There is nothing so skillful in its own defense as imperious pride.
There is something very human in this apparent mirth and mockery of the squirrels. It seems to be a sort of ironical laughter, and implies self-conscious pride and exultation in the laughter.
The most important connection I can see between my faith and my work is that in the progress of my day, I try to be restrained and mindful of every person’s humanity and of the overwhelming challenge of pride.
I pride myself on being able to make all the throws.
Essentially, pride is a ‘my will’ rather than ‘thy will’ approach to life.
You can’t generalise, of course, but there is a school of American acting where there is a kind of pride in the number of takes you can do.
Professional farmworkers who know how to do a number of different jobs, whether it be pruning or picking or crafting, they see themselves as professionals, and they take a lot of pride in that work. They don’t see themselves as doing work that is demeaning.
From what I can see, too many kids don’t learn pride in their country anymore.
I consider myself a journeyman actor, and I pride myself and look forward to keeping my career choices as diverse as possible because it challenges me as an actor.
I’ve actually performed at Gay Pride in Atlanta three times in my career. I’ve always had a large gay following, particularly in the lesbian community. I am grateful for that. To me, it means my music transcends categories. It also means that I’m a cute girl singing a rock song in an alto voice!
Be proud to be Latino and never lose that pride!
We put a lot of pride into our work, and to have it show on Sundays is a testament to all the work we’ve put in.
I take a certain pride in having maintained a reputation for fast copy throughout my newspaper career. Fast-breaking stories left my typewriter in a hurry. Not great literature, perhaps, but fast, and usually accurate.
I took pride in everything when it came to Canada. Not even just Toronto, everything that came with Canada, wearing that Toronto Raptors jersey.
It’s no one’s fault to be born ugly, but, honestly, must it be worn as a symbol of pride?
When my dad first started out in the police force, wearing the uniform was a sense of pride, and it was respected in the community for what the police force was all about. Unfortunately today, the uniform is a target.
Americans spend a lot more money on their cars, especially the older gentlemen who see it as their pride and joy.
Well, I am producing a show that’s going to be on NBC this fall. It’s called ‘School Pride,’ and it’s a reality show where we’re going around the country and renovating schools. It’s really great.
When I get in there, I’m not really worried about scoring. I’m just worried about playing as hard defense as I can play, making my opponent work, and then I know the offensive end will open up for me. I’ve been a scorer all my life, so that’s what I try to pride myself on. It feels good.
India is desperately romantic, utterly unashamed of its sentimentality, its generosity, its fierce pride and massive heart.
Storytelling is the only studio movie where the censorship is perfectly clear, the only studio movie with a big red box covering up a shot. I take pride in that – and, of course, in having avoided the fate of Eyes Wide Shut.
That which is given with pride and ostentation is rather an ambition than a bounty.
Take pride in exactly what it is you do and remember it’s okay to fail as long as you don’t give up.
We pride ourselves on being a touring band. We work very hard to give a great and unique performance.
Every country wants to protect its athletes because it’s ultimately Germany vs. Spain, America vs. China; sports are an extension of the government because of national pride.
Whether it’s from the biggest, most powerful city, or from the dinkiest little podunk town, there is a certain attachment and connection, and yes, pride about where you came from.
I pride myself on being tragically uncool.
I’m a true professional. I don’t play no acting games, and I take pride in my work and being a professional.
There is certainly a future for Italian football, as we have pride, ability, determination, and after bad tumbles, we always find a way to get back on our feet.
It’s crazy: the first black man to actually step foot in America came as a free man, as an explorer, with the Spaniards. That’s something for me – as a black American, it gives me a little bit of pride because we were free and respected somewhere else before slavery became what it was.
We take pride in what we do.
When 1.2 million people come together for Pride in Toronto, that’s great, but we now need to start paying it forward and thinking about the rest of the world.
I most certainly am not harboring any sort of negative feeling toward the gay community. I don’t have an opinion on people with different religious, sexual or political preferences. I’m one of the most liberal artists that I think you will ever meet, and I pride myself on that.
I want to live my life moving forward with integrity and pride.
I don’t work for money any longer. I’m fortunate enough not to need to work for money, but I work for pride; I work because I love to work, and so the idea that one could lose control of one’s own name and that things could be produced with your name on that you were not proud of scared me.
It’s only when you grow up, and step back from him, or leave him for your own career and your own home – it’s only then that you can measure his greatness and fully appreciate it. Pride reinforces love.
My sign is Leo. A Leo has to walk with pride. When he takes a step, he has to put his foot down. You walk into a room and you want people to know your presence, without you doing anything.
It’s my privilege and honor to cook three meals a day for my family, and it’s a luxury on a level that I didn’t even realize, because it can be relentless for me on some days. You have pride in how you take care of your family.
Books are but waste paper unless we spend in action the wisdom we get from thought – asleep. When we are weary of the living, we may repair to the dead, who have nothing of peevishness, pride, or design in their conversation.
Americans and French are notoriously monolingual, especially earlier generations. Language is a sense of pride in both cultures. I think that the French and Americans are like brothers or sisters who are so similar that they irritate one another.
I was trying to be 27 at age 47, but God had to get rid of my vanity. I had trouble letting go of the old Lex physically. My human fleshly nature didn’t want to let go of what had come to be billed as ‘The Total Package.’ I guess God had to help me get rid of the last remnant of that vanity and pride.
I’m not a reality TV star. I pride myself on witnessing, watching people, studying people, and being able to recreate that and create a human being.
People that are conceited of their own merit take pride in being unfortunate, that themselves and others may think them considerable enough to be the envy and the mark of fortune.
Chicago is incredibly gracious. People here have so much pride.
Pride makes us artificial and humility makes us real.
I’ve been acting for a long time now, but as narcissistic as this sounds – and I don’t mean it to sound – every time I see my name up there, there is real sense of pride.
I try to pride myself on being nice to everyone and not letting egos get in the way.
Kiwis must not fall behind the standards of other countries. We pride ourselves on our quality of life. Thus we must pave the road in the right way for the future generations.
I tell people I’m a stand-up comedian two hours a week. The rest of the time, I’m somebody’s husband, I’m somebody’s father. I’m a man. I take great pride in that.
I pride myself on breaking any box that anyone wants to put me in.
Beijing has a history of ignoring the rules. It takes pride in it.
Pride, to me, is a celebration of the past because we have come such a long way from the very first Pride parade marking the anniversary of the Stonewall riots, so it’s a celebration of all that we’ve accomplished.
If you can once engage people’s pride, love, pity, ambition on your side, you need not fear what their reason can do against you.
It’s hard to find an emblem of cultural, national pride that burns as bright as Israel’s success in classical music.
I’ve had such an amazing opportunity to work on so many different types of projects that continued on to Broadway. Unfortunately I didn’t always continue on with them. Still, you know, I always had such a great pride in kind of helping the authors and directors create the show.
Muslims are not ashamed of their Prophet’s teaching about war. On the contrary, for us it is a great source of pride.
I am a storyteller, and I take great pride in the storytelling and a great joy.
‘Pride and Prejudice’ – perhaps more than any other Jane Austen book – is engrained in our literary consciousness.
It’s a sense of pride, a sense of you set out to get a record deal, and we got that. We set out to get a No. 1 record, and then we got that. Then you say, ‘Wow, that was impossible and now even more impossible is to stay No. 1 and stay current and put out new records that people care about,’ and we really stuck to that.
