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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.
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.
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.
pride common-sense prudence
Pedantry prides herself on being wrong by rules; while common sense is contented to be right without them.
pride cutting animal
The most ridiculous of all animals is a proud priest; he cannot use his own tools without cutting his own fingers.
pride self vanity
Pride differs in many things from vanity, and by gradations that never blend, although they may be somewhat indistinguishable. Pride may perhaps be termed a too high opinion of ourselves founded on the overrating of certain qualities that we do actually possess; whereas vanity is more easily satisfied, and can extract a feeling of self-complacency from qualifications that are imaginary.
pride charity may
Many ... begin to make converts from motives of charity, but continue to do so from motives of pride. ... Charity is contented with exhortation and example, but pride is not to be so easily satisfied. ... Whenever we find ourselves more inclined to persecute than persuade, we may then be certain that our zeal has more of pride in it than of charity.
reputation cursed
Cursed be he that scalps the reputation of the dead. Chief Joseph
reputation loser lost
You have lost no reputation at all, unless you repute yourself such a loser. William Shakespeare
reputation repetition
Repetition makes reputation. Elizabeth Arden
reputation uncertain tenure
The tenure of a literary reputation is the most uncertain and fluctuating of all. Charles Dudley Warner
reputation worldly-wisdom paid
Work is the price which is paid for reputation. Baltasar Gracian
reputation evolve shows
I get to live down my reputation for being cantankerous if I slowly evolve towards being a really good live show. Ariel Pink
reputation talent concealed
Concealed talent brings no reputation. Desiderius Erasmus
reputation fame charm
The charm of fame is so great that we like every object to which it is attached, even death. Blaise Pascal
reputation shame glory
Avoid shame, but do not seek glory; nothing so expensive as glory. Sydney Smith
wealth claims
Money is not wealth. Money is a claim on wealth. David Korten
wealthy wanted
I always wanted to be wealthy. I did. Carl Lewis
wealth-of-knowledge long secret
True originality consists not in a new manner but in a new vision. That new, that personal, vision is attained only by looking long enough at the object represented to make it the writer's own; and the mind which would bring this secret gem to fruition must be able to nourish it with an accumulated wealth of knowledge and experience. Edith Wharton
wealth lost mediums
In the same manner if any nation wasted part of its wealth, or lost part of its trade, it could not retain the same quantity of circulating medium which it before possessed. David Ricardo
wealth source-of-happiness used
Wealth is only a source of happiness when it is used to do good for others Denis Waitley
wealth
He who has wealth has friends. Chanakya
wealth spending
Spending creates more wealth for everybody. Charles M. Schwab
wealth spontaneous resources
Globally the Greens have arisen like a spontaneous combustion, a reaction to the narrow-minded state-backed exploitation of resources and wealth for a few at the expense of the many. Bob Brown
wealth easy matrimony
There is no road to wealth so easy and respectable as that of matrimony. Anthony Trollope