Pride

Benjamin Franklin Inventor, Statesman, Author

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"My List of Virtues contain'd at first but twelve: But a Quaker Friend having kindly inform'd me that I was generally thought proud; that my Pride show'd itself frequently in Conversation; that I was not content with being in the right when discussing any Point, but was overbearing & rather insolent; of which he convinc'd me by mentioning several Instances; - I determined endeavouring to cure myself ..., and I added Humility to my List, giving an extensive Meaning to the Word."

Giving Pride Humility

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Douglas Wilson Author

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"Wealth is a gift from God, and pride is bequeathed to us from the devil."

Pride Devil Wealth

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Dawud Wharnsby Ali Singer, Songwriter

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"Put all our pride away, always find a gentle word to say, you know we shouldn't be full of ourselves when we should be full of humility ."

Should Pride Humility

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Chinua Achebe Novelist, Poet

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"What is modesty but inverted pride?"

Pride Modesty Inverted

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Bruce Springsteen Musician, Singer-songwriter

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"I think that it's a natural thing for parents to look for reflections of themselves in their children and feel a certain pride there. So if your child is very, very different, or perhaps if he's very, very similar, it makes you uncomfortable."

Children Pride Reflection

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Bryan Adams Singer-Songwriter

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"I never took a grant or borrowed a penny from anybody. It was partially because I didn't really know how to do that, but secondly, my pride never would have allowed me to. In the beginning it was about doing it the right way, on the merits of the music."

Way Pride Pennies

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Alexandra Robbins Author

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"There is nothing wrong with you just because you haven't yet met people who share your interests or outlook on life. Unless you are doing something unhealthy or destructive, take pride in your beliefs, passions, and values. Know that you will eventually meet people who will appreciate you for being you."

Passion Pride Outlook On Life

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Allen West Politician

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"I don't look to a man to get pride in myself. It's not about having a black president, it's about having a good president, and I think that's the most important thing."

Thinking Men Pride

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Arthur Schopenhauer Philosopher

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"Pride works _from within_; it is the direct appreciation of oneself. Vanity is the desire to arrive at this appreciation indirectly, from without."

Pride Appreciation Vanity

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Arthur Schopenhauer Philosopher

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"Pride works from within; it is the direct appreciation of oneself."

Pride Appreciation Oneself

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Walt Disney Animator, Film Producer

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"I don't pose as an authority on anything at all, I follow the opinions of the ordinary people I meet, and I take pride in the close-knit teamwork with my organization."

Pride Organization Teamwork

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William James Philosopher, Psychologist

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"All the qualities of a man acquire dignity when he knows that the service of the collectivity that owns him needs them. If proud of the collectivity, his own pride rises in proportion. No collectivity is like an army for nourishing such pride."

Men Pride Army

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William Wordsworth Poet

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"Spade! Thou art a tool of honor in my hands. I press thee, through a yielding soil, with pride."

Art Hands Pride

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Saint Augustine Theologian, Philosopher

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"Let your old age be childlike, and your childhood like old age; that is, so that neither may your wisdom be with pride, nor your humility without wisdom."

Pride Humility Childhood

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Saint Augustine Theologian, Philosopher

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"Often the contempt of vainglory becomes a source of even more vainglory, for it is not being scorned when the contempt is something one is proud of."

Pride Proud Source

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Taylor Swift Singer, Songwriter

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"But you held your pride like you should've held me"

Should Pride Like You

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Taylor Swift Singer, Songwriter

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"I really like my life right now. I have friends around me all the time. I’ve started painting more. I’ve been working out a lot. I’ve started to really take pride in being strong. I love the album I made. I love that I moved to New York. So in terms of being happy, I’ve never been closer to that."

Strong New York Pride

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Ralph Waldo Emerson Essayist, Philosopher, Poet

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"Man is timid and apologetic; he is no longer upright; he dares not say "I think," "I am," but quotes some saint or sage."

Thinking Men Pride

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Thomas Merton Writer, Monk

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"For pride, which is the inordinate attribution of goods and values and glories to one's own contingent self, cannot exist where there is no contingent self to which anything can be attributed."

Self Pride Glory

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Tim Ferriss Author, Entrepreneur, Podcaster

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"Just because you are embarrassed to admit that you're still living the consequences of bad decisions made 5, 10, 20 years ago shouldn't stop you from making good decisions now. If you let pride stop you, you will hate life 5, 10, and 20 years from now for the same reasons."

Hate Change Pride

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