Pride Quotes
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An argument would have begun to steam and boil and sputter - and you know how arguments end. Even if I had convinced him that he was wrong, his pride would have made it difficult for him to back down and give in.
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I take pride in my craft, and I work extremely hard.
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I used to take pride if my kids were playing basketball, and I'd be there, and I wouldn't say anything. People were obviously expecting me to yell and scream at the ref and at them and everything. I wouldn't say anything.
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I don't want to be a part of the demographics. I want to be an individual. I wear each of my films as a badge of pride. That's why I cherish all my bad reviews. If the critics start liking my movies, then I'm in deep trouble.
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I take great pride in the fact that I have lived in a Spanish-speaking country.
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I certainly think that Southerners are tough, and I take pride in that.
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Hold back your mind from pride, for pride comes only from ignorance. The man who does not know thinks that he is great, that he has done this or that great thing; the wise man knows that only God is great, that all good work is done by God alone.
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My personal pride is not strong enough to make me brave. But I don't know why I equate being brave with fighting.
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Patriotism demands the ability to feel shame as much as to feel pride.
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We need to dream big dreams, propose grandiose means if we are to recapture the excitement, the vibrancy, and pride we once had.
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Naturally. I like to see General Motors stock register a good price on the market, but that is just a matter of pride... What has counted with me is the true value of the property as a business return on investment.
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Pride is concerned with who is right. Humility is concerned with what is right.
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We live in a time of conflict - external and internal - when we sometimes concentrate too much on what divides us. Today, fly the Stars and Stripes with pride and confidence that what unites is far stronger.
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Being alive is so extraordinary I don’t know why people limit it to riches, pride, security—all of those things life is built on. People miss so much because they want money and comfort and pride, a house and a job to pay for the house. And they have to get a car. You can’t see anything from a car. It’s moving too fast. People take vacations. That’s their reward—the vacation. Why not the life?
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I think Mr. Cosby has always been very much an activist and a big proponent of African-American pride. That's how 'The Cosby Show' came about. I think in his older years, he has gotten a lot more direct and vocal about it. But I think he only wants the best for all of us.
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I stand on this rostrum with a sense of deep humility and great pride - humility in the weight of those great American architects of our history who have stood here before me; pride in the reflection that this home of legislative debate represents human liberty in the purest form yet devised.
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I pride myself on my capacity to perceive the transitory character of everything. An odd gift which has spoiled all my joys; better: all my sensations.
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We didn't have anything at stake. Minnesota came in here and had to have it, but we beat them. Up here, it's all about pride.
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Besides pride, loyalty, discipline, heart, and mind, confidence is the key to all the locks.
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I don't know whether it is fortunate or unfortunate, but I have no such thing as national pride. I don't feel proud that I am Iranian. I happen to be who I am.
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Earnestness is not by any means everything; it is very often a subtle form of pious pride because it is obsessed with the method and not with the Master.
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So this is me swallowing my pride,Standing in front of youSaying I'm sorry for that night.And I go back to December all the time.Turns out freedom ain't nothing but missing you,Wishing that I realized what I had when you were mine.I go back to December, turn around and make it all right.I go back to December all the time.
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It's easy to forget, as a leader, that when employees don't get the wide view, not only does the point of their work escape them, but it can also lead to real frustration. It's hard to feel pride and ownership when you don't understand where things are going.
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Pride is a fool's fortress.
