“My grandfather was smart and had a whole lot of pride. He didn't speak a terrible amount, but you could tell there was a ton on his mind - like a quiet acceptance of how life had turned out.” MindWholeSpeakAcceptancePrideAmountTerribleQuietSmartGrandfatherMy Grandfather Author:Frank Ocean
“Have you got a Beemer, an Audi, a Saab or a Volvo that replaced a Ford, Vauxhall, Rover or Nissan? Many Brits have. Your first Beemer. A particularly nice smell of leather. Something rather plain but satisfactory about the interior. And that lovely enamel wotsit in the middle of the steering wheel. A moment of quiet 'because I'm worth it' pride.” FirstsMomentsNiceMiddlePrideQuietSmellLovelyWheelsReplacedWorth ItInteriorsLeatherSteeringBritsVolvoAudi Author:Peter York
“I like to think of my best moment on the job as quiet victories. Victories over what? Over the "system", over the various bureaucracies not watching me, over my colleagues' indifference, over my patron's ignorance, over the very concept of horn-blowing pride.” ThinkingMomentsJobsSuccessIgnorancePrideVictoryQuietConceptsVariousIndifferenceColleaguesBureaucracyHornsPatronBest Moments Author:Paul Lester Wiener
“We are called to love others. We share the gospel because we love people. And we don't share the gospel because we don't love people. Instead, we wrongly fear them. We don't want to cause awkwardness. We want their respect, and after all, we figure, if we try to share the gospel with them, we'll look foolish! And so we are quiet. We protect our pride at the cost of their souls. In the name of not wanting to look weird, we are content to be complicit in their being lost.” PeopleIfsWantTryingLooksSoulNamesLostCausesShareFiguresPrideCostQuietProtectFoolishAwkwardness Author:Mark Dever
“You might as well appeal against the thunder-storm as against these terrible hardships of war. They are inevitable, and the only way the people of Atlanta can hope once more to live in peace and quiet at home, is to stop the war, which can only be done by admitting that it began in error and is perpetuated in pride.” PeopleWayWellsWarDoneHomeMightPrideTerribleQuietErrorsStormAppealsInevitableHardshipThunderAdmittingAtlantaPeace And Quiet Book:Memoirs of General William T. Sherman Source: Memoirs of General William T. Sherman
“Yes! the books - the generous friends who met me without suspicion - the merciful masters who never used me ill! The only years of my life that I can look back on with something like pride... Early and late, through the long winter nights and the quiet summer days, I drank at the fountain of knowledge, and never wearied of the draught.” YearsLooksLongI CanBookUsedNightMastersPrideMetsQuietLateSummerWinterIllGenerousSuspicionFountainDrankMercifulSummer DaysDraughtWinter Night Book:Greatest Mystery Novels of Wilkie Collins Source: Greatest Mystery Novels of Wilkie Collins