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"Until pride (vanity) leaves, there is nothing but pain, pain and more pain!"
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"People who enroll themselves in the schools of pride, eventually graduate with and high degree of fall. Failure employs "prides" scholars. Get rusticated now!"
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Personal Development
"The pride which is proud of want of pride is the most intolerable of all."
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Personal Development
"Pride is the direct appreciation of oneself."
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Personal Development
"Gracious pride is a wonderful quality when it is used for good, it brings out the best in you and encourages the best in others."
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Personal Development
"We take pride in what we do."
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Personal Development
"There may not be an emotion more complex than the dual stations of pride. The positive connation of pride " the telluric current resulting from both natural causes and interactions of human beings " flows from the conception of applying a person's best effort to accomplish worthwhile tasks. The negative connotation of pride refers to an inflated sense of one's personal status or accomplishments."
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"Gracious pride is a powerful motivator and an exceptional quality. It drives a person to strive for excellence, keep promises, not give up, be more resilient, maintain optimism, and hold their head high while enduring challenge and change."
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Personal Development
"Pride costs us more than hunger, thirst, and cold."
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Personal Development
"I'm prouder of him than I've ever been of myself - I'm proud of him for standing up to me."
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"Pride is still aiming at the best houses: Men would be angels, angels would be gods. Aspiring to be gods, if angels fell; aspiring to be angels men rebel."
Ambition
"Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed."
Wisdom
"What then remains, but well our power to use,And keep good humour still whate'er we lose?And trust me, dear, good humour can prevail,When airs, and flights, and screams, and scolding fail.Beauties in vain their pretty eyes may roll;Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul."
Morality
"Words are like Leaves; and where they most abound,Much Fruit of Sense beneath is rarely found."
Literature
"Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame."
Humility
"Let Sporus tremble - "What? that thing of silk, Sporus, that mere white curd of ass's milk?Satire or sense, alas! can Sporus feel?Who breaks a Butterfly upon a Wheel?"Yet let me flap this Bug with gilded wings,This painted Child of Dirt that stinks and stings; Whose Buzz the Witty and the Fair annoys,Yet Wit ne'er tastes, and Beauty ne'er enjoys."
Criticism
"Tis education forms the common mind Just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined."
Education
"Honor and shame from no condition rise. Act well your part: there all the honor lies."
Honor
"The ruling passion, be it what it will. The ruling passion conquers reason still."
Passion
"Passions are the gales of life."
Passion
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