Quotations are the fundamental distillation of a writer’s life and thinking as recorded in words and phrases for posterity. Through them the reader is afforded the unique opportunity to share in the thoughts, the life and the experiences of the writer. In a special way, they offer the reader a window into the mind of the author and hopefully an inducement to read further and learn more about the author and the story he relates.

On a wider scale, they are, as William Feather wrote, “the wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages preserved into perpetuity“, and as such they are available for the enrichment and enhancement of humanity, regardless of age, sex, race, educational or economic status. They are indeed, as the Talmud states, “food for the famished”.

The collection of quotations presented in this blog, have been chosen by me because of their special impact upon me. They have been published so that you too, may experience the joy I have had over the years reading them and getting to know the authors.

I trust that you will come to know the feeling of deep satisfaction possible from reading them, searching out the author and meditating upon their meaning and their impact on your life.

Thursday, June 26, 2008

PRIDE

Pride goes before destruction;
And a haughty spirit, before stumbling. …..Proverbs 16:18

Pride is a personal commitment;
It is an attitude which separates excellence from mediocrity. …..William Blake

Though Pride is not a virtue;
It is the parent of many virtues. …..George Chapman

Pride is an admission of weakness;
It secretly fears all competition and dreads all rivals. …..Fulton John Sheen

There is a paradox in Pride;
It makes some men ridiculous, but prevents others from becoming so. ….Charles C. Colton

It is not the broken heart that kills, but broken Pride. ……Gilbert Parker

Pride is the mask of one’s own faults. ……Jewish Proverb

A person will not enter paradise, who hath one atom of Pride in his heart. ….Prophet Muhammed

No man has a greater asset for his business than a man’s Pride in his work. ….Hosea Ballou

You can not give people Pride, but you can provide the kind of understanding
That makes people look to their inner strengths, and find their own sense of Pride.
…..Charleszetta Waddles

Pride attaches undue importance to the superiority of one’s status in the eyes of others;
When one achieves that rating, then he is automatically involved in the fear of losing his status.
…..Lao Tzu
A truly Proud man knows neither superiors nor inferiors.
The first, he does not admit of;
The other, he does not concern himself about. …..William Hazlitt

Pride is a personal commitment.
It is an attitude that separates excellence from mediocrity. …..Author Unknown

Pride is an admission of weakness;
It secretly fears all competition and dreads all rivals. …..Bishop Fulton J. Sheen
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