258 Pride Quotes

Intoxicated with unbroken success, we have become too self sufficient to feel the necessity of redeeming and preserving grace, too proud to pray to the God that made us.

Send forth the child and childish man together, and blush for the pride that libels our own old happy state, and gives its title to an ugly and distorted image.

Every man has his dignity. I'm willing to forget mine, but at my own discretion and not when someone else tells me to.

What's with you men? Would hair stop growing on your chest if you asked directions somewhere?

Better a dish of husks to the accompaniment of a muted lute than to be satiated with stewed shark's fin and rich spiced wine of which the cost is frequently mentioned by the provider.

We love the indomitable bellicose patriotism that sets you apart; we love the national pride that guides your muscularly courageous race; we love the potent individualism that doesn't prevent you from opening your arms to individualists of every land, whether libertarians or anarchists.

Pride and reserve are not the only things in life; perhaps they are not even the best things. But if they happen to be your particular virtues you will go all to pieces if you let them go.

I love the pride whose measure is its own eminence and not the insignificance of someone else.

All dignified people in the world, whether Arabs or Muslims or others with dignity, are very proud of the speech made by president Bashar al-Assad a few days ago here in Damascus. For me he is the last Arab ruler, and Syria is the last Arab country. It is the fortress of the remaining dignity of the Arabs, and that's why I'm proud to be here.

I, with other Americans, have perhaps unduly resented the stream of criticism of American life... more particularly have I resented the sneers at Main Street. For I have known that in the cottages that lay behind the street rested the strength of our national character.

Hospitality still survives among foreigners, although it is buried under false pride among the poorest Americans.

White collar conservative flashin' down the street, Pointing that plastic finger at me, Hoping soon my kind will drop and die, But I'm gonna wave my freak flag high.

What rage for fame attends both great and small! Better be damned than mentioned not at all.

You hate Jesus because someone from the North Country said He was the Son of God. But you hate one another because each of you deems himself too great to be the brother of the next man.

I was a modest, good-humoured boy. It is Oxford that has made me insufferable.

Where do you draw the line between a humble man who knows his own weaknesses but tries to act out virtues he hasn't quite mastered yet, and a proud man who pretends to have those virtues without the slightest intention of acquiring them?

There is nothing that comes closer to true humility than the intelligence. It is impossible to feel pride in one's intelligence at the moment when one really and truly exercises it.

Wind buffs up empty bladders; opinion, fools.

A man who for an entire week does nothing but hit himself over the head has little reason to be proud.

Maybe the only thing worse than having to give gratitude constantly is having to accept it.

This is really a pretty good system you have here. What do you call it? 'Due process'. We're very proud of it.

I'm either a mutant or a cripple, and I refuse to be a cripple. People pity cripples, but they're afraid of mutants [:] Fear implies respect.

Eccentricity is not, as dull people would have us believe, a form of madness. It is often a kind of innocent pride, and the man of genius and the aristocrat are frequently regarded as eccentrics because genius and aristocrat are entirely unafraid of and uninfluenced by the opinions and vagaries of the crowd.

The less justified a man is in claiming excellence for his own self, the more ready he is to claim all excellence for his nation, his religion, his race or his holy cause.

There is no merit in being truthful when one is truthful by nature, or rather when one can be nothing else; it is a gift, like poetry or music. But it needs courage to be truthful after carefully considering the matter, unless a kind of pride is involved; for example, the man who says to himself, 'I am ugly,' and then says, 'I am ugly' to his friends, lest they should think themselves the first to make the discovery.

The desire of power in excess caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge in excess caused man to fall.

You saw his weakness, and he will never forgive you.

That man is the noblest creature may also be inferred from the fact that no other creature has yet contested this claim.

When an acquaintance goes by I often step back from my window, not so much to spare him the effort of acknowledging me as to spare myself the embarrassment of seeing that he has not done so.

And it is always the humble man who talks too much; the proud man watches himself too closely.

Am I known as Cugel the Clever for nothing?

Although most of us know Vincent van Gogh in Arles and Paul Gauguin in Tahiti as if they were neighbors - somewhat disreputable but endlessly fascinating - none of us can name two French generals or department store owners of that period. I take enormous pride in considering myself an artist, one of the necessaries.

New York, New York. The town so nice they named it twice.

Human beings can always be relied upon to assert, with vigor, their God-given right to be stupid.

Now you don't have your fucking ugly purses, or your twenty-four hundred dollars anymore! So, shut-up and eat your fucking breakfast, or your smoked-meat, or whatever the hell you are going to order, and think about what you've done!

There is only one true Superstar of the Decade, true Superstar of the Millenium! You know who that is? The Rock'll tell you who that is! Toronto, that is - the jabroni-beating, pie-eating, trail-blazing, eyebrow-raising, stronger than a bear, faster than a buck, the biggest thing to hit Canada because the Maple Leaf sucks!

They that on glorious ancestors enlarge, Produce their debt instead of their discharge.

Pride is a sense of worth derived from something that is not organically part of us, while self-esteem derives from the potentialities and achievements of the self. We are proud when we identify ourselves with an imaginary self, a leader, a holy cause, a collective body or possessions. There is fear and intolerance in pride; it is sensitive and uncompromising. The less promise and potency in the self, the more imperative is the need for pride. The core of pride is self-rejection. It is true that when pride releases energies and serves as a spur to achievement, it can lead to a reconciliation with the self and the attainment of genuine self-esteem.

I have always been very proud of the fact that I am a New Zealander.

'The Schnlitzer-Murphys had diamonds as big as walnuts-' 'That's nothing.' Percy had leaned forward and dropped his voice to a low whisper. 'That's nothing at all. My father has a diamond bigger than the Ritz-Carlton Hotel.'

'I realise that steam engines aren't everyone's cup of tea. But they're what made England great.'

A great work by an Englishman is like a great battle won by England. It is an unfading bay tree.

I am what I am I am my own special creation So come take a look Give me the hook or the ovation It's my world that I want to have a little pride in My world and it's not a place I have to hide in Life's not worth a damn till you can say Hey world I am what I am.

There is a mystery about the Jews : and within this mystery lies the reason for the folk pride of the house of Abraham. This pride exists despite the disabilities that come from many centuries of ostracism.

Ille potens sui laetusque deget, cui licet in diem dixisse 'vixi: cras vel atra nube polum pater occupato vel sole puro.'

I am myself a Norfolk man.

As subordinates develop, work should be constantly added so that no one can finish his job. This serves as a prod and a challenge. It brings out their capabilities and frees the manager to assume added responsibilities. As members of the organization become capable of assuming new and more difficult duties, they develop pride in doing the job well. This attitude soon permeates the entire organization.

We never expected anything, actually. I think we still don't expect anything. We were proud of the album when we finished it, so whatever success it has we are just like, 'Wow, cool.' It's not going to change the way we work or think. I'm as proud of this record now as I was when we finished it.

I'm back from Crete, a gorgeous golden brown. If you could see me I'm sure you would want to dance around me.

We are not warriors in anyone's army. And that is not trying to be self-deprecating. I'm proud of what we do. I really like these two shows. I like making 'em. I like watching them. I'm really proud of them. But I understand their place. I don't view us as people who lead social movements.

My God is a God of strength. HE does not like the smell of frankincense and the dishonoring crawl of the crowd. I stand before HIM proudly, with the head held high, like HE created me, and I confess gladly and freely before HIM. The true German seeks God for all of his life.

'I don't need Channel 4 to tell me how rock and roll I am; I'm in fucking Motorhead!' - After taking Channel 4's 'How Rock And Roll Are You?' test and barely scoring 2/3 of the marks.

[on having a gay child] And the Three Wise Drag Queens would come, bearing gifts of 1000-thread count sheets, hair products by Frederic Fekkai, and a copy of the Immaculate Collection.

[My gay child] would be a soldier, and he would change the slogan from 'Don't ask, don't tell' to 'Don't fuck with me, queen!!'

San Francisco fucking rules. I am so proud of my home town for legalizing gay marriage, sending gays and lesbians down to the city by the Bay that was built on rock and roll to tie the knot.

Mercury has cast aside The signs of intellectual pride, Freely offers thee the soul: Art thou noble to receive? Canst thou give or take the whole, Nobly promise and believe? Then thou wholly human art, A spotless, radiant, ruby heart, And the golden chain of love Has bound thee to the realm above.

On the boundless plain careering By an unseen compass steering, Wildly flying, reappearing, - With untamed fire their broad eyes glowing In every step a grand pride showing, Of no servile moment knowing, - Happy as the trees and flowers, In their instinct cradled hours, Happier in fuller powers, - See the wild herd nobly ranging, Nature varying, not changing, Lawful in their lawless ranging.

Paddy Ashdown: ...this is an agreement which the right hon. Lady will be entitled to regard with a certain pride and satisfaction as she looks back on the twilight days of her premiership...

Max Bialystock (Zero Mostel): 'That's it, baby, when you've got it, flaunt it, flaunt it!'

I'd be proud to have that kid (Michael) as my son any day.

I admit it, I sold out!.......I sold out Madison Square Garden YEAAAH!

The genius of our century - centuries rarely produce a genius. Look at this bad luck of ours, that great genius of our era was granted to the Turkish nation.

Pride is the emotional reward of achievement. It is not a vice to be overcome but a virtue to be attained.

Most men were like this - relatively unconnected, unbound, alone. But these men were particularly untrusting and ungiving, and so the bonds that held them to each other was fragile indeed. It was not love at all, really, but rather a yearning for the honor and respect of the other men that held them. Pride, then... Indeed, all their connection with each other at this moment was tied up with the respect they felt they were earning by their actions.

God destroyed the world before. Once in a flood, when Noah rode it out in the ark. And once the tower of the worlds pride was destroyed in the confusion of tongues. The other times, if there were any other times, those times are all forgotten.

She felt a dizzying vertigo, as if she stood on the edge of a great chasm, and the ground had just shifted a little under her feet. What sort of arrogance did she have, even to imagine reaching back into the past and making changes? Who am I, she thought, if I dare to answer prayers intended for the gods?

Tuthmose heard this in silence. Because the idea comforted him? Or because he hated hearing from her, once again, that he was wrong?

And with glorious triumph, they Rode through England proud and gay, Drunk as with intoxication Of the wine of desolation.

You know you're the best thing ever To come out of this place ~ 'Strange Condition'

I defy you all To know twice as much as nothing at all It's still nothing at all.

L'amour-propre est la source en nous de tous les autres.

Se orgoglio ho io, e quello di aver sempre servito fedelmente e con devozione illimitata voi, Duce.

Never compare your ministry: for two reasons. First, you'll always find someone doing a better job that you and you'll get discouraged. Second, you'll always find someone that you're doing a better job than, and get full of pride. Either way, you'll be dead in the water.

Her cutty sark, o' Paisley harn, That while a lassie she had worn, In longitude tho' sorely scanty, It was her best, and she was vauntie.

He passed a cottage with a double coach-house, A cottage of gentility; And he owned with a grin That his favorite sin Is pride that apes humility.

I'd like to start the show by showing you something I'm very proud of. You'll have to step back, though.

Behave in such a way that when you depart for God's Threshold you may be able to hold your head up.

General Crook gave me a very agreeable present this afternoon - a pair of his old brigadier-general straps. The stars are somewhat dimmed by hard service, but will correspond pretty well with my rusty old blouse. Of course I am very much gratified by the promotion. I know perfectly well that the rank has been conferred on all sorts of small people and so cheapened shamefully, but I can't help feeling that getting it at the close of a most bloody campaign on the recommendation of fighting generals like Crook and Sheridan is a different thing.

Not only do we still eat the offal of the ancient world; we are positively smug about it.[2]

We use only the finest days of the week in this dish.

'The pluralism and the linguistic diversity of India is something of which we can truly be proud.' [13]

Randy Peone: It's a good day to be indigenous!

Men that look upon my outside, perusing only my condition, and fortunes, do err in my altitude; for I am above Atlas his shoulders.

'Up to our days a man's membership of the upper or lower classes has been crudely determined by whether or not he accepted money. At times false pride became conscious criticism.'

Aesop's Fly, sitting on the axle of the chariot, has been much laughed at for exclaiming: What a dust I do raise!

'Cause I am that damn good!' (copied from her at the time on-screen husband Triple H)

If the great one found out about my fight with Death, and came to be near me, what good things we might all expect from being in the world. and then around daybreak I knew I had come through, and now at last fell into real sleep - alone, and proud, and alive - now more alive than ever.

What is pride? A whizzing rocket That would emulate a star.

The object of presenting medals, stars, and ribbons is to give pride and pleasure to those who have deserved them.

John Bull was beat at Waterloo! They'll swear to that in France.

Sometimes I think these self-righteous labors are attempts to impress myself rather than sincere strides toward God.

Your problem is not that God is not fulfulling, your problem is that you are spoiled.