Finesse Quote by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Every form of talent involves a certain shameless-ness.

— Emile M. Cioran

There is no shame in taking pride in achievements or position. But nobody gets to the top alone.

— Harvey Mackay

You can't take credit for your talents, but it matters that you use them. You can't really be blamed for your weaknesses, but it…

— Sam Harris

We have indeed at the moment little cause for pride: as a profession we have made a mess of things.

— Friedrich August von Hayek

There's no shame in hard work.

— Sixto Rodriguez

Pride is a vice not only dreadfully mischievous in human society, but perhaps of all others, the most insuperable bar to real inward improvement.

— Elizabeth Carter

Pride is the fuel of human accomplishment.

— Wilbur L. Creech

Hard work without talent is a shame, but talent without hard work is a tragedy.

— Robert Half

Pride is at the bottom of a great many errors and corruptions, and even of many evil practices, which have a great show and…

— Matthew Henry

I take pride in working very hard. You need to understand that hard work doesn't instantly pay off. My career grew gradually and taught…

— Trey Songz

Pride went before, ambition follows him.

— William Shakespeare

In reality, there is, perhaps, no one of our natural passions so hard to subdue as pride.

— Benjamin Franklin