“Some desire to know merely for the sake of knowing, and that is shameful curiosity. Some desire to know that they may… — Richard Baxter Copy Share Image
Arrogance is a way for a person to cover up shame. After years of arrogance, the arrogant person is so out of… — John Bradshaw Copy Share Image
“How despicably have I acted!” she cried. “I who have prided myself on my discernment! I, who have valued myself on my… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When I say I'm going to take care of a woman, I don't just mean physically or sexually or romantically. I'm going… — Dwayne Johnson Copy Share Image
It will make a weak man mighty. it will make a mighty man fall. It will fill your heart and hands or… — Ben Harper Copy Share Image
“Pride overcame Paul's fear. "You dare suggest a duke's son is an animal?" he demanded. "Let us say I suggest you may… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
Ever since our first fathers by infection took this morbum sathanicum, this devilish disease, pride, of the devil, such tinder is our… — Lancelot Andrewes Copy Share Image
“A person tastes the sweet pride of doer-ship by saying ‘I did this so well’. The taste of this subtle pride seems… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
Are you fleeing from Love because of a single humiliation? What do you know of Love except the name? Love has a… — Rumi Copy Share Image
Man may be excused for feeling some pride at having risen, though not through his own exertions, to the very summit of… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
If we lived in a State where virtue was profitable, common sense would make us good, and greed would make us saintly.… — Robert Bolt Copy Share Image
Pride is a time to celebrate what makes us unique and the more we let young people know that those things that… — Courtney Act Copy Share Image
There is a greater a sense of pride - like when we did Kill the Messenger - and that was probably one… — Jeremy Renner Copy Share Image
The aim of leadership should be to improve the performance of man and machine, to improve quality, to increase output, and simultaneously… — W. Edwards Deming Copy Share Image
Some people rather be rich cause they think money can buy everything, but truth is in reality money cant buy everything. Such… — Telisa McLaughlin Copy Share Image
At thirty years a woman asks her lover to give her back the esteem she has forfeited for his sake; she lives… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
I value my core fans I got from the hood. I think a lot of things might hit home with them, like… — Gucci Mane Copy Share Image
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Again I take a taxi to Clichy address, but feel that I do not want to go on loving Henry more actively… — Anais Nin Copy Share Image
There's this misconception that the Navy is this cruise ship, and you get to go out and sail around, and every now… — Tom Hanks Copy Share Image
We modern egalitarians are tempted to the primal sin of pride in the opposite way from the ancients. The old, aristocratic form… — Peter Kreeft Copy Share Image
O believer, learn to reject pride, seeing that you have no ground for it. Whatever you are, you have nothing to make… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
I was five steps away when he called, "Perseus." I turned. There was a different light in his eyes, a fiery kind… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
“We contended that whatever diminishes the sense of superiority in men makes them more manly, brotherly, and pleasant to have about; we… — Frances E. Willard Copy Share Image
I'm proud of my father, but my pride cannot be fully measured by that snapshot in history. Because contrary to first glance,… — Martin Luther King III Copy Share Image
I grew up in a rural area called Vega Baja and I'm the first of so many talented people in this area… — Bad Bunny Copy Share Image
“Take these things to heart, my son, I warn you. All men make mistakes, it is only human. But once the wrong… — Sophocles Copy Share Image
“O, sir,' murmured Sheila, still on her knees, 'please forgive me.' 'Forgive you! 0, la, la, la!' cunningly cried the droll, and… — A.E. Coppard Copy Share Image
People are strange.If you praise someone they think you must have your own mean in this.If you don't praise,they call you jealous.If… — Nasir Ali Copy Share Image
The only thing stopping me from being on the streets was the fact I had friends. But you can use up that… — Ncuti Gatwa Copy Share Image
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I don't feel myself that I Know it all, but I have enough conceit to be successful. That observation was made by… — B. C. Forbes Copy Share Image
Storytelling is the only studio movie where the censorship is perfectly clear, the only studio movie with a big red box covering… — Todd Solondz Copy Share Image
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Time and time again does the pride of man influence his very own fall. While denying it, one gradually starts to believe… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
The tops of mountains are among the unfinished parts of the globe, whither it is a slight insult to the gods to… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
My childhood was epitomized by my parents who were uneducated but had a doctorate in love. My dad pressed coats and through… — Dick Vitale Copy Share Image
While the white man keeps the impetus of his own proud, onward march, the dark races will yield and serve, perforce. But… — D. H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
![“[77] Pride. Curiosity is only vanity. We usually only want to know something so that we can talk about it; in other words, we would never travel by sea if it meant never talking about it, and for the sheer pleasure of seeing things we could never hope to describe to others.” quote by Blaise Pascal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/665/blaise-pascal-167_curiosity_77-pride-curiosity-is-only-vanity-we-usu_158938.jpg)
