Pride Quotes

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Now I have shed my first blood. I feel no qualms, no pride, no remorse. There is only a weary indifference that will follow me… — Audie Murphy
If you will not have it thus: if in the pride of power, if in contempt of reason and reliance upon force, you say we… — Jefferson Davis
We put pride into everything like salt. We like to see that our good works are known. If our virtues are seen, we are pleased;… — John Vianney
Then here 's to the oak, the brave old oak, Who stands in his pride alone! And still flourish he a hale green tree When… — Unknown Author
Pride makes us do things well. But it is love that makes us do them to perfection. — H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
Take pride in what you do. The kind of pride I'm talking about is not the arrogant puffed-up kind; it's just the whole idea of… — Red Auerbach
I envision someday a great, peaceful South Africa in which the world will take pride, a nation in which each of many different groups will… — Alan Paton
Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty, and supped with infamy. — Benjamin Franklin
You've got your passion. You've got your pride. But don't you know that only fools are satisfied? Dream on, but don't imagine they'll all come… — Billy Joel
A coxcomb is one whom simpletons believe to be a man of merit. — Jean de la Bruyere
The whole family of pride and ignorance are incestuous, and mutually beget each other — Charles Caleb Colton
A coxcomb is ugly all over with the effectation of a fine gentleman. — Samuel Johnson
Pride and conceit were the original sins of man. — Alain-Rene Lesage
Decorating in relation to hotels is really nothing more than planned showmanship or the art of attracting attention in a delightful way and thus creating… — Dorothy Draper
It is doubtful whether the oppressed ever fight for freedom. They fight for pride and power-power to oppress others. — Eric Hoffer
Our appreciation of folk art will strengthen our identities, our pride in belonging to a community. People trained in the creative use of their hands… — F. Sionil JosÃ©
What is there that confers the noblest delight? What is that which swells a man's breast with pride above that which any other experience can… — Mark Twain
One of Satan's greatest tools is pride: to cause a man or a woman to center so much attention on self that he or she… — Ezra Taft Benson
A certain pride, a certain awe, withheld him from offering to God even one prayer at night, though he knew it was in God's power… — James Joyce
The fighter loses more than his pride in the fight; he loses part of his future. He's a step closer to the slum he came… — Floyd Patterson

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