“Dear Procrastinator: Taking action in and of itself is not difficult, but is in fact satisfying and is usually followed by a sense of pride & accomplishment. However, it is THINKING about the action that you should be taking and NOT taking it that's difficult, as it leaves you feeling guilty and unsatisfied. THE SOLUTION: Stop thinking and take action NOW.” ThinkingShouldFactsFeelingsActionDifficultPrideSolutionsDearGuiltyAccomplishmentSatisfyingTaking ActionUnsatisfiedFeeling GuiltyProcrastinatorThinking Differently Author:Hal Elrod
“It is difficult for a proud man ever to forgive a person who has found him at fault, and who has good grounds for complaining of him; his pride is not assuaged till he has regained the advantages he lost and put the other person in the wrong.” MenPersonsFoundLostDifficultPrideProudAdvantageForgivingFaultsComplainingProud Man Author:Jean de la Bruyere
“I remember thinking, without pride of self-pity, that I was not rich or poor, that I wasn't good or bad. But that was difficult: to be neither good nor bad. It seemed to me, in the end, the same as being bad.” ThinkingEndsSelfRememberDifficultPoorRichPridePitySelf PityRich Or PoorBeing Bad Author:Alejandro Zambra
“Behold our refutation of the error. It is not based on documents of faith, but on the reasons and statements of the philosophers themselves. If then anyone there be who, boastfully taking pride in his supposed wisdom, wishes to challenge what we have written, let him not do it in some corner nor before children who are powerless to decide on such difficult matters. Let him reply openly if he dare. He shall find me there confronting him, and not only my negligible self, but many another whose study is truth.” IfsChildrenSelfMatterReasonPoliticsWishDifficultChallengesEconomyStudyWrittenPrideErrorsPhilosopherDareCornersStatementsLiberalismDocumentsPowerlessFind MeConfrontingRefutationIf Then Author:Thomas Aquinas
“Genius, with all its pride in its own strength, is but a dependent quality, and cannot put forth its whole powers nor claim all its honors without an amount of aid from the talents and labors of others which it is difficult to calculate.” WholeDifficultQualityTalentPrideAmountGeniusHonorLaborClaimsAidsDependent Author:William C. Bryant
“There are women vain of advantages not connected with their persons, such as birth, rank, and fortune; it is difficult to feel less the dignity of the sex. The origin of all women may be called celestial, for their power is the offspring of the gifts of Nature; by yielding to pride and ambition they soon destroy the magic of their charms.” FeelsMayPersonsSexDifficultMagicPrideBirthAmbitionAdvantageDignityFortuneConnectedVanityVainCharmCelestialOffspring Author:Madame de Stael
“As Shantideva says, suffering has many good qualities because it purifies our negative karma, increases our renunciation and compassion, reduces our pride, and helps us to overcome our bad mental habits. If we think in this way we will feel that difficult circumstances are our best friends. When our mind is balanced in this way it becomes as stable as Mount Meru, and nothing can cause it to shake.” IfsThinkingWayFeelsMindHelpingSufferingCausesDifficultQualityCompassionPrideFriendsHabitBalanceCircumstancesNegativeOvercomingIncreaseKarmaShakesStableBalancedRenunciationGood QualityDifficult CircumstancesNegative Karma Author:Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
“I can do more than anyone suspects. I pride myself on my versatility. It took 32 years of difficult parts, second leads, villains and juveniles. The Oscar changed the quality of the roles I was being offered.” YearsI CanDifficultCan DoQualityRolesChangedPrideSuspectsVillainOscarsVersatility Author:Louis Gossett, Jr.
“As for what I have done as a poet, I take no pride in whatever. Excellent poets have lived at the same time with me, poets more excellent lived before me, and others will come after me. But that in my country I am the only person who knows the truth in the difficult science of colors-of that, I say, I am not a little proud, and here have a consciousness of superiority to many.” KnowsLittlesPersonsCountryDoneDifficultConsciousnessColorPoetPrideProudExcellentSuperiority Author:Johann Wolfgang von Goethe