Charity and pride have different aims, yet both feed the poor
pride charity poor
The charity that hastens to proclaim its good deeds, ceases to be charity, and is only pride and ostentation
deeds pride good charity
This transformation in kids - from flashing dragonflies, so to say, to sticky water-surface worms slowly slipping downstream - is noticed with pride by society and with mortification by God..
society children transformation pride kids god
The Christian faith from the beginning, is sacrifice: the sacrifice of all freedom, all pride, all self-confidence of spirit; it is at the same time subjection, self-derision, and self-mutilation
faith time christianity pride sacrifice spirit beginning freedom christian
When you look at a city, it's like reading the hopes, aspirations and pride of everyone who built it.
reading city pride aspirations hopes cities
Marx was wrong; jealousy and pride, emotional forces, are just as responsible as hunger and necessity for our actions; they explain the whole of History, and the initial fall of man.
necessity man history hunger pride wrong actions fall emotional jealousy responsible communism marx
A competitor will find a way to win. Competitors take bad breaks and use them to drive themselves just that much harder. Quitters take bad breaks and use them as reasons to give up. It's all a matter of pride.
competition pride drive bad win find matter reasons give
Pride and conceit were the original sins of man.
original conceit man sin pride sins
You come of the Lord Adam and the Lady Eve,' said Aslan. 'And that is both honor enough to erect the head of the poorest beggar, and shame enough to bow the shoulders of the greatest emperor on earth. Be content.
honor content earth pride contentment adam shame lady head lord
I envision someday a great, peaceful South Africa in which the world will take pride, a nation in which each of many different groups will be making its own creative contribution.
nations africa world pride creative nation south country great peaceful
In order to get power and retain it, it is necessary to love power; but love of power is not connected with goodness but with qualities that are the opposite of goodness, such as pride, cunning and cruelty
order power pride goodness cruelty qualities love cunning
There are various sorts of curiosity; one is from interest, which makes us desire to know that which may be useful to us; and the other, from pride which comes from the wish to know what others are ignorant of.
pride curiosity desire interest ignorant
They were fast-moving opportunists encased in cynicism and proud of it.
opportunity cynicism pride proud
. Almost everything all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure - these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.
failure truth death naked leaving fear heart reason pride fall expectations lose thinking face things die remembering embarrassment important
I do not deny the rights of democracy, but I have no illusions as to the uses that will be made of those rights so long as wisdom is rare and pride abundant
rights wisdom pride right democracy illusions made
Pride and dignity would belong to women if only men would leave them alone
women men pride dignity leave
Labor wants also pride and joy in doing good work, a sense of making or doing something beautiful or useful - to be treated with dignity and respect as brother and sister
labor work sense pride beautiful respect good joy dignity sister brother
Humility is the ability to give up your pride and still retain your dignity.
ability pride dignity humility give
Discipline is based on pride, on meticulous attention to details, and on mutual respect and confidence. Discipline must be a habit so ingrained that it is stronger than the excitement of the goal or the fear of failure.
discipline failure confidence fear pride respect attention excitement goal habit details
Once social change begins, it cannot be reversed. You cannot uneducate the person who has learned to read. You cannot humiliate the person who feels pride. You cannot oppress the people who are not afraid anymore. We have seen the future, and the future is ours.
change people future education fear pride person read afraid social learned
Unbalanced pride is often a false friend, and is ruinous for egomaniacs who can't see beyond their choices of expressing art.
art choices pride friend false egotism
It is neither wise nor brave to question God. It is the folly of a prideful heart
life wisdom ego spirituality heart pride wise question brave vanity folly god
It is time, as a matter of pride, as well as a matter of national security, for the United States of America to lead the world in the energy revolution, and not lag behind Japan or Germany
revolution time security world pride america energy japan matter germany
Pride is seldom delicate, it will please itself with very mean advantages; and envy feels not its own happiness, but when it may be compared with the misery of others
happiness pride envy misery
Though the discoveries or acquisitions of man are not always adequate to the expectations of his pride, they are at least sufficient to animate his industry
man pride expectation expectations industry
Showing 76 to 100 of 1073 results
You must log in to post a comment.
There are no comments yet.