The dark war consciousness and pride have seized upon the weak, with great cynicisms and glib, soulless intellects, that grind away like robotic gears at what they despise and can never understand.
Bryant McGillTag: cynicism pride understand conscoiusness
Pride measures prosperity not by her own advantages but by the disadvantages of others. She would not even wish to be a goddess unless there were some wretches left whom she could order about and lord it over, whose misery would make her happiness seem all the more extraordinary, whose poverty can be tormented and exacerbated by a display of her wealth. This infernal serpent, pervading the human heart, keeps men from reforming their lives, holding them back like a suckfish.
Thomas MoreTag: philosophy virtue sin pride
When our embarrassment level is exceeded by our desperation level, we are a good candidate for God's grace.
Peter M. LordTag: pride grace-of-god
I'm not even going to tell you what I think about what just happened in there. But I know it sucked and I have no idea why you aren't crying right now, but I know your heart hurts, and maybe even your pride. So fuck school. We’re going for ice cream.
Colleen HooverTag: hope crying pride hopeless ice-cream hurting hurts colleen-hoover holder
There's blood pounding through the Duke's head.
Knighthood is glory, he's thinking, not just grace in the saddle and at swordplay, but courage enough to give your life to defend what you hold dear. A noble reward, for noble men. A badge of honour.
He'd never ennoble a merchant. Even Chaucer, whom he admires, but knows to be a fool on a battlefield. Not Chaucer's fault, that; just his merchant blood.
Knighthood's not for the likes of these people; for Madame Perrers' brood. He thought she knew her place. But she's overreached herself; she's as grasping as the rest of them, after all. Do these people think they can buy or steal everything?
Tag: pride
Social media has infected the world with a sickening virus called vanity.
Kellie ElmoreTag: beauty vanity arrogance conceit self-awareness pride ego quotes beautiful image appearances social-media appearance vain egos arrogant quotes-about-appearances quotes-about-vanity
The spirit of arrogance most definitely makes you shine. It paints a bright red target on your own forehead.
Criss JamiTag: arrogance selfishness spirit shine pride paint narcissism cockiness red target forehead
Maybe Grodzenski was showing me, with his quiet pride, the reason he hummed a little while he worked.
Nicole KraussTag: pride
The nobility of England would have snored through the Sermon on the Mount. But you'll labor like scholars over a bulldog's pedigree.
Robert BoltTag: priorities distraction pride discipleship
Lucifer spoke thus. Pride took him from heaven, though he sat at God's right hand.' Her voice grew faint, the hint of a whisper. 'In the end pride is the only evil, the root of all sins.'
'Pride is all I have.
Tag: devil evil god heaven sin pride lucifer
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