"If you are too proud, you don't do business."
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"Seek not proud riches, but such as thou mayest get justly, use soberly, distribute cheerfully, and leave contentedly."
"Were we not proud ourselves, we should not complain of the pride of others."
"I try to be kind to people, to treat them with respect. And I'm proud of that."
"I was very proud to be part of the Million Man March. I think it's one of the best things that I ever did."
"I'm proud of my kids, they are doing what they want to do."
"A proud heart and a lofty mountain are never fruitful."
"I try not to be proud. I try to actively attack pride."
"It's a proud horse that will not carry his owne provender."
"I used to say to myself, 'What the devil have you got to be proud about, Marilyn Monroe?' And I'd answer, 'Everything, everything.'"
"I used to say to myself, 'What the devil have you got to be proud about, Marilyn Monroe?' And I'd answer, 'Everything, everything,' and I'd walk slowly and turn my head slowly as if I were a queen."
"There is a corollary to the conception of being too proud to fight. It is that the humble have to do most of the fighting."
"A man given to pride is usually proud of the wrong thing."
"One is proud to worship when he cannot be an idol."
"Ye shall only have foes to be hated; but not foes to be despised: ye must be proud of your foes."
"For to be idle is to become a stranger unto the seasons, and to step out of life’s procession that marches in majesty and proud submission towards the infinite."
"Armor is heavy, yet it is a proud burden, and a man standeth straight in it."
"When I was 20 I was immensely proud of the rows of grey-spined Penguin Modern Classics in my bookcase."
"Going out hanging out with the troops, and you know it's kind of all summed up in the TV show, I don't what else I can say about it. It's a great thing to do, something I'm definitely proud of."
"If I'm in the business of making artwork that is designed on some level to sell a product, then I have to be very comfortable with the people I'm working with and I'd like to be proud of the end result regardless of its sale-ability."