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"Man, proud man, drest in a little brief authority, most ignorant of what he's most assur d, glassy essence, like an angry ape, plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven, as make the angels weep."
"The way to Christ is first through humility, second through humility, and third through humility. If humility does not precede and accompany and follow every good work we do, if it is not before us to focus on, it it is not beside us to lean upon, if it is not behind us to fence us in, pride will wrench from our hand any good deed we do at the very moment we do it."
"Pride dies 20 minutes after death."
"One of the things people don't really recognise about the similarities between country and hip-hop is that they're celebrations of pride in a lifestyle."
"No man has ever had a point of pride that was not injurious to him."
"Pride eradicates all vices but itself."
"When I severe my connections with the A.I.A. I do so with my own self respect, as a matter of pride and I am sure within your knowledge of my character."
"A contempt of the monuments and the wisdom of the past, may be justly reckoned one of the reigning follies of these days, to which pride and idleness have equally contributed."
"Pride is a vice, which pride itself inclines every man to find in others, and to overlook in himself"
"Genius still means to me, in my Russian fastidiousness and pride of phrase, a unique dazzling gift. The gift of James Joyce, and not the talent of Henry James."
"A finer body of men has never been gathered by any nation than the men who have done the work of building the Panama Canal; the conditions under which they have lived and have done their work have been better than in any similar work ever undertaken in the tropics; they have all felt an eager pride in their work; and they have made not only America but the whole world their debtors by what they have accomplished."
"If there is a better solution... find it."
"Pride perceiving humility honorable, often borrows her cloak."
"None of our prayers should ever be petitions for our own needs: for this is only another subtle way of trying to put ourselves on the same plane as God — acting as if we had no needs, as if we were not creatures, not dependent on Him."
"Pride, avarice, and envy are in every home."
"It takes pride to be anxious – I am not wise enough to know how my life should go."
"I take some pride in... representing myself exactly how I would like to have my son remember me to his kids."
"And nothing to look backward to with pride, and nothing to look forward to with hope."
"There is no greater pride and glory than to be a perfect instrument of the Master."
"Canadian pride may not rest on our sleeves, but it resides deeply in our hearts."
