“Once she made him watch Pride and Prejudice and for ages he would re-word Mr Bingley's apology to Jane Bennet, saying, 'I've been an inexplicable fool', for anything from losing his keys to burping out loud. Her reply to anything she wanted to do was Jane Bennet's response to Bingley's marriage proposal, 'A thousand times yes.” MadeAgeWantedWatchesPrideKeysFoolThousandLosingPrejudiceResponseLoudApologyJaneProposalInexplicableMarriage ProposalBurping Author:Melina Marchetta
“If I understand this correctly Christ taught here the alarming doctrine that the desire for honor among men made belief impossible.” IfsMenMadeDesireBeliefChristImpossibleTaughtPrideHonorDoctrine Author:Aiden Wilson Tozer
“I thought that what I felt for you was right," Luce said. "I loved you until it hurt me, until our love was consumed by your pride and rage. The thing you called love made me disappear. So I had to stop loving." She Paused. "Our adoration never diminished the Throne, but your love diminished me. I never meant to hurt you. I only meant to stop you from hurting me.” MadeSaidFeltHurtPrideDisappearRageThronesIt HurtsOur LoveConsumedAdorationHurt MeI Loved You Author:Lauren Kate
“She regretted nothing she had shared with her lover, nor was she ashamed of the fires that had changed her life; just the opposite, she felt that they had tempered her, made her strong, given her pride in making decisions and paying the consequences for them.” MadeStrongGivenFeltDecisionFireChangedPrideLoversConsequenceOppositesAshamedMaking Decisions Author:Isabel Allende
“These blossoms, gathered in familiar paths, With dear companions now passed out of sight, Shall not be laid upon their graves. They live, Since love is deathless. Pleasure now nor pride Is theirs in mortal wise, but hallowing thoughts Will meet the offering, of so little worth, Wanting the benison death has made divine.” LifeLittlesMadeLove IsPleasurePathWiseDivinePrideSightDearGravesFamiliarMortalsCompanionOfferingDeathless Author:Lucy Larcom
“If you make your bed every morning you will have accomplished the first task of the day. It will give you a small sense of pride and it will encourage you to do another task and another and another. . . . And, if by chance you have a miserable day, you will come home to a bed that is made - that you made - and a made bed gives you encouragement that tomorrow will be better.” IfsGivingFirstsMadeHomeChanceMorningPrideTomorrowBedTasksEncouragementMiserableAccomplishedComing HomeEvery MorningGraduationTomorrow Will Be Better Author:William H. McRaven
“When once a man has made celebrity necessary to his happiness, he has put it in the power of the weakest and most timorous malignity, if not to take away his satisfaction, at least to withhold it. His enemies may indulge their pride by airy negligence and gratify their malice by quiet neutrality.” IfsMenMayMadeHappinessEnemyPowerPrideFameQuietSatisfactionIndulgeMaliceNeutralityNegligenceAiry Book:The Rambler Source: The Rambler
“Since the birth of our nation, the steady performance of the Marine Corps in fighting America's battles has made it the very symbol of military excellence. The Corps has come to be recognized worldwide as an elite force of fighting men, renowned for their physical endurance, for their high level of obedience, and for the fierce pride they take, as individuals, in the capacity for self discipline.” MenMadeSelfAmericaFightingIndividualForceNationsLevelsMilitaryPrideBirthDisciplineBattleCapacityPerformancesExcellenceSymbolsMade ItObedienceEnduranceSteadyElitesFierceSelf DisciplineMarineHigh LevelMarine CorpsRenowned Author:Clare Boothe Luce