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. ― Soren A. Kierkegaard

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All friends shall taste The wages of their virtue, and all foes The cup of their deserving.

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I was like, Am I gay? Am I straight? And I realized...I'm just slutty. Where's my parade? ― Margaret Cho

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You have to lift a person up before you can really put them in their place. ― Criss Jami

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Optimism is a huge asset. We can always use more of it. But optimism isn’t a belief that things will automatically get better; it’s a conviction that we can make things better. — Melinda French Gates

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All men make mistakes, but a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong, and repairs the evil. The only crime is pride. ― Sophocles, Antigone

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Thus with my lips have I denounced you, while my heart, bleeding within me, called you tender names. It was love lashed by its own self that spoke. It was pride half slain that fluttered in the dust. It was my hunger for your love that raged from the housetop, while my own love, kneeling in silence, prayed your forgiveness. ― Kahlil Gibran

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It is better to lose your pride with someone you love rather than to lose that someone you love with your useless pride. ― John Ruskin

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You wear your honor like a suit of armor... You think it keeps you safe, but all it does is weigh you down and make it hard for you to move. ― George R.R. Martin

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Your pride for your country should not come after your country becomes great; your country becomes great because of your pride in it. ― Idowu Koyenikan

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