2,116 Quotes About Pride

...the gospel has an answer to both pride and guilt.

Дурманящий аромат огромных лилий быстро окутал каминный зал. Лилиан поставила букет в заранее приготовленную вазу и улыбнулась:— Как всегда, мои любимые.— Ты любишь розы. — Помпилио обнаружил поднос с вином и бокалами и занялся бутылкой.— За обедом мы выяснили, что ты всё помнишь.— Да… Но я люблю дарить тебе лилии. Это твои цветы.— Это мое имя, — уточнила девушка.— Это твои цветы, — твердо повторил Помпилио. — Красивые и гордые.— У розы есть шипы.— Оружие выставляют напоказ от неуверенности.

Regarding vengeance and arch-enemies, one must not only be timely but prideful, and pride exacts propriety.

When Jesus calls us to take His yoke, when He invites us to find rest through submission, He is not satisfying some warped need for power or His own sense of pride. He is calling us to safety. The safety that comes from belonging to Him. The safety that comes from being tamed.

I find I am much prouder of the victory I obtain over myself, when, in the very ardor of dispute, I make myself submit to my adversary’s force of reason, than I am pleased with the victory I obtain over him through his weakness.

யாருடைய கவனத்தையும் சிதைக்கும் ஆற்றல் புகழுக்கு உண்டு. அதற்கு அடிமையாகாதவர்களை அது சந்தித்தது இல்லை என்ற அகம்பாவம்தான் புகழின் ஆணிவேர்.

The Congresswoman was depressed by the fact that a woman of her standing could no longer count on making it to the rest room "in time" during the extensive rehabilitation that followed her shooting. Her husband, commander of a space shuttle crew, encouraged her by identifying with her limitation. Even revered astronauts, he revealed, have bodily limits and have to rely on Huggies during extended launch exercises.

No one can eat his words without first swallowing his pride.

In a way, I was incrediibly proud of her (not that I had any intention of letting it show while I was beating the crap out of her).