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“The color of the prisoner's skin, and the form of his features, are not impressed upon the spiritual immortal mind which works beneath. In spite of human pride, he is still your brother, and mine, in form and color accepted and approved by his Father, and yours, and mine, and bears equally with us the proudest inheritance of our race - the image of our Maker. Hold him then to be a Man.”

“Ever since our first fathers by infection took this morbum sathanicum, this devilish disease, pride, of the devil, such tinder is our nature, that every little spark sets us on fire; our nature hath grown so light, that every little thing puffeth us up, and sets us aloft in our altitudes presently.”

Firsts Littles Light Father Fire Pride Disease Devil Little Things Sparks Infection Devilish Tinder

Book:Ninety-Six Sermons by the Right Honourable and Reverend Father in God, Lancelot Andrewes, Sometime Lord Bishop of Winchester, Vol. V

Source: Ninety-Six Sermons by the Right Honourable and Reverend Father in God, Lancelot Andrewes, Sometime Lord Bishop of Winchester, Vol. V

“To think that all in me of which my father would have felt proper pride had I been a man, is deeply mortifying to him because I am a woman.”

Thinking Men Father Felt Women Pride Sexism

Book:Elizabeth Cady Stanton as Revealed in Her Letters, Diary and Reminiscences

Source: Elizabeth Cady Stanton as Revealed in Her Letters, Diary and Reminiscences

“My idea of success was to be a boy - possibly because my brothers, Leon and Arthur, were my father's pride and joy, whereas he had to be introduced to me several times before he got it firmly planted in his mind that I was part of the family.”

Mind Ideas Joy Father Boys Brother Pride My Brother Sexism Arthur Leon

Author:Lucille Kallen

“I tell people I'm a stand-up comedian two hours a week. The rest of the time, I'm somebody's husband, I'm somebody's father. I'm a man. I take great pride in that.”

People Men Two Father Hours Week Pride Husband Comedian Stand Up Comedian

Author:Steve Harvey

“A father's pride, laid on thick, has always made me wish that the fellow had at least experienced some pain during procreation.”

Made Pain Father Wish Pride Fellows Thick Procreation

Book:Half-truths & One-and-a-half Truths: Selected Aphorisms

Source: Half-truths & One-and-a-half Truths: Selected Aphorisms

“The time will come when our nation will honour the memory of all the sons, the daughters, the mothers, the fathers, the youth and the children who, by their thoughts and deeds, gave us the right to assert with pride that we are South Africans, that we are Africans, and that we are citizens of the world.”

World Children Mother Father Nations Memories Youth Son Pride Citizens Daughter South Deeds Honour South Africa

Book:Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations

Source: Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations

“Gamaun is a dainty steed, Strong, black, and of a noble breed, Full of fire, and full of bone, With all his line of fathers known; Fine his nose, his nostrils thin, But blown abroad by the pride within; His mane is like a river flowing, And his eyes like embers glowing In the darkness of the night, And his pace as swift as light.”

Light Eye Night Father Strong Black Lines Known Darkness Fire Pride Fine Rivers Horse Bones Noble Noses His Eyes Pace Glowing Embers Dainty

Author:Bryan Procter