Quotes by Pride It is visible then that it was not any Heathen Religion or other Idolatrous Superstition, that first put Man upon crossing his Appetites and subduing his dearest Inclinations, but the skilful Management of wary Politicians; and the nearer we search into human Nature, the more we shall be convinced, that the Moral Virtues are the Political Offspring which Flattery begot upon Pride. Bernard de Mandeville political pride men This laudable quality is commonly known by the name of Manners and Good-breeding, and consists in a Fashionable Habit, acquir'd by Precept and Example, of flattering the Pride and Selfishness of others, and concealing our own with Judgment and Dexterity. Bernard de Mandeville quality pride names On the eve of this great adventure I send my best wishes to every soldier in the Allied team. Bernard Law Montgomery pride men lying Pride only, the chief of all iniquities, can make us treat gifts as if they were rightful attributes of our nature, and, while receiving benefits, rob our Benefactor of His due glory. Bernard of Clairvaux receiving benefits pride Pride causes us to use our gifts as though they came from ourselves, not benefits received from God, and to usurp our benefactor's glory. Bernard of Clairvaux benefits pride use Humility in furs is better than pride in tunics. Bernard of Clairvaux fur pride humility There is a pride in speaking this language. Bernard Pivot language pride talking I want to do something that people can really say, 'Hey, man, that was good, I'm proud of you, I'm proud of that.' 'Pride' and 'Transformers' and things like that. Bernie Mac pride men people The American people understand that it is grotesquely unfair - we are a society that prides itself on fairness, that prides itself on equal opportunity, and people are looking out and seeing, since the Great Recession of 2008, 99 percent of all new income going to the top 1 percent. Bernie Sanders pride opportunity people Strange how blind people are! They are horrified by the torture chambers of the Middle Ages, but their arsenals fill them with pride! Bertha von Suttner pride age people Snobbery is the pride of those who are not sure of their position. Berton Braley not-sure position pride Americans and Englishmen, when they become acquainted with the Balkans, feel an astonished contempt when they study the mutual enmities of Bulgarians and Serbs, of Hungarians and Rumanians. It is evident to them that these enmities are absurd and that the belief of each little nation in its own superiority has no objective basis. But most of them are quite unable to see that the national pride of a Great Power is essentially as unjustifiable as that of a little Balkan country. Bertrand Russell enmity pride country I hate the world and almost all the people in it. I hate the Labour Congress and the journalists who send men to be slaughtered, and the fathers who feel a smug pride when their sons are killed, and even the pacifists who keep saying human nature is essentially good, in spite of all the daily proofs to the contrary. I hate the planet and the human race—I am ashamed to belong to such a species. Bertrand Russell hate pride father The fundamental defect of fathers, in our competitive society, is that they want their children to be a credit to them. We all feel instinctively, that our children's success reflect glory upon ourselves, while their failures make us feel shame. Unfortunately, the successes which cause us to swell with pride are often of an undesirable kind.... Neither happiness nor virtue, but worldly success, is what the average father desires for his children. Bertrand Russell pride father children The Church no longer contends that knowledge is in itself sinful, though it did so in its palmy days; but the acquisition of knowledge, even though not sinful, is dangerous, since it may lead to pride of intellect, and hence to a questioning of the Christian dogma. Bertrand Russell church pride christian We must be careful to avoid spiritual elitism. Everything we are and anything we possess as believers in Christ is a gift of grace. Pure hearts before God must be cleansed from any hint of spiritual pride. Beth Moore pride spiritual heart A person full of the Holy Spirit cannot be full of self. Pride never accompanies power in the fully yielded life. Beth Moore pride spirit self I have always felt proud of my Oscars and my numerous Bette Davis oscars proud pride I've wandered over many lands, and reaped withal no fruit, I've laid my pride of rank aside, and pressed my baffled suit, At stranger boards, like shameless crow, I've eaten bitter bread, But fierce Desire, that raging fire, still clamours to be fed. Bhartrhari land pride fire I take pride in having something to say, which people actually want to hear. Bibhu Mohapatra pride want people «910111213141516171819»