Famous Quotes & Sayings

P. D. James

If this were fiction, could even the most brilliant novelist contrive to make credible so short a period in which pride had been subdued and prejudice overcome?

Ovid

Pride is innate in beauty, and haughtiness is the companion of the fair.

Mary Wollstonecraft

Weakness may excite tenderness, and gratify the arrogant pride of man; but the lordly caresses of a protector will not gratify a noble mind that pants for, and deserves to be respected. Fondness is a poor substitute for friendship.

Michel de Montaigne

Pride dwells in the thought; the tongue can have but a very little share in it.

Michel de Montaigne

Pride and curiosity are the two scourges of our souls. The latter prompts us to poke our noses into everything, and the former forbids us to leave anything unresolved and undecided.

Michel de Montaigne

There is indeed a certain sense of gratification when we do a good deed that gives us inward satisfaction, and a generous pride that accompanies a good conscience…These testimonies of a good conscience are pleasant; and such a natural pleasure is very beneficial to us; it is the only payment that can never fail. “On Repentance

Mark Twain

We had an abundance of mangoes, papaias and bananas here, but the pride of the islands, the most delicious fruit known to men, cherimoya, was not in season. It has a soft pulp, like a pawpaw, and is eaten with a spoon.

Mario Lemieux

I think we have to show some pride in the jersey that we are wearing, and can’t quit.

George Chapman

Let pride go afore, shame will follow after.

Christina Ricci

We have so much pride in welcoming these passengers onto the plane, and they have so much pride in travel. It's something that I definitely always remember, when I'm playing a scene on the plane, just to imbue everything with that sense of excitement.

Chris Rock

I pride myself on being the guy who can do Def Comedy Jam and Charlie Rose. And do well on both.

Chris Noth

In society, we have these unspoken rules of conduct, these 'shoulds.' Even though we pride ourselves on being a democracy, there are all these ways we say you 'should' behave. But what if you're living your life by the 'shoulds' and you're not really living your life?

Chris Murray

You – help - people. You are an expert in your field, who genuinely helps other human beings. Take pride in that, stop hawking your wares, and get a bit of respect for your profession, and earn some from your prospects.

Harry Hay

Out of the mists of our long oppression, / We bring love for ourselves and each other, / And love for the gifts we bear, /So heavy and so painful the fashioning of them, /So long the road given us to travel them. A separate people, /We bring a gift to celebrate each other, /’Tis a gift to be gay! / Feel the pride of it!

Ford Frick

Take pride in your work at all times. Remember, respect for an umpire is created off the field as well as on.

George W. Romney

Workers must participate in progress to enjoy their work and take pride in its product.

George Washington

The name of American, which belongs to you, in your national capacity, must always exalt the just pride of Patriotism . . .

Fyodor Dostoevsky

I did not understand that she was hiding her feelings under irony, that this is usually the last refuge of modest and chaste-souled people when the privacy of their soul is coarsely and intrusively invaded, and that their pride makes them refuse to surrender till the last moment and shrink from giving expression to their feelings before you. to have guessed the truth from the timidity with which she had repeatedly approached her sarcasm, only bringing herself to utter it at last with an effort.

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Man, do not pride yourself on your superiority to the animals, for they are without sin, while you, with all your greatness, you defile the earth wherever you appear and leave an ignoble trail behind you -- and that is true, alas, for almost every one of us!

Morgan Freeman

Never let pride be your guiding principle. Let your accomplishments speak for you.

Mara Wilson

I can't take much pride in my childhood acting. It feels like it happened in another lifetime, and even then, it felt like a hobby.

Joseph Addison

The peacock in all his pride does not display half the colors that appear in the garments of a British lady when she is dressed.

Joseph Addison

Riches are apt to betray a man into arrogance.

Jorge Luis Borges

Let others pride themselves about how many pages they have written; I'd rather boast about the ones I've read.

Joni Mitchell

Everyone I know has attention deficit, and they say it with great pride. It's a bad time to be right.

Joni Mitchell

Sunlight will renew your pride.

Jonathan Swift

Poor nations are hungry, and rich nations are proud; and pride and hunger will ever be at variance.

Jonathan Swift

Ay, do despise me, I'm the prouder for it; I like to be despised.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The rose is wont with pride to swell, and ever seeks to rise.

Joe Louis

I hope they're still making women like my momma. She always told me to do the right thing. She always told me to have pride in myself; she said a good name is better than money.

Mahatma Gandhi

I refuse to put the unnecessary strain of learning English upon my sisters for the sake of false pride or questionable social advantage.

Mahatma Gandhi

If we are true servants of the masses, we would take pride in spinning for their sake.

James McAvoy

I take a lot of pride in being myself. I'm comfortable with who I am.