“The example of America must be the example not merely of peace because it will not fight, but of peace because peace is the healing and elevating influence of the world, and strife is not. There is such a thing as a man being too proud to fight. There is such a thing as a nation being so right that it does not need to convince others by force that it is right.” MenWorldNeedsDoeAmericaFightingForceNationsPeaceHealingInfluenceExampleProudConvinceStrifeElevating Author:Woodrow Wilson
“I'm very proud of myself on my, whatever the literacy is, I'm pretentious, totally pretentious. I like to say 'hmm', for example.” ExampleProudLiteracyPretentiousHmmProud Of Myself Author:Tom Lehrer
“There's a condensed softness about the Albanian people, and I've witnessed examples of their hospitality.” PeopleRunningBloodExampleProudVeinsHospitalitySoftnessAlbanian Author:Masiela Lusha
“Make your influence a good one. Act in a way you would be proud of even if the whole world was watching, because your example could mean the world to just one person.” IfsWorldWayMeanPersonsWholeWould BeInfluenceExampleProudWhole WorldJust OneBe Proud Author:Lindsey Stirling
“Obviously you can look at things however you choose to and I'm not proud of some people in sports, but I don't really look at it as my calling to be out there setting an example. I just try to treat people the way the I want to be treated - with respect and some dignity.” PeopleWayWantTryingLooksSportsExampleProudCallingDignityTreatsSettingTreatedSettingsYou ChooseSetting An Example Author:Mark Martin
“For example, I'm terribly proud. I'm as mistrustful and as sensitive as a hunchback or a dwarf; but, in truth, I've experienced some moments when if someone had slapped my face, I might even have been grateful for it. I'm being serious. I probably would have been able to derive a peculiar sort of pleasure from it-the pleasure of despair, naturally, but the most intense pleasures occur in despair, especially when you're very acutely aware of the hopelessness of your own predicament.” IfsHas BeensMomentsMightAbleFacesPleasureExampleSeriousProudDespairGratefulIntenseSensitivePeculiarHopelessnessDwarfsDwarvesPredicaments Author:Fyodor Dostoevsky
“We are proud of a human nature that could be so passionately extreme, but we shrink from advising others to follow the example.” HumansHuman NatureExampleProudExtremesShrinks Book:The William James Reader Source: The William James Reader