Best gains & pride Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

“As there is no worldly gain without some loss, so there is no worldly loss without some gain; if thou hast lost thy wealth, thou hast lost some trouble with it; if thou art degraded from thy honor, thou art likewise freed from the stroke of envy; if sickness hath blurred thy beauty, it hath delivered thee from pride. Set the allowance against the loss, and thou shalt find no loss great; he loses little or nothing, that reserves himself.”

Source: Enchiridion Institutions, Essays and Maxims, political, moral & divine. Divided into four centuries. By Francis Quarles

“What has patriotism come to be but greed and false pride, when the only way it can show itself is by shedding blood to gain gold? More economic advantage, more territory, more power.”

Way Shows Blood Economic Pride Gains Advantage Gold Greed Patriotism Territory Shedding Blood False Pride

Book:The Hounds of Spring

Source: The Hounds of Spring

“When I survey the wondrous cross On which the Prince of Glory died, My richest gain I count but loss, And pour contempt on all my pride.”

Loss Humility Pride Glory Gains Crosses Died Contempt Surveys Wondrous Sanctity Of Life

Author:Isaac Watts

“True devotion must not get dispirited; nor elated or satisfied with lesser gains; it must fight against failure, loss, calumny, calamity, ridicule and against egoism and pride , impatience and cowardice .”

Fighting Loss Pride Gains Satisfied Devotion Cowardice Ridicule Calamity Impatience Egoism Calumny

Author:Sathya Sai Baba

“Our veterans connect generations and Canadians. As a country and as individuals, we gain in pride and in purpose from their deeds and their service.”

Country Purpose Individual Generations Pride Gains Deeds Veteran Our Veterans

Author:Paul Martin

“To proportion the eagerness of contest to its importance seems too hard a task for human wisdom. The pride of wit has kept ages busy in the discussion of useless questions, and the pride of power has destroyed armies, to gain or to keep unprofitable possessions.”

Source: Lives of the poets. Lives of eminent persons. Political tracts. Philological tracts. Miscellaneous tracts. Dedications. Opinions on questions of law. Reviews and criticisms. Journey to the Western islands of Scotland. Prayers and meditations

“Solidarity and interdependence, a sense of worth, a pride and hope in the future: these are positive gains for those who believe in progressive politics and the beneficial role of government, rather than a detriment.”

Believe Government Roles Pride Gains Progressive Solidarity Beneficial Interdependence Role Of Government

Author:David Blunkett

“I firmly believe that volunteering is good for our society and brings communities together. It's a fantastic opportunity to get involved in your local community, to meet new people and to gain a sense of pride and achievement.”

People Believe Together Opportunity Community Pride Involved Achievement Gains Locals Fantastic Our Society Volunteer Get Involved Meeting New People Local Community

Author:Boris Johnson

“The vulnerability undid him even as the strength brought him pride. And the whole of her brought him love beyond the measuring of it. Of all he'd craved in his life, all he'd dreamed of having, all he'd fought to gain by fair means or foul, he'd never imagined having such such as she as his own. Never imagined himself the man he'd come to be because she was.”

Men Mean Whole Pride Gains Fairs Vulnerability Foul Measuring

Author:Nora Roberts

“He had tenderness in his heart — ‘a soft place,’ as Nicholas Higgins called it; but he had some pride in concealing it; he kept it very sacred and safe, and was jealous of every circumstance that tried to gain admission. But if he dreaded exposure of his tenderness, he was equally desirous that all men should recognize his justice; and he felt that he had been unjust, in giving so scornful a hearing to anyone who had waited, with humble patience, for five hours, to speak to him.”

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Elizabeth Gaskell (Illustrated)

“But because we accept the sanctity of life, the responsibility that comes with freedom and the supreme sacrifice of Christ expressed so well in the hymn: 'When I survey the wondrous cross on which the Prince of Glory died. My richest gain I count but loss and pour contempt on all my pride.'”

Source: The revival of Britain: speeches on home and European affairs, 1975-1988

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