“Abandon pride, which is the same as Tamas-guna (darkness), rooted as it is in ignorance and is a source of considerable pain;… — Tulsidas Copy Share Image
“A lack of illusion is golden, and it is quite possible that creativity is the highest form of intelligence. One might further… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
Every man on earth is sick with the fever of sin, with the blindness of sin and is overcome with its fury.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Humility is the mother of all virtues. Humility says we are not in control, principles are in control, therefore we submit ourselves… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Lucy swayed in shock. A gust of wind moaned through the conservatory and blew out all but one of her candles. Simon… — Elizabeth Hoyt Copy Share Image
For the wisdom of the flesh brings death, but that of the spirit brings life and peace, since the wisdom of the… — Peter Damian Copy Share Image
Trump provides a more direct and arrogant persona that produces the ugliness of a society ruled entirely by finance capital and savage… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
Despite history, despite English, despite the noteworthies, and a little bit also despite ourselves, alas!, the Quebecois people have stayed French. I… — Pierre Bourgault Copy Share Image
God should be most where man is least: So, where is neither church nor priest, And never rag nor form of creed… — John Greenleaf Whittier Copy Share Image
“There are instances, indeed, wherein men shew a vanity in resembling a great man in his countenance, shape, air, or other minute… — David Hume Copy Share Image
Do not order me, dare not to give some suggestion, i am on my way , without any love or passion. No,… — Senoraroy Copy Share Image
“And now you can see the relationship between pride and stress. Pride convinces us that we are stronger and more capable than… — Hannah Anderson Copy Share Image
Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“Pride can make one a stronger person in the one sense, or so it is often believed, when based solely on the… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
Virtually everywhere in the world, people still wake up and want their country to be more like the United States than any… — Eliot Spitzer Copy Share Image
The decline in American pride, patriotism, and piety can be directly attributed to the extensive reading of so-called 'science fiction' by our… — Jerry Falwell Copy Share Image
I firmly believe that volunteering is good for our society and brings communities together. It's a fantastic opportunity to get involved in… — Boris Johnson Copy Share Image
For a quarter of a century, I've been playing baseball for pay. It has been pretty good pay, most of the time.… — Rabbit Maranville Copy Share Image
There's a level of shame attached to our history, and we need to replace that shame with pride and own our history.… — Jurnee Smollett Copy Share Image
“And yet I decide, every day, to set aside what I can do best and attempt what I do very clumsily--open myself… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
Anything approaching the change that came over his features I have never seen before, and hope never to see again. Oh, I… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
The worst illiterate is the political illiterate. He hears nothing, sees nothing, takes no part in political life. He doesn't seem to… — Bertolt Brecht Copy Share Image
Arrogance would bother me, but I haven't really come into contact with that too much. I guess it depends on the person… — Emma Stone Copy Share Image
To forgive somebody is to say one way or another, "You have done something unspeakable, and by all rights I should call… — Frederick Buechner Copy Share Image
Laughter has something in it common with the ancient words of faith and inspiration; it unfreezes pride and unwinds secrecy; it makes… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
The typical American of today has lost all the love of liberty, that his forefathers had, and all their disgust of emotion,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We are a country that prides itself on power and wealth, yet there are millions of children who go hungry every day.… — Lesley Boone Copy Share Image
A people who still remembered that their ancestors had been the masters of the world would have applauded, with conscious pride, the… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
Among the arts of conversation no one pleases more than mutual deference or civility, which leads us to resign our own inclinations… — David Hume Copy Share Image
“Warning against Pride 15 Listen and pay attention! Do not be arrogant, for the LORD has spoken. 16 Give glory to the LORD your… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The religious leader is the most untrustworthy of leaders; in no other station do we have so many opportunities for pride, covetousness… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
When dealing with people, let us remember that we are not dealing with creatures of logic. We are dealing with creatures of… — Dale Carnegie Copy Share Image
“And, lastly (I may as well confess it, since my denial of it will be believed by nobody), perhaps I shall a… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
“Stern responds to the question about what was the main obstacle he encountered in his life: I think it’s that rubbishy part… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Copy Share Image
This laudable quality is commonly known by the name of Manners and Good-breeding, and consists in a Fashionable Habit, acquir'd by Precept… — Bernard de Mandeville Copy Share Image
Taste is one of the five senses, and the man who tells us with priggish pride that he does not care what… — E. F. Benson Copy Share Image
“Pride makes us unapproachable. (...) But if a person possesses a realistic assessment of who she is, whence she's come, and where… — Dennis Okholm Copy Share Image
The manly pride of the Romans, content with substantial power, had left to the vanity of the East the forms and ceremonies… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
The greatest human virtue bears no proportion to human vanity. We always think ourselves better than we are, and are generally desirous… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
We've had now eight years and there's this prideful sense among many African Americans. When you think about how elated they are… — Ed Gordon Copy Share Image
