“I think I can say, and say with pride, that we have some legislatures that bring higher prices than any in the world.” ThinkingWorldI CanPrideHigherCorruptionLegislature Author:Mark Twain
“I'm pretty proud of having completed a marathon myself, so I can only imagine the pride that real athletes feel when they are picked for the Olympic or the Paralympic Games.” FeelsI CanRealGamesImaginePrideProudAthleteMarathon Author:Johann Lamont
“I can see now how deeply God's absence affected my unconscious life, how under me always there was this long fall that pride and fear and self-love at once protected me from and subjected me to.... For if grace woke me to God's presence in the world and in my heart, it also woke me to his absence. I never truly felt the pain of unbelief until I began to believe.” IfsWorldBelieveHeartLongI CanSelfPainFallFeltGracePrideSelf LoveMy HeartAbsenceUnconsciousAffectedProtectedUnbeliefGod's Presence Author:Christian Wiman
“I can't abide to see men throw away their tools i' that way, the minute the clock begins to strike, as if they took no pleasure i' their work, and was afraid o' doing a stroke too much.... I hate to see a man's arms drop down as if he was shot, before the clock's fairly struck, just as if he'd never a bit o' pride and delight in's work. The very grindstone 'ull go on turning a bit after you loose it.” IfsMenWayI CanHateBitsWorkPleasureToo MuchMinutesPrideArmsGoes OnShotsToolsI HateDelightStrikesClockStrokesGrindstone Book:Four Novels of George Eliot Source: Four Novels of George Eliot