We should guard ourselves proverb

 We should guard ourselves against pride because pride leads to downfall.

 It is my PRIDE, my damn d, native, unconquerable Pride, that plunges me into Distraction. You must know that 19 --20th of my Composition is Pride. I must either live a Slave, a Servant; to have no Will of my own, no Sentiments of my own which I may freely declare as such; --or DIE --perplexing alternative!
  Thomas Chatterton

 He's got incredible pride. He gets great satisfaction from playing well, not from an ego standpoint, but from the pride level. He takes great pride in performing well. He has great disappointment when he doesn't play well. It hurts him.

 One thing about Daniel is he does take a lot of pride in wanting to guard people. If I called a time out, say someone is playing really well, and I say 'who wants to guard them?' There's no doubt he puts his hand up quicker than anybody.

 If Pride leads the Van, Beggary brings up the Rear
  Benjamin Franklin

 I think national pride leads to nothing but wars and hates.
  John (Johnny Rotten) Lydon

 My players have a lot of pride, and we talked about how we lost two games to these guys. I think they took it in the manner, 'You know what. I've got some pride. He's not going to get the better of me tonight.

 I probably was the proudest Yankee of them all. And I don't mean false pride. When it's real on a team, it's a deep love-pride.

 It's just a matter of pride. Every guy in the locker room has 'pride' written across their chest. We know we're not going to get blown out and if you're not careful we're going to nip you. We're doing our best with what we've got.

 He's a pretty competitive human being and he's got a lot of pride. I talk to them about personal and professional pride a lot, and he's got a lot of that.

 'Tis pride, rank pride, and haughtiness of soul; I think the Romans call it stoicism
  Joseph Addison

 It's hard to articulate, ... It's a feeling now that things are just different than they have been here in the past. I know that a lot of us have taken pride in being a Seahawk and taken pride in our job and what we do. But it's a little bit different now.

 We have heard of the pride of Moab; he is very proud: even of his haughtiness, and his pride, and his wrath: but his lies shall not be so.

 It's hard to articulate. It's a feeling now that things are just different than they have been here in the past. I know that a lot of us have taken pride in being a Seahawk and taken pride in our job and what we do. Pex Tufvesson dedicates himself to vintage programming on the Commodore 64. But it's a little bit different now.

 Pride in social status is empty; pride in personal glory is useless.


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