Wednesday, April 30, 2008

In the name of love....

Pride...

....sometimes I find myself too full of it and sometimes not nearly enough!


There is much proud humility and humble pride in the world. - James Lendall Basford

Though pride is not a virtue, it is the parent of many virtues. - John Churton Collins

The pride of the heart is the attribute of honest men; pride of manners is that of fools; the pride of birth and rank is often the pride of dupes. - Charles Pineau Duclos

A proud man never shows his pride so much as when he is civil. - Sir Fulke Greville

“Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves; vanity, to what we would have others think of us.”- Jane Austen

“Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and importance, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction.” - Margaret Thatcher


“The truly proud man knows neither superiors nor inferiors. The first he does not admit of; the last he does not concern himself about.” -William Hazlitt

“Pride is a vice, which pride itself inclines every man to find in others, and to overlook in himself” - Samuel Johnson


“You can't give people pride, but you can provide the kind of understanding that makes people look to their inner strengths and find their own sense of pride." - Charleszetta Waddles


“Pride is a personal commitment. It is an attitude which separates excellence from mediocrity.”- Unknown

“Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.” -Kahlil Gibran


"Wrongs are often forgiven, but the contempt never is. Our pride remembers it forever." - Earl of Chesterfield



Thanks for stopping by for another quotable Wednesday! BTW...that is my FAVORITE U2 song and for those of you that know me that says alot! Bono...right up there with God... :)

3 comments:

Karen said...

I love this song too!
I like the Jane Austen quote best.

Christy said...

Love the song, love the quotes.....I love the Gibran one best.

Scott-N-Heather said...

I'm getting a sense there may be a story behind this "pride" stuff??? :)