Before seeing ‘The Pride of the Yankees,’ you may or may not know that the Yankees referred to are the ones who win the World Series each year. After seeing it you will find that the reference is indirect. – Manny Farber
Great champions have an enormous sense of pride. The people who excel are those who are driven to show the world and prove to themselves just how good they are. – Nancy Lopez
Holy humility confounds pride and all the men of this world and all things that are in the world. – Francis of Assisi
I don’t know if people consciously get in the way of their own success. In fairness, people have a lot of pride, and they fall back on what they know to be safe and correct. Anybody, including me, struggles with change. – Marcus Lemonis
Robin had always wanted to go solo, so when it happened I wasn’t angry at all. I understood the situation. But Barry is so full of pride and couldn’t understand why Robin had done it. – Maurice Gibb
Take pride in exactly what it is you do and remember it’s okay to fail as long as you don’t give up. – Dan O’Brien
Was it not through pride that the devil became the devil? Christ wanted to serve. The devil wanted to rule. – Ezra Taft Benson
It just doesn’t occur to an American that someone else will solve their problems. Americans take pride in solving problems for themselves. And if we fail, we get back up and try again. It’s what we do. It’s who we are. – Mitch McConnell
Manchester has it’s own pride and London has it’s sort of pride and sometimes we can be a bit mean to each other, but I think if we dig the music we can get on really well. – Graham Coxon
Festivals promote diversity, they bring neighbors into dialogue, they increase creativity, they offer opportunities for civic pride, they improve our general psychological well-being. In short, they make cities better places to live. – David Binder
Films are wonderful but they do fix an identity. I can’t read ‘Pride and Prejudice’ anymore, for instance, without imaging Colin Firth as Mr. Darcy. – Deborah Harkness
I hear the singing of the lives of women. They clear mystery, the offering, and pride. – Muriel Rukeyser
The Washington Redskin fan base represents honor, represents respect, represents pride. – Daniel Snyder
We pride ourselves on our democratic traditions, but in Canada, women couldn’t vote until 1918, Asians until 1948, and First Nations people living on reserves until 1960. – David Suzuki
The apex of my civic pride and personal contentment was reached on the bright September morning when I entered the public school. – Mary Antin
Duran is a mythological figure in Latin America. He grew up in a time of turbulence because Panama was basically occupied by the United States. So he felt obliged to fight Americans in the ring. He felt the whole pride of his country and the need for cultural and political emancipation in his hands. – Edgar Ramirez
I welcome newcomers to cons, or ‘con-virgins’ as I like to call them, by saying ‘Welcome to the ‘Supernatural’ Circus,’ and I mean it. We take pride as a cast to deliver a show that not only entertains the fans but ourselves, Creation Entertainment, and everyone involved on both sides. – Matt Cohen
Judaism will be enmeshed in pride and shame for as long as it endures. But to endure as a country, Israel must shun both these tendencies. – Elizabeth Wurtzel
The Bible and several other self help or enlightenment books cite the Seven Deadly Sins. They are: pride, greed, lust, envy, wrath, sloth, and gluttony. That pretty much covers everything that we do, that is sinful… or fun for that matter. – Dave Mustaine
Show class, have pride, and display character. If you do, winning takes care of itself. – Paul Bryant
Throwing off despotism and tyranny is our history and part of our national identity – something in which we can take incredible pride. – Mike Crapo
People are often shy to acknowledge that they are Bengalis. They somehow take pride in saying that they cannot speak or read the language. – Mithun Chakraborty
Brown v. Board helped unite us all, and gave us all great pride knowing we all are truly E Pluribus Unum – one people out of many. – Mike Rogers
He took pride in belonging to the world’s most exclusive club: the United States Senate. – Margaret Truman
Really, it’s only been since the ’70s that Canadians have had any pride in their country. – Dave Foley