Pride Quotes (922 Quotes)


    While the gay life is often glorified in 'pride' festivals and through the media, we offer a distinctly different message -- one of hope and healing for those who don't share that sense of pride. I and thousands of others know firsthand that there is a way out of unwanted homosexuality.

    Can't we try just a little bit harder, Can't we give just a little bit more, Can't we try to understand, That it's love we're fighting for, Can't we try just a little more passion, Can't we try just a little less pride, I love you so much baby, That it tears me up inside.

    I think (the players) adjusted, and that's on them. We went to man, but these guys are seniors and they have a lot of pride in themselves and in the way they play. They weren't going to let one guy get 50 on them. They made it happen on the court.


    The members of Selected Independent Funeral Homes view this alliance with Larry Cappetto as an opportunity to publicly acknowledge, on local and national levels, the many contributions and sacrifices of the WWII veterans, and to instill in people everywhere the pride and gratitude that the veterans truly deserve.


    It was a tale of two halves. The first half, we came out flat and couldn't hit anything. They (North Stars) were scoring, it almost seemed, at will. At halftime, I challenged the girls to come out to play with a lot of pride and heart and not to give up. There was a lot of basketball to play. I'm very proud of them.


    It's embarrassing. You can't get embarrassed on your home court like that. You have to play with some pride and some intensity. We came out in the third quarter with a sense of urgency, but you've got to start the ballgame off like that.



    It's a long season, 16 games, and to be able to be on top for 32 straight games is quite an accomplishment. It's something you shoot for all year. It's something we take a lot of pride in. Bobby's coaching style is so positive. He's not a guy to ever bring a guy down no matter what mistake he makes. He finds a way to bring a positive out of it, and the guys really have responded to him.


    You get hurt in this game, you know it's going to happen but I've always had the ability to fight through it and overcome it. To not be able to step on the field and be out there, it's going to hurt more than anything. I took a lot of pride in being out there week in and week out. I've never missed a game. This makes it that much harder.

    Pride gets no pleasure out of having something, only out of having more of it than the next man... It is the comparison that makes you proud the pleasure of being above the rest. Once the element of competition is gone, pride is gone.

    While calling Bustamante a completely conventional politician, ... The first time a member of an ethnic group runs for a prominent position, that mobilizes voters because it's a matter of not necessarily only sharing a position, but group pride.


    They find seven cornices on which penitent and redeemed sinners are cleansed by the grace of God. On the first cornice, that of Pride, the proud are learning humility Our Father, dwelling in the Heavens, nowise As circumscribed, but as the things above,

    The experience of the ages that are past, the hopes of the ages that are yet to come, unite their voices in an appeal to us they implore us to think more of the character of our people than of its vast numbers to look upon our vast natural resources, not as tempters to ostentation and pride, but as means to be converted, by the refining alchemy of education, into mental and spiritual treasuresand thus give to the world the example of a nation whose wisdom increases with its prosperity, and whose virtues are equal to its power.

    I have a lot of pride in what I do on the basketball court, but it's a team effort. If I can give back my 12 points and we could win, I would have done that. I was all about getting the (win) and trying to advance.

    There are no green thumbs or black thumbs. There are only gardeners and non-gardeners. Gardeners are the ones who ruin after ruin get on with the high defiance of nature herself, creating, in the very face of her chaos and tornado, the bower of roses and the pride of irises. It sounds very well to garden a 'natural way'. You may see the natural way in any desert, any swamp, any leech-filled laurel hell. Defiance, on the other hand, is what makes gardeners.



    We came out the second half and played with some pride and confidence. We tried to put in a different offense and it worked pretty well. We wanted to get moving more, screening. We've got to get to the foul line more and we've got to do a better job rebounding. We've worked hard on rebounding but it didn't show up today.

    The fact of the matter is we need to find a way to (win). I don't think we want to find a way. Do we want to dig deep down and find where our pride is Do we want to be considered a team that wants to have a chance to make the playoffs Not win a championship team, make the playoffs. That's sad to say.




    Everybody has to want it. You dont have to have 10 years in the league to want to win. You have to have pride. The pride on the back of your jersey should be more than the front of your jersey, because if you care about your last name, then you obviously care about the organization you work for, and you are going to bring it every time.


    The five troubles or evils of the mind are passion, anger, ignorance, arrogance, pride, to anything, rejoice in freedom from attachment, whose appetites have been conquered, and who are full of light, are free (even) in this world.



    We would definitely be disappointed if we didn't win, no doubt. The tradition established by the athletes before these is something that certainly comes into play. I definitely think there is a lot of pride involved in those 16 straight regional titles.


    That victory today was a great step forward for our women's team. This thrilling final allowed them to show their real class and how they rowed through the talented German boat can give us all pride.

    If the commissioner changed the schedule and you had to play three or four games in a row, championship teams still find a way to win. So we don't use tired as an excuse. We didn't deserve to win. We weren't very efficient offensively. And give their defense credit. They did a good job of limiting Dirk and Josh's looks late in the game. They have a lot of pride in their locker room.


    Sure, girls from New York, they are tough. And girls from Georgia, they are sweet. But those born and bred feisty Kentucky girls, they are the ones you have to look out for. We have sugar and fire in our blood. We can ride a horse, be a dbutante, throw a left hook and tell you the entire UK line up all while making sweet tea. And if we have an opinion, you get to know it. We're both the pride and the downfall of the bluegrass...

    Muhammad said, 'That person will not enter Paradise who hath one atom of pride in his heart.' And a man present said, 'Verily, a man is fond of having good clothes, and good shoes.' Muhammad said, 'God is Beauty and delighteth in the beautiful but pride is holding man in contempt.'


    I wanted to express to the players, the coaches and really the whole staff what being involved with the New York Giants has meant to my father, ... It gave him so much pleasure and so much pride. Sunday after Sunday after Sunday, this is what he lived and loved.



    What a great bunch. They wore the Lady Monarch uniform with pride. They carried on the fine tradition. I know its hurts right now, but when they reflect and look back on what they've accomplished, it's really matched by very few teams.

    There is still a lot of work to be done, but this has been a very complete effort from the whole team. Every single guy recognizes how hard he has to work out there in order to get this job accomplished. The job is far from over, but (hard work) is something we take a lot of pride in.

    Obviously, there's been a lot of stuff said negatively about the tournament. But when you put this uniform on and you hear your national anthem, there's a lot of pride involved. ... There's no doubt that this is something I'll look back on for the rest of

    The challenge is something I like very much, ... I take a lot of pride in people saying this is a situation where you don't have a chance to succeed. I'm really challenged by that.

    Pride does not look up to God and care about what is right. It looks sideways to man and argues who is right. Pride is manifest in the spirit of contention. Was it not through pride that the devil became the devil Christ wanted to serve. The devil wanted to rule. Christ wanted to bring men to where He was. The devil wanted to be above men. Christ removed self as the force in His perfect life. It was not my will, but thine be done (see Mark 1436 Luke 2242).

    That raises a terrible question. How is it that people who are quite obviously eaten up with Pride can say they believe in God and appear to themselves very religious I am afraid it means they are worshiping an imaginary God.

    The secondary reason is the pride. From a pragmatic standpoint, (if you win) you're 2-0 in the region, and you just beat a very good team. I think the winner of the game will have the inside track on the region title. It's not decided yet, but they will have the inside track.



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