“People who take no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors will never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with pride by remote descendants.” PeopleAchievePrideAchievementWorthyNobleRememberedAncestorAncestryDescendants Author:Thomas B. Macaulay
“A man who prays without ceasing, if he achieves something, knows why he achieved it, and can take no pride in it... for he cannot attribute it to his own powers, but attributes all his achievements to God, always renders thanks to him and constantly calls upon him, trembling lest he be deprived of help.” IfsKnowsMenHelpingAchievePridePrayingAchievementThanksAttributesDeprivedTremblingThanks To Him Author:Dorotheus of Gaza
“You can be slum-born and slum-bred and still achieve something worth while; but it is a stupid inverted snobbishness to be proud of it. If one had a right to be proud of anything, it would be of a continued decent tradition back of one.” IfsStillsWould BeBornAchieveStupidPrideProudTraditionDecentBe ProudBreedingSlumsInvertedSnobbishness Book:Modes and Morals Source: Modes and Morals
“A kung fu man who was really good was not proud at all. Pride emphasizes the superiority of one's status. There has to be fear and insecurity in pride, because when you aim at being highly esteemed and achieve such status, you automatically start to worry about losing status.” MenWorryAchievePrideProudLosingAimInsecuritySuperiorityKung Fu Author:Bruce Lee
“The thing that gave me most pride about it was to see the smiles and the pride on my staff's faces, because a restaurant is a team thing, and for the whole team it's very much that touchy-feely thing that I could have helped them achieve such an award.” WholeFacesTeamAchievePrideRestaurantsAwardsStaffTouchy Author:Paul Rankin
“When teams win and play well, everyone benefits from a financial standpoint. But everyone takes pride in people being able to achieve at that level.” PeopleWellsPlayAbleWinningLevelsTeamAchievePrideBenefitsFinancialStandpoint Author:Brendan Daly
“Obviously, we've all had disagreements and differences in the past. I suspect we'll have them again in the future. But last night as Americans learned that the United States had carried out an operation that resulted in the capture and death of Osama bin Laden. I think we experienced the same sense of unity that prevailed on 9/11. We were reminded again that there is a pride in what this nation stands for. And what we can achieve that runs far deeper than party, far deeper than politics.” ThinkingStatesRunningLastsPastNightNationsDifferencesUnitedPartyUnited StatesAchievePrideUnityDeeperOperationsSuspectsCaptureLast NightDisagreementBin LadenOsama Bin Laden Author:Barack Obama