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pride frustration ego
It would be an endless battle if it were all up to ego because it does not destroy and is not destroyed by itself It is like a wave it makes itself up, it rushes forward getting nowhere really it crashes, withdraws and makes itself up again pulls itself together with pride towers with pride rushes forward into imaginary conquest crashes in frustration withdraws with remorse and repentance pulls itself together with new resolution Agnes Martin
pride mars apollo
I guess those of us who have been with NASA ... kind of understand the tremendous excitement and thrills and celebrations and national pride that went with the Apollo program is just something you're not going to create again, probably until we go to Mars. Alan Shepard
pride sickness breaking-down
There is something in sickness that breaks down the pride of manhood. Charles Dickens
pride men becoming
There is this paradox in pride - it makes some men ridiculous, but prevents others from becoming so. Charles Caleb Colton
pride keepers
Pride requires very costly food-its keeper's happiness. Charles Caleb Colton
pride self attractive
Pride, like the magnet, constantly points to one object, self; but, unlike the magnet, it has no attractive pole, but at all points repels. Charles Caleb Colton
pride may charity
Whenever we find ourselves more inclined to persecute than to persuade, we may then be certain that our zeal has more of pride in it than of charity. Charles Caleb Colton
pride common-sense prudence
Pedantry prides herself on being wrong by rules; while common sense is contented to be right without them. Charles Caleb Colton
pride cutting animal
The most ridiculous of all animals is a proud priest; he cannot use his own tools without cutting his own fingers. Charles Caleb Colton
loss ill-health anxiety
If we could make up our minds to spare our friends all details of ill health, of money losses, of domestic annoyances, of altercations, of committee work, of grievances, provocations, and anxieties, we should sin less against the world's good-humor. It may not be given us to add to the treasury of mirth; but there is considerable merit in not robbing it. Agnes Repplier
loss ifs
There is a widespread sense of loss here, if not always of God, then at least of meaning. Charles Taylor
loss circles confusion
The world so quickly adjusts itself after any loss, that the return of the departed would nearly always throw it, even the circle most interested, into confusion. Charles Dudley Warner
loss men long
... I feel certain that his tale is true. Feeling that certainty, I befriend him. As long as that certainty shall last, I will befriend him. And if any consideration could shake me in this resolve, I should be so ashamed of myself for my meanness, that no man's good opinion - no, nor no woman's - so gained, could compensate me for the loss of my own. Charles Dickens
loss names coffins
Your Honour, unless your Honour, without a moment's loss of time, makes sail for the nearest shore, this is a doomed ship, and her name is the Coffin! Charles Dickens
loss months six
I was an early adopter: have been on the internet continuously since late 1989, barring a six-month loss of access in the early 90s. Charles Stross
loss opportunity soul
More learning can occur when there are many obstacles then when thear are few or none. A life with difficult relationships, filled with obstacles and losses, presents the most opportunity for the soul's growth. You may have chosen the more difficult life so that you could accelerate your physical progress Brian Weiss
loss years missing
I am deeply saddened by the tragic loss of my dear friend Ronni Chasen. I have had the honor of working with her for over 15 years. She was one of a kind. I loved her. I miss her. Diane Warren
loss suffering innocence
Innocence is suffering and the loss of that innocence is something to fear. Diane Wakoski
laughing eccentric incredibles
I've never once heard my mum shout and she's 83 now. She's incredible. She's very, very happy, slightly eccentric but loves laughing, which I do too. Carol Vorderman
laughing ifs
If you aren't laughing, you aren't living! Carlos Mencia
laughing calling firsts
Comedy is an amazing calling. Once you get that first laugh, it's hard to turn away. Then, of course, you're hooked and you have to learn how to survive in the business. Alan King
laughing insane faces
We must laugh in the face of our helplessness against the forces of nature, or go insane. Charlie Chaplin
laughing genius cry
Anyone can make them cry, but it takes a genius to make them laugh. Charlie Chaplin
laughing waiting cry
Make them laugh, make them cry, make them wait. Charles Dickens
laughing funeral trying
Someone trying to be funny probably isn't as funny as someone who doesn't want to be funny but is and can't help it. Someone being serious or angry might be funny. If you get angry, the first thing I want to do is laugh because I don't know why you're getting that angry. Pathos makes me laugh, funerals make me laugh. Ricky Gervais
laughing way my-friends
I always chose all my friends on whether they were funny. What's a better way to pass the time than laughing or smiling? Ricky Gervais
laughing life-is-like world
The world is not entirely comic and it's not entirely dramatic. You have a laugh and then someone finds a lump and you deal with that. Because that is what life is like. Ricky Gervais