#pride

Peter was now standing very close - as if he wanted to comfort me - as if he knew how hurt I felt that Mrs Knowles had not asked me to play or to sing. And I did feel comforted. It was as if a tide of warmth was carrying me out of myself, inclining me to trust him and to conduct myself well. ↗

— Jennifer Paynter

#jennifer-paynter #love #loyalty #mary-bennet #peter-bushell

Such kindness wasn't a gift but a goad, scraping against one's skin like a yoke of thorns. She would have preferred him stiff, defensive, even offensive. ↗

— Lauren Willig

#kindness #love #men #pride #love

At that moment a solitary violin struck up. But the music was not dance music; it was more like a song - a solemn, sweet song. (I know now that it was Beethoven's Romance in F.) I listened, and suddenly it was as if the fog that surrounded me had been penetrated, as if I were being spoken to. ↗

— Jennifer Paynter

#jennifer-paynter #love #mary-bennet #message #music

If pride is a sin, then love must be the mother of sin. ↗

— Lionel Suggs

#pride #sin #love

Show class, have pride, and display character. If you do, winning takes care of itself. ↗

— Paul Bryant

#character #class #display #itself #pride

The power of the sky can be made to do men's bidding. There are no limits to its secrets and its might, and it can be made to grant us anything if we but choose to ask. ↗

— Ayn Rand

#science #will #men

God didn't send His only Son to die on the cross so that we can hide behind our guilt, shame, and pride. ↗

— Heather Bixler

#christian-living #cross #god #inspirational-religious #jesus

Our pride keeps us from breaking our pride. Our pride tells us we don't have pride issues. ↗

— Heather Bixler

#inspirational-quotes #pride #inspirational

Some of today's athletes do not have that kind of pride. They left school at 16, have never had a job in their life and are getting Lottery funding, earning money as an athlete. ↗

— Linford Christie

#athletes #earning #funding #getting #had

Riches are not forbidden, but the pride of them is. ↗

— John Chrysostom

#pride #riches #them