Quotes tagged ‘Pride’

“Pride is gentle, calm and balanced. It is not boastful, frightened or hurried. Pride is peaceful, patient, but most of all, pride is silent.”

— Iyanla Vanzant, twitter.com

“Well you know all my life I've been running away from that name. That's why I wouldn't tell anybody. But I've been thinking about it. All this time I'm trying not to be me. I'm afraid to face who I was. But I'm Cosmo, Jerry. I'm Cosmo Kramer. And that's who I'm going to be. From now on that's who I'…”

— Bruce Kirschbaum, Sam Kass, Cosmo Kramer, Michael Richards, imdb.com

“My feelings are never not hurt.”

— Melissa Broder, twitter.com

“We used 'I love you' like an apology for the things we couldn’t give each other.”

— Anthony Kiedis, amazon.com

“I have sinned and must atone, must parade my shame before the eyes of every beggar in the city. They think that this will break my pride, that it will make an end to me, but they are wrong.”

— George R. R. Martin, Cersei Lannister, amazon.com

“Looking back upon my work today, I think the best I have done grew out of things deeply felt, the worst from a pride in mere talent.”

— Diego Rivera, amazon.com

“Do you want to be right or do you want to be happy?”

— Rashida Jones, Paul, amazon.com

“When I ask you about your first love I am always secretly hoping that you will say your own name. Now, wouldn’t that be beautiful – to above else have a heart that was proud of itself.”

— Bianca Sparacino, twitter.com

“It is man's natural sickness to believe that he possesses the Truth.”

— Blaise Pascal, en.wikiquote.org

“Curiosity is only vanity. We usually only want to know something so that we can talk about it.”

— Blaise Pascal, amazon.com

“One of the primary reasons we don't seek counsel from the wise people around us is that we already know what we are going to hear--and we just don't want to hear it.”

— Andy Stanley, amazon.com

“Someday you’re gonna look back on this moment of your life as such a sweet time of grieving. You’ll see that you were in mourning and your heart was broken, but your life was changing.”

— Elizabeth Gilbert, amazon.com

“All of us take pride and pleasure in the fact that we are unique, but I'm afraid that when all is said and done the police are right: it all comes down to fingerprints.”

— David Sedaris, amazon.com

“We do not want to be told what we know. We do not want to call things by their names, although we're willing to call one another bad ones. We call meanness nobility and hatred honor. The way to make yourself a hero is to make me out a scoundrel. You won't admit that either, but it's true.”

— Thomas Wolfe, amazon.com

“If you write, fix pipes, grade papers, lay bricks or drive a taxi—do it with a sense of pride. And do it the best you know how. Be cognizant and sympathetic to the guy alongside, because he wants a place in the sun, too. And always...always look past his color, his creed, his religion and the shape…”

— Rod Serling, goodreads.com

“And nothing to look backward to with pride, And nothing to look forward to with hope”

— Robert Frost, en.wikisource.org

“Losing some people means winning back yourself, your pride, your peace of mind, your heart, your sanity and your life.”

— Rania Naim, thoughtcatalog.com

“To be claimed as a good, though in an improper style, is at least better than being rejected as no good at all.”

— Jane Austen, amazon.com

“Never apologize for burning too brightly or collapsing into yourself every night. That is how galaxies are made.”

— Tyler Kent White, amazon.com

“I’m much to proud to care - pride keeps me from feeling half the things I ought to feel.”

— Zelda Fitzgerald, amazon.com