“When ice appears out of doors, and boys seize it up while it is solid, at first they experience new pleasures. But in the end their pride will not agree to let it go, but their acquisition is not good for them if it stays in their hands. In the same way an identical desire drives lovers to act and not to act.” IfsWayFirstsEndsHandsDesirePleasureBoysDoorsPrideLoversAgreeIceLet It GoIdenticalAcquisition Book:Sophocles: Fragments Source: Sophocles: Fragments
“It appears to be a matter of national pride that the President is to have more mud, and blacker mud, and filthier mud in front ofhis door than any other man can afford.” MenMatterPresidentDoorsFrontsPrideMudUglinessHygieneNational Pride Author:Jane Swisshelm
“I am proud to be a member of a party that opens its doors to all men--and closes its hearts to none.” MenHeartPartyDoorsPrideProudMembersDiversityEquality Author:Lyndon B. Johnson
“It is impossible to draw near to God without sorrows, without which human righteousness cannot remain unchanged... If you desire virtue, than give yourself to every affliction, for afflictions produce humility. If someone abides in virtue without afflictions, the door of pride is opened to him.” IfsInspirationalGivingHumansChristianDesireReligiousVirtueImpossibleDoorsProduceHumilityPrideSorrowDrawsOrthodoxRighteousnessAffliction Author:Isaac of Nineveh
“What is our praise or pride but to imagine excellence and try to make it? What does it say over the door of heaven; but, homo (sapiens) fecit?” TryingDoeHeavenImagineDoorsPridePraiseExcellenceHomo Sapiens Author:Richard Wilbur
“Every day I get a choice. I can choose to go God's way or I can choose to go my own way or Satan's way or if I walk out of this door I don't know that I blame myself if my choice. .. because the bottom line is I want what I want what I want. ... People ask me what the greatest sin is. I feel the greatest sin is to want to be God: Pride, I want my own way. What it means to be a follower of Jesus Christ - give as much of yourself as you understand to as much of Jesus as you understand at that moment.” PeopleIfsKnowsWayWantGivingFeelsMeanI CanMomentsChoicesAsksJesusChristLinesMy OwnSinWalksDoorsPrideJesus ChristBlameBottomAsk MeSatanThat MomentFollowersBottom Line Author:Rick Warren