You don’t feel like your best self when you fall apart, but you have to fall apart to become your best self.

Putting your pride first makes the results come in second, at best.

Pride grants you a happily never after.

But in Africa bureaucrats are usually too proud to accept a bribe, something I admire when I’m not the one being arrested.

My father told me once that the most important thing every man should know is what he would die for.

The devil…the prowde spirite…cannot endure to be mocked.

Haters are those, that never were given any chances, that blew their chances, or that never took the chance.

I am done with the monster of “We,” the word of serfdom, of plunder, of misery, falsehood and shame.And now I see the face of god, and I raise this god over the earth, this...

No matter where you go, there’s always something to deal with; if it’s not greed, it’s lust, or envy, or pride, or something else. You just have to live your life so uncorrupted that it...

Their song reminds me of a child’s neighborhood rallying cry—ee-ock-ee—with a heartfelt warble at the end. But it is their call that is especially endearing. The towhee has the brass and grace to call, simply...

There’s some pride here, … We wanted to get that game. There’s been a lot of talk about not finishing over .500. It’d be nice to play well the rest of the way.

In confession occurs the breakthrough of the Cross. The root of all sin is pride, superbia. I want to be my own law, I have a right to my self, my hatred and my desires,...

Realizing the seriously ruthless, venomous habits and agendas of evil always instills a more fierce passion and longing for a closer God. Men, out of pride, may claim their own authorities over what constitutes good...

The whole bloated sensation of success is wiped clean when among family. There is no pressure of being looked upon as ‘the brilliant one’ but rather the comforts of always being the pupil.

One’s self-satisfaction is an untaxed kind of property which it is very unpleasant to find deprecated.

Never become proud within yourself when you are seen as the one to cause that great effect. Never become timid if you know you can while others dare to prove otherwise! Mind your business and...

They may hail you like an Angel. They may claim you are the world’s prince of princes. They may lift you with praise many kilometers above sea level. They may say you are the best...

For I am—or I was—one of those people who pride themselves in on their willpower, on their ability to make a decision and carry it through. This virtue, like most virtues, is ambiguity itself. People...

Never embarrass a student in front of others. Embarrass yourself often to relieve the tension, but do not paint them into a corner.

Humility and pride will forever battle whenever or wherever love is concerned

To be content in utter darkness and ignorance is indeed unmanly, and therefore we think that to love light and find knowledge must always be right. Yet wherever pride has any share in the work,...

Prayer can be a tricky thing, because there are passages that say do not doubt and believe you have received whatever you ask for and you will, but then Jesus prayed ‘Not my will by...

We are maintaining our neutral opinion on PPC (No. 2 U.S. poultry producer Pilgrim’s Pride Inc.) following the company’s comments this morning that it no longer expects to meet its previously announced earnings expectations for...

Henry flopped onto his bed, and his steam leaked slowly out. He began telling himself a story in his head. It was about how just and kind and understanding he was. It was about right...

Don’t try to make yourself marketable, you’ll be surprised to see yourself at the bottom. Stay incognito, and people will peruse the whole world looking for you, by that time, you’ll be at the top.

Sometimes I almost pity them. I think I have a freedom they cannot understand. No insult, no blame can touch me. Because I have set myself beyond the pale. I am nothing, I am hardly...

There were sins whose fascination was more in the memory than in the doing of them, strange triumphs that gratified the pride more than the passions, and gave to the intellect a quickened sense of...

We take a lot of pride in that, to be honest. It’s one of the things that we’ve learned. If we’re going to be a team that is a success, there are going to be...

To have pride in your own motherland is important.

What I love about being queer is… Everything. I like that it makes me different, and I like that it makes people uncomfortable sometimes. I like that it makes people ask me lots of questions...

September 11… I will never forget feeling scared and vulnerable… I will never forget feeling the deep sad loss of so many lives… I will never forget the smell of the smoke that reached across...

I’ve always take a lot of pride in the scholar-athlete (concept).

If you are embarrassed about your sex, it must mean that you feel there is something demeaning or disgusting about being female. You are all wondrously made, girls. Remember that: wondrously made, and you should...

Pride and entitlement always go with unforgiveness. The longer you hold someone’s offense over them, the more likely you are to start feeling arrogant and entitled to your posture toward him.

Human prosperity never rests but always craves more, till blown up with pride it totters and falls. From the opulent mansions pointed at by all passers-by none warns it away, none cries, ‘Let no more...

If we could see things from a sufficient height above we should all realize that we are in fact proper objects of pity.

purchased” at someone else’s expense.

We rise in glory as we sink in pride.

When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom.

We are not worthy to unloose the latchets of Jesus’ shoes, because, if we do, we begin to say to ourselves, “What great folks are we; we have been allowed to loose the latchets of...

Our weaknesses may never go away but when we give them to God, His grace will turn them into something beautiful…

There is nothing new under the sun but that of the Son. Man’s rebellion against God has always been because he would rather fall in pride than rise in humility.

Every new generation believes its own period to be absolutely superior intellectually – greater than all past cultures yet equal among its modern cultures.

I have pride in my name, because I have pride in myself. I do not represent my name—my name represents me.

Get rid of pride; it’ll only ride you to the wrong side of life. May God’s words guide your faith to abide in true humility. Kick off pride; embrace humility!

Sometimes, you have to love beyond yourself! And that’s how you learn to love! That’s why you had to drink the bitter glass of your love.

Look how old you are and you’ve hardly made a dent in them. I’ll admit, you seem to have zeal nailed, as well as faith and temperance. Self control? I’ve got my doubts based on...

Satan fell by the force of gravity.

Greed, envy, sloth, pride and gluttony: these are not vices anymore. No, these are marketing tools. Lust is our way of life. Envy is just a nudge towards another sale. Even in our relationships we...

Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.