It is clear that the flame of True Freedom had passed with naval supremacy and constitutional, consultative government from the United Provinces… — Peter Padfield Copy Share Image
The actors today really need the whip hand. They're so lazy. They haven't got the sense of pride in their profession that… — W. H. Auden Copy Share Image
“Because the fact of not being understood by other people had become my only real source of pride, I was never confronted… — Yukio Mishima Copy Share Image
“Have you been infected with the toxin of denial? Here are the top five signs to help you find out: If you… — Kasey Van Norman Copy Share Image
Despondency is not a state of humility; on the contrary, it is the vexation and despair of a cowardly pride--nothing is worse;… — Francois Fenelon Copy Share Image
When Teddy Roosevelt was around, there was an Ottoman Empire. There was a Habsburg empire. They controlled millions of people across Africa,… — Todd G. Buchholz Copy Share Image
There are some upon this earth of yours,' returned the Spirit, 'who lay claim to know us, and who do their deeds… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
When we die to something, something comes alive within us. If we die to self, charity comes alive; if we die to… — Fulton J. Sheen Copy Share Image
It is a law of life that human beings, even the geniuses among them, do not pride themselves on their actual achievements… — Stefan Zweig Copy Share Image
“Morals are difficult things to talk about, but what has happened is that we have invented a moral sense, which is rotting… — T.H. White Copy Share Image
For many of us, work is the one place where we feel appreciated. The things that we long to experience at home… — Arlie Russell Hochschild Copy Share Image
Nearly all the Gauls are of a lofty stature, white, and of ruddy complexion; terrible from the sternness of their eyes, very… — Ammianus Marcellinus Copy Share Image
To me, it was never about what I accomplished on the football field. It was about the way I played the game.… — Jerry Rice Copy Share Image
“Explaining temptation by saying “God is testing me” or “Satan is attacking me” positions “me” either as the victim, if I am… — Colin S. Smith Copy Share Image
Ive learned that no matter how thin you are, people still have something to say. Ive learned that its taking me a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Out of the mists of our long oppression, / We bring love for ourselves and each other, / And love for the… — Harry Hay Copy Share Image
“When you think yours is the only true path you forever chain yourself to judging others and narrow the vision of God.… — Shannon Alder Copy Share Image
“What is considered Sheel? It is when one does not respond to anger with anger, does not respond to pride with pride,… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
What Habitat does is much more than just sheltering people. It’s what it does for people on the inside. It’s that intangible… — Millard Fuller Copy Share Image
I thought every other kid was like me. I'd watch films and act them out on my own and wish I could… — Kimberley Nixon Copy Share Image
“Long, discursive, dry, and inane are the prayers in many pulpits. Without unction or heart, they fall like a killing frost on… — E.M. Bounds Copy Share Image
The kernel, the soul let us go further and say the substance, the bulk, the actual and valuable material of all… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Men famed for wit, of dangerous talents vain, Treat those of common parts with proud disdain; The powers that wisdom would, improving,… — George Crabbe Copy Share Image
We are all these things [...]. Pride, desire, compassion, cleverness, belligerence, fruitfulness, loyalty...and guilt. But above it all stands love. And if… — Jacqueline Carey Copy Share Image
Having reached a high level of realization (or having accomplished anything in life), don't get excited or puffed up with pride but… — Laozi Copy Share Image
You will never find the real truth among people that are insecure or have egos to protect. Truth over time becomes either… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
The insolent civility of a proud man is, if possible, more shocking than his rudeness could be; because he shows you, by… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
'Blessed are the poor in spirit, for they shall see God' suggested to me a heavenly welfare program for the meek. Today… — Huston Smith Copy Share Image
I have always maintained a high level of fitness, and that is why I am still able to handle the demands of… — Richard Gough Copy Share Image
Who ... what are they?" "My pride and glory," Alex said fondly. "Betty and Lucy Coltrane. Best damned bouncers in the business.… — Simon R. Green Copy Share Image
She's single because she refuses to change her relationship status for someone who falls short for what she deserves. Knowing her self… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Pride is not just any summer festival. It is a celebration - but it is also a manifestation of human rights. It… — Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden Copy Share Image
I like to think I've provided this faith. I also think that by providing faith, I've focused their pride. I say focused… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
If I were to speak of war, it would not be to show you the glories of conquering armies but the mischief… — Clara Barton Copy Share Image
[Heraclitus had] the highest form of pride [stemming] from a certainty of belief in the truth as grasped by himself alone. He… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
“That's what it is, this arrogance, in this flamenco music this same arrogance of suffering, listen. The strength of it's what's so… — William Gaddis Copy Share Image
It is the Lord's kindness that he will take the scum off us in the fire. Who know how needful winnowing is… — Samuel Rutherford Copy Share Image
A certain pride, a certain awe, withheld him from offering to God even one prayer at night, though he knew it was… — James Joyce Copy Share Image
Avarice is a uniform and tractable vice; other intellectual distempers are different in different constitutions of mind. That which soothes the pride… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
“Looking over the beach and the ocean as the sun begins to drop down in the west, a strange sense of pride:… — William Boyd Copy Share Image
![“We are all these things [...]. Pride, desire, compassion, cleverness, belligerence, fruitfulness, loyalty...and guilt. But above it all stands love. And if we desire to be more than human, that is the star by which we must set our sights.” quote by Jacqueline Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/70b/jacqueline-carey-1938_belligerence_we-are-all-these-things-pride-desire-com_2558300.jpg)
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