Some people brag about standing for something so hard and so much, that they do not realize that they are actually sitting.

My pride had risen up and whopped me in the face. I don't lose my temper a lot, but when I do, I make a good job of it.

All your life, other people will try to take your accomplishments away from you. Don't you take it away from yourself.

Author says the ineffectual U.S. Navy of two centuries ago lost two thirds as many men to duelist bullets as to sea hazards.

But Dad looked delighted. "My Mia's singing 'Waiting for Vengeance' to my Teddy. What do you think about that?

The seeking face that does not alter when presented with peace and reason, must bask in its wearer's prideful ignorance.

Everything you swallow will kill you, some faster than others. Swallow your pride, and you’ll love a long time.


I'm proud to be a Mick, even though I'm not Irish
 My middle name is Mickey, though. Actually, I’m lying.

What is called family pride is often founded on the illusion of self-love. A man wishes to perpetuate and immortalize himself.

But in Africa bureaucrats are usually too proud to accept a bribe, something I admire when I'm not the one being arrested.

All men make mistakes, but a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong, and repairs the evil. The only crime is pride.

We are all actors, set on the stage of the world, as the curtains open we put on our best performance to this audience of life.

Although he didn't care much about any subject for its own sake, he cared a great deal about marks (grades or comparisons).

We fundamentalists are a pack of mood-loving showoffs. I'm sure the Minor Prophets would have found subject for correction.

I will never have greater respect than for the man that realizes he was wrong and graciously admits it without a single excuse.