#pride

A portion of mankind take pride in their vices and pursue their purpose; many more waver between doing what is right and complying with what is wrong. ↗

— Horace

#doing #mankind #many #more #portion

Let him submit to me! Only the god of death is so relentless, Death submits to no one—so mortals hate him most of all the gods. Let him bow down to me! I am the greater king, I am the elder-born, I claim—the greater man. ↗

— Homer

#death #greece #pride #death

In wickedness of pride is lost the light to understand how little grace is earned and how much given. ↗

— Robert Hunter

#given #grace #how #light #little

There is nothing false or arrogant about German pride in German technical and business skills. ↗

— Douglas Hurd

#arrogant #business #false #german #nothing

I believe that we must maintain pride in the knowledge that the actions we take, based on our own decisions and choices as individuals, link directly to the magnificent challenge of transforming human history. ↗

— Daisaku Ikeda

#based #believe #challenge #choices #decisions

The rich swell up with pride, the poor from hunger. ↗

— Sholom Aleichem

#poor #pride #rich #swell #up

I used to suffer from excessive pride. Well, I got over that one. ↗

— Francesca Annis

#got #i #over #pride #suffer

It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels. ↗

— Saint Augustine

#changed #devils #humility #into #makes

If you take a loud pride in anything, people will rightly shoot you down. ↗

— Danny Boyle

#down #loud #people #pride #rightly

I obviously take a lot of pride in what I do on the football field, because that has the ability to influence a lot of people. That puts smiles on people's faces. That gives people a pep in their step on Monday morning when they go back to work. ↗

— Drew Brees

#back #because #faces #field #football