#pride

The loss of virtue in a female is irretrievable - that one false step involves in her endless ruin - that her reputation is no less brittle than it is beautiful - and that she cannot be too much guarded in her behavior towards the undeserving of the opposite sex. ↗

— Jane Austen

#pride-and-prejudice #beauty

I think it's great that they are getting funding, but it's just too easy. They don't have to work for it. We did it because we had pride, because we loved it. ↗

— Linford Christie

#did #easy #funding #getting #great

Pride works frequently under a dense mask, and will often assume the garb of humility. ↗

— Adam Clarke

#dense #frequently #garb #humility #mask

I take pride in being one of the most successful producers in hip-hop history, having the most successful record in hip-hop history, I have the most number ones. ↗

— Puff Daddy

#having #hip-hop #history #i #most

Materialism, attachment to things of the world, includes pride. Many religious people suffer from pride: taking pleasure or even delight in being good, or religious. ↗

— Idries Shah

#materialism #pleasure #pride #religion #sufi

Our weaknesses may never go away but when we give them to God, His grace will turn them into something beautiful... ↗

— Heather Bixler

#grace #grace-of-god #inspirational-religious #pride #beauty

This is going to sound completely absurd, but I do sometimes feel like the enjoyment of an awards ceremony or the pride in the finished article hasn't ever surpassed the joy of doing the work, of making it. The doing it is really the bit I'm there for. ↗

— Chiwetel Ejiofor

#article #awards #bit #ceremony #completely

The American flag is the symbol of our freedom, national pride and history. ↗

— Mike Fitzpatrick

#american flag #flag #freedom #history #national

The cult of art gives pride; one never has too much of it. ↗

— Gustave Flaubert

#cult #gives #much #never #pride

More enduringly than any other sport, wrestling teaches self-control and pride. Some have wrestled without great skill - none have wrestled without pride. ↗

— Dan Gable

#great #more #none #other #pride