#ride

Pride gets no pleasure out of having something, only out of having more of it than the next man... It is the comparison that makes you proud: the pleasure of being above the rest. Once the element of competition is gone, pride is gone. ↗

— C.S. Lewis

#christianity

The proud person always wants to do the right thing, the great thing. But because he wants to do it in his own strength, he is fighting not with man, but with God. ↗

— Søren Kierkegaard

#christianity #god #pride #christianity

Let others pride themselves about how many pages they have written; I'd rather boast about the ones I've read. ↗

— Jorge Luis Borges

#reading #writers #read

Fang! Come Back!" I started pulling his hair. Shaking his head and shoulders. Hard. "Wake up! Snap out of it! You stupid jerk! I am going to kill you if you die on me! ↗

— James Patterson

#maximum-ride #stupidity

They parted at last with mutual civility, and possibly a mutual desire of never meeting again. ↗

— Jane Austen

#mr-darcy #parting #pride-and-prejudice #civilization

Ari felt like, Hellooo, I have wings! I turn into a wolf! Blending is out is out of the question! ↗

— James Patterson

#schools-out-forever #questions

We've got to have rules and obey them. After all, we're not savages. We're English, and the English are best at everything. ↗

— William Golding

#nationalism #poignant #pride #english

Where was the catch? 'Cause I knew one was coming. ↗