,Para que quieres tener una máquina nueva si no la vas a usar?-Precisamente porque es bella y por orgullo. La utilidad no es lo que buscaba al comprarla.

Think outside the box? Indeed. But to add balance to that, one should not in the process forget what the inside of the box looks like as well. Those who are best at thinking outside...

Simply minding one’s own business is more offensive than being intrusive. Without ever saying a word one can make a person feel less-than.

My penis’ name is Pride. Pride is something every woman should be filled with.

There was one who thought himself above me, and he was above me until he had that thought.

I’m up for the Julius Caesar Author of the Year Award this year. I’m tremendously proud, considering Caesar is the guy who burned down the Library of Alexandria.

The Elsinore’s bow tilted skyward while her stern fell into a foaming valley. Not a man had gained his feet. Bridge and men swept back toward me and fetched up against the mizzen-shrouds. And then...

Dixon was not unconscious of this awed reverence which was given to her; nor did she dislike it; it flattered her as much as Louis the Fourteenth was flattered by his courtiers shading their eyes...

I do so love hearing people speak passionately on any subject, other than themselves.

But in some great souls, who consider themselves as citizens of the world, and forcing the imaginary barriers that separate people from people…

Our guys take it very serious and show a lot of pride in this kind of stuff.

I’m prouder of him than I’ve ever been of myself – I’m proud of him for standing up to me

[It’s] long been known that making fun of oneself is only a way of taking oneself seriously slightly less crude than others. 97

Pride is never so loud as when in chains.

Neither man nor angel can discern hypocrisy, the only evil that walks invisible except to God alone.

Every man on earth is sick with the fever of sin, with the blindness of sin and is overcome with its fury. As sins consist mostly of malice and pride, it is necessary to treat...

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

Observing people taking in the work I had watched Robert create was an emotional experience. It had left our private world. It was what I had always wanted for him, but I felt a slight...

He leaned down to her ear and purred. Damn but she loved when he purred.

He is not truly patient who will only suffer as far as seems right to him and from whom he pleases. The truly patient man considers not by whom he is tried, one above him,...

Pride is a very dangerous disease that can turn your talent, asset, and achievements into a handicap.

I said I fell down. Ah. The ground bloodied your nose, split yer lip, and punched ye in th’ eye, all at once.I said I don’t want to talk about it.

I am proud. It will get me into trouble someday, but today it makes me brave

The Oracle at Delphi contained three maxims emblematic of Greek life. “Know yourself.” “Nothing in excess.” and, “Offer a guarantee and disaster threatens.

The first in fatal charm of national repentance is the encouragement it gives us to turn from the bitter task of repenting our own sins to the congenial one of bewailing – but, first, of...

I take my actions because of my passion not because of compulsion.

If I understand this correctly Christ taught here the alarming doctrine that the desire for honor among men made belief impossible.

National boundaries are not evident when we view the Earth from space. Fanatical ethnic or religious or national chauvinisms are a little difficult to maintain when we see our planet as a fragile blue crescent...

… a man doesn’t like to have his ego popped, especially when he prides himself on his sagacity, and then to be proved wrong by a man who claims he doesn’t know anything.

Smugness is the Great Catholic Sin.

Competition works best in sports, but humans get addicted to stuff.

The vanity of intelligence is that the intelligent man is often more committed to ‘one-upping’ his opponent than being truthful. When the idea of intelligence, rather than intelligence itself, becomes a staple, there is no...

We have a veteran group with a lot of pride, and we’re embarrassed with the way we’re playing. I’m determined to fix it. One thing we’ve got to do is stay together.

It’s all about, do you want your job? … If you do, then you’ll get it done. If you take pride in what you do, you’ll get it done. It’s all about being a pro.

Euripides “questioned everything. He was a misanthrope who preferred books to men.

I am leaving now; but know, Katerina Ivanovna, that you indeed love only him. And the more he insults you, the more you love him. That is your strain. You precisely love him as he...

My pride shut me up, my hurt shut me down, and together they ganged up on my hope and let her get away.

My rule of thumb for hitchhiking is: stick it up straight and proud and make if visible to all drivers.

If we had not experienced our deep sinfulness and Jesus’ deep forgiveness through the cross, we will not love others well in the midst of their struggles. If we do not see the beauty and...

Some people brag about standing for something so hard and so much, that they do not realize that they are actually sitting.

Vronsky saw nothing and no one. He felt himself as a king, not because she had made an impression on Anna-he did not yet believe that-but because the impression she had made on him gave...

Just as meekness is in all our virtues, so is pride in all our sins. -Oct 1986

I always apologized for my home to protect myself so people wouldn’t think I was a slob, or at least so they would know that I acknowledge I can be a slob and that I’m...

Confession is not all about telling your bad deeds to the public, but being proud of the bad things you have done so far.

Do not be afraid to color outside the lines. Take risks and do not be afraid to fail. Know that when the world knocks you down, the best revenge is to get up and continue...

The girl wore her scars the way some women wore their finest jewelry.

Spiritual literature can be a great aid to an aspirant, or it can be a terrible hindrance. If it is used to inspire practice, motivate compassion, ad nourish devotion, it serves a very valuable purpose....

They don’t know the meaning of danger or fear or pain. It’s only their pride that can be truly hurt.

The best lightning rod for your protection is your own spine.

The toughest thing worth losing is Pride.