#ride

I have also noticed that when a rider who had confidence in his ability was defeated, after doing his level best to win, always received an ovation from the gathering. ↗

— Major Taylor

#after #also #always #best #confidence

In closing I wish to say that while I was sorely beset by a number of white riders in my racing days, I have also enjoyed the friendship of countless thousands of white men whom I class as among my closest friends. ↗

— Major Taylor

#among #beset #class #closest #closest friends

So much of how we act and what we do is based on humility or pride - that's everything. And when you can humble yourself, you know, we are more like Christ when we can humble ourselves. ↗

— Tim Tebow

#based #christ #everything #how #humble

Men may change their climate, but they cannot change their nature. A man that goes out a fool cannot ride or sail himself into common sense. ↗

— Joseph Addison

#change #climate #common #common sense #fool

Pride, envy, avarice - these are the sparks have set on fire the hearts of all men. ↗

— Dante Alighieri

#avarice #envy #fire #hearts #pride

What moves me is neither ethnocentric pride nor sectarian arrogance. I make no claim that Jewish culture is superior to other cultures. But it is mine. ↗

— Theodore Bikel

#claim #culture #cultures #i #jewish

Pride is the master sin of the devil, and the devil is the father of lies. ↗

— Edwin Hubbel Chapin

#father #lies #master #pride #sin

The first book I wrote was The Bride Price which was a romantic book, but my husband burnt the book when he saw it. I was the typical African woman, I'd done this privately, I wanted him to look at it, approve it and he said he wouldn't read it. ↗

— Buchi Emecheta

#approve #book #bride #burnt #done

I'm going to be fit and slim and beautiful. I'm going on a diet as of today." "Why? You've always said that looks don't matter and women only diet for men and life is obsessed with the superificial." "Yes, I know, but then I thought, hey wouldn't it be fun to be sexy? ↗

— Melissa Nathan

#pride-and-prejudice-adaptation #sexy #women #beauty

Pride is the first step in people unraveling and companies unraveling and relationships unraveling. ↗

— Jeff Foxworthy

#first #first step #people #pride #relationships