Then I repeated these words to my spirits: 'Leave me be; give me peace; and let me do the work of my… — Andrew Solomon Copy Share Image
“In reality there is perhaps no one of our natural Passions so hard to subdue as Pride. Disguise it, struggle with it,… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
I know very well that because I am unlettered some presumptuous people will think they have the right to criticize me, saying… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
Even if they were willing to let you remove your Pride from the council's collective influence—and they won't be—there's a reason the… — Rachel Vincent Copy Share Image
“I know this kind of person. I've known them all my life. They get the sympathy of others with what passes for… — Anne Rampling Copy Share Image
The Church no longer contends that knowledge is in itself sinful, though it did so in its palmy days; but the acquisition… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“For men, the softer emotions are always intertwined with power and pride. That was why Karna waited for me to plead with… — Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Copy Share Image
“Greatness means having pride in yourself, being happy with yourself, knowing you’ve worked for something and couldn’t have done anything more. That… — Lewis Howes Copy Share Image
People keep asking me why I don't stop fighting. I'll stop when I want to stop. I'm the only athlete to win… — Mauricio Rua Copy Share Image
“Vronsky saw nothing and no one. He felt himself as a king, not because she had made an impression on Anna-he did… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
You know I was there for you every single moment. You weren't there when I really needed you. You preferred someone else… — Mahmoud El Hallab Copy Share Image
The income tax is bad because it was conceived in class hatred, is an instrument of vengeance and plays right into the… — T. Coleman Andrews Copy Share Image
I want to touch u. ur body heat to me is vauge as sun. but I wont give in because if I… — Ne-yo Copy Share Image
A man has integrity if his interest in the good of the service is at all times greater than his personal pride,… — Samuel Lyman Atwood Marshall Copy Share Image
“Don't feel better than anybody, because you feel like something. Always have it at the back of your mind that you were… — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
Some men you know are Southern before they ever say a word," Julia said as she and Emily watched Sawyer's progress, helpless,… — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
“She was like a queen who beholds the virgin soil of her kingdom invaded and wasted by a traitor. Any other thing… — Ouida Copy Share Image
You've certainly mellowed out... you used to be fun, full of life and emotion. Lust, Greed, Sloth, Gluttony, Envy, Wrath, and Pride.… — Hiromu Arakawa Copy Share Image
There are five fundamental qualities that make every team great: communication, trust, collective responsibility, caring and pride. I like to think of… — Mike Krzyzewski Copy Share Image
“What do you mean, 'Angle of Repose?' she asked me when I dreamed we were talking about Grandmother's life, and I said… — Wallace Stegner Copy Share Image
“Stubbornness is a weapon. People tend to draw it out when a sensitive part of their identity is threatened—be it dignity, honor,… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
How delightful is the company of generous people, who overlook trifles and keep their minds instinctively fixed on whatever is good and… — Van Wyck Brooks Copy Share Image
Be soft. Do not let the world make you hard. Do not let pain make you hate. Do not let the bitterness… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The lily I condemned for thy hand, And buds of marjoram had stol'n thy hair: The roses fearfully on thorns did stand,… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
You want everything for your kids that you didn't have, but that that very desire can pollute and corrupt the good, basic… — Todd Haynes Copy Share Image
Venerate four characters: the sanguine who has checked volatility and the rage for pleasure; the choleric who has subdued passion and pride;… — Johann Kaspar Lavater Copy Share Image
You have the courage to tell the masses what no politician told them: you are inferior and all the improvements in your… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
Oh, Brethren, what is the result of pride? Oh, see what humility can do? What was the need for all these sufferings?… — Dorotheus of Gaza Copy Share Image
The real artist has no pride. Unfortunately he sees that his art has no limits. He feels obscurely how far he is… — Ludwig van Beethoven Copy Share Image
I want our nation to take responsibility to make sure that every single child can look out the window in the morning… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
Pride can go without domestics, without fine clothes, can live in a house with two rooms, can eat potato, purslain, beans, lyed… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Such displays of the Australian spirit engender pride, regardless of background, religion and political persuasion. They are unifying... This spirit of leadership… — Larissa Behrendt Copy Share Image
“The impression somehow prevails that the true believer, particularly the religious individual, is a humble person. The truth is the surrendering and… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
If we lived in a state where virtue was profitable, common sense would make us saintly. But since we see that avarice,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Never become proud within yourself when you are seen as the one to cause that great effect. Never become timid if you… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
I have come to the conclusion that it's a waste of time to have too much pride in anything. Perhaps it's good… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
It is very possible to be proud of the spiritual gifts God has entrusted to us and to strut about ostentatiously, forgetting… — J. Oswald Sanders Copy Share Image
Jane, Henry VIII's third wife, wasn't present at her son's christening, as ritual dictated she had to spend another month in bed.… — Lucy Worsley Copy Share Image
Even the wisest people learn little from their successes; God warns His people against allowing their victories (which He will grant) to… — Max Anders Copy Share Image
I firmly believe that the moment our hearts are emptied of pride and selfishness and ambition and self-seeking and every thing that… — Dwight L. Moody Copy Share Image
