“I was raised in an Italian catholic family in Baltimore, Maryland. Our faith is very important to us, our patriotism, love of faith, love of family, love of country. I took pride in our Italian American heritage and to be the first woman speaker of the House and the first Italian American speaker of the House, it's quite thrilling for me.” FirstsImportantCountryHousePrideCatholicRaisedItalianHeritageSpeakersThrillingFamily LoveBaltimoreFaith In LoveMarylandItalian AmericanCatholic Family Author:Nancy Pelosi
“It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.” MenChangedHumilityPrideDevilAngelCatholicSaintHumblenessHippoChristian HumilityPride And HumilityHumble ManHumility LeadershipHumility And LeadershipPride And Arrogance Author:Saint Augustine
“I felt that the Church was the Church of the poor,... but at the same time, I felt that it did not set its face against a social order which made so much charity in the present sense of the word necessary. I felt that charity was a word to choke over. Who wanted charity? And it was not just human pride but a strong sense of man's dignity and worth, and what was due to him in justice, that made me resent, rather than feel pround of so mighty a sum total of Catholic institutions.” MenFeelsHumansMadeWantedFacesOrderStrongSocialFeltChurchJusticePoorPrideDignityCatholicInstitutionsCharityDuesChokeResentSocial Order Author:Dorothy Day
“Virtues are formed by prayer. Prayer preserves temperance. Prayer suppresses anger. Prayer prevents emotions of pride and envy. Prayer draws into the soul the Holy Spirit, and raises man to Heaven.” MenSoulSpiritHeavenPrayerEmotionVirtuePrideHolyDrawsCatholicRaisesEnvyPreservesHoly SpiritTemperanceCatholic SaintContemplative Prayer Author:Ephrem the Syrian
“I grew up in one of the most socially conservative neighborhoods in Ohio, and my parents were traditional Catholics. But in her old age, my mother got her home health care from a guy who was gay, who was wonderful to her. Before she died, she rode a float in the Cincinnati Gay Pride Parade.” HomeCareAgeMotherGuyParentWonderfulPrideGrewGayGrew UpDiedCatholicConservativeTraditionalOld AgeHealth CareNeighborhoodFloatsParadesOhioGay Pride Author:Gail Collins
“A soul does not benefit from the sacrament of confession if it is not humble. Pride keeps it in darkness. The soul neither knows how, nor is it willing, to probe with precision the depths of its own misery. It puts on a mask and avoids everything that might bring it recovery.” IfsKnowsDoeSoulMightDarknessKnow HowWillingPrideBenefitsCatholicMiseryDepthHumbleRecoveryMaskConfessionSacramentsPrecision Author:Mary Faustina Kowalska
“If you are discouraged it is a sign of pride because it shows you trust in your own power. Your self-sufficiency, your selfishness and your intellectual pride will inhibit His coming to live in your heart because God cannot fill what is already full. It is as simple as that.” IfsHeartSelfShowsSimplePrideIntellectualCatholicSelfishnessDiscouragedSelf SufficiencySufficiencyIntellectual Pride Author:Mother Teresa
“For those who use their intelligence and their study as a weapon, the Rosary is most effective. Because that apparently monotonous way of beseeching Our Lady as children do their Mother, can destroy every seed of vainglory and pride.” WayChildrenUseMotherStudyPrideWeaponsCatholicSeedsMonotonousRosary Author:Josemaria Escriva
“Humility is dependence on God as pride is independence of Him. The humble soul is always the thankful soul.” SoulHumilityPrideCatholicIndependenceHumbleDependenceDependence On God Author:Fulton J. Sheen