Basilea Schlink Quotes

The proud think that their opinion alone is right. They cannot see the good points of others, as the humble do, and appreciate their opinions. That is why there is such disagreement, strife and quarrelling and even irrreconciliation in families and in other groups.

Basilea Schlink

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• There's not a day in my life I'm not proud of being gay, but I just wasn't ready for that attention to be placed on it. I remember being on Oprah. Well, not on Oprah. Near Oprah. She started saying, 'Now, Nathan, you got all those girlie moves going down in 'The Birdcage,' where's all that coming from? You're so good at all that girlie stuff!'

  

  Nathan Lane
  • Life
  • Good
  • She

• I liked the fact that my father had a lot of expectations from my brother. I probably wanted to be that person who he could be proud of.

  

  Kangana Ranaut
  • Father
  • Proud
  • Brother

• I try to take the time to appreciate and I certainly do appreciate and I do feel proud but that is probably one of the things I need to work on, building a bit of time for myself.

  

  Orlando Bloom
  • Time
  • Work
  • Proud

• Grandparents who want to be truly helpful will do well to keep their mouths shut and their opinions to themselves until these are requested.

  

  T. Berry Brazelton
  • Want
  • Will
  • Opinions

• My mother is a proud Brazilian. I love visiting my family in Rio; the city and its people are so vibrant and amazing.

  

  Harley Viera-Newton
  • People
  • Family
  • City

• Canadians are very proud of me, of my career.

  

  Karen Kain
  • Career
  • Me
  • Proud

• We're going through the Olympics. We're watching women working as teams. We're watching men working as teams. We're watching all working as teams. We're proud of men and women getting medals. That's how the Navy should be working.

  

  Patricia Schroeder
  • Men
  • Women
  • Proud

• One of the things that I'm really proud of is that I have really good timing. It's very easy for me to see what's coming up and it's no coincidence that I went headfirst into wine and then headfirst into new media - none at all.

  

  Gary Vaynerchuk
  • Up
  • Good
  • Proud

• When you're on the victory podium, you're a queen, but when you come down from it, you're nobody. You cannot be too proud of yourself.

  

  Yana Kudryavtseva
  • Proud
  • Yourself
  • Victory

• I'm proud of being British, but I think our aristocracy is overrated.

  

  Paloma Faith
  • Think
  • Proud
  • Being

• Kabbalah is all about change. It isn't about being proud of our good qualities: the wisdom is about transforming our darkness into light.

  

  Yehuda Berg
  • Good
  • Light
  • Change

• I am proud of being a Somali-American Muslim, and my wardrobe has been an important part of my religious and cultural upbringing.

  

  Halima Aden
  • American
  • Proud
  • Religious

• I am proud of the fact that my wealth is completely transparent.

  

  Nandan Nilekani
  • Proud
  • Wealth
  • Transparent

• If you feel proud, let it be in the thought that you are the servant of God, the son of God. Great men have the nature of a child. They are always a child before Him; so they are free from pride. All their strength is of God and not their own. It belongs to Him and comes from Him.

  

  Ramakrishna
  • Great
  • God
  • Men

• How loved, how honored once, avails thee not, To whom related, or by whom begot; A heap of dust alone remains of thee; 'Tis all thou art, and all the proud shall be!

  

  Alexander Pope
  • Art
  • Alone
  • Proud

• I listen to so much music every day, so that's such a big part of my life. To be able to pursue that and put out my own stuff is definitely a goal. I don't want to put something out that I'm not proud of because I think it's so easy to say, 'I'm an actress/musician.'

  

  Kerris Dorsey
  • Life
  • Music
  • Proud

• I would like to be proud of having written some poems that will be remembered, but I will never know whether I will have any reason to be proud of that.

  

  Peter Davison
  • Proud

• My mother was asked to be a model when she was younger, but my father had not let her, so she was quite keen on me becoming a model. I just went off without telling my dad. I took off to Paris and never came back, but when I became a success and started making money, he was very proud of me.

  

  Jerry Hall
  • Money
  • She
  • Mother

• I changed those things that were in direct - my direct control. I mean, I - look, I'm proud of the fact that, with two weeks to go, we're probably the first administration in modern history that hasn't had a major scandal in the White House.

  

  Barack Obama
  • History
  • House
  • Control

• You're a fine fastidious young man, as proud as a lion, as gentle as a girl. You'd make a good catch for the devil.

  

  Honore de Balzac
  • Proud
  • Lion
  • Young Man

• It started in middle school. Once, a group of girls locked me in the janitor's closet. Another time, a girl spilled chocolate milk down a dress I made. Girls would try to trip me in the hallway.

  

  Dove Cameron
  • Time
  • School
  • Girl

• The proud think that their opinion alone is right. They cannot see the good points of others, as the humble do, and appreciate their opinions. That is why there is such disagreement, strife and quarrelling and even irrreconciliation in families and in other groups.

  

  Basilea Schlink
  • Proud
  • Opinions
  • Families