being the only animal who can modify his nature, yet when he chooses to do so he is called a phony.
A true disciple inquires not whether a fact is agreeable to his own reason.His pride has yielded to the divine testimony.
I want the great masses of my people to take a greater pride in their appearance and to give their hair proper attention.
God can never entrust His Kingdom to anyone who has not been broken of pride, for pride is the armour of darkness itself.
And remember, child, that nothing is ever done beautifully, which is done in rivalship; or nobly, which is done in pride.
To find yourself jilted is a blow to your pride. Do your best to forget it and if you don't succeed, at least pretend to.
When intelligent people pride themselves on not understanding, it is quite natural they should succeed better than fools.
Rap's conscious response to the poverty and oppression of U.S. blacks is like some hideous parody of sixties black pride.
I am not as these are, the poet saithIn youth's pride, and the painter, among menAt bay, where never pencil comes nor pem
Pride causes us to care more about what our non-Christian friends think of us than what God will do to them in their sin.
The same amount of pride which makes a man treat haughtily his inferiors, makes him cringe servilely; to those above him.
The virtue of pride, which was once the beauty of mankind, has given place to that fount of ugliness, Christian humility.
I feel a great sense of pride and joy knowing that I played a part in bringing into the world more beauty and excitement.
These days cry out, as never before, for us to pay attention, so we can move through them and get our joy and pride back.
When we allow ourselves to become vulnerable, to take chances, and to risk our pride, that is when we find our own glory.
Wonder Woman was on TV when I was growing up, and I knew Lynda Carter was part Latina. It gave me a great sense of pride.
In terms of achievement, the pride is very important to me. It keeps me going every day. The money is always second to me.
I can say with pride verging on smugness that I've got two very successful shows that assume their audience is very smart.
You can't have pride without humility. Aggression without tolerance. Strength without compassion. Power without restraint.
I do beg you to have some regard for my pride. A million years? I assure you I would stop asking after the first thousand.
Pride is a thing that I have tried to abandon completely. Try as I might, pride still creeps into many of the things I do.
Lyrics are so important, I hate every second of writing them, but it's something I take great pride in when it's finished.
Nothing has been purchased more dearly than the little bit of reason and sense of freedom which now constitutes our pride.
Mere wealth, I am above it, / It is the reputation wide, / The playwright's pomp, the poet's pride / That eagerly I covet.
Defense is something I take pride in. I feel it's just as important as offense. They should have RBIs for defensive plays.
Be good, be young, be true! Evil is nothing but vanity, let us have the pride of good, and above all let us never despair.
'Wonder Woman' was on TV when I was growing up, and I knew Lynda Carter was part Latina. It gave me a great sense of pride.
Other sins find their vent in the accomplishment of evil deeds, whereas pride lies in wait for good deeds, to destroy them.