Anger is the enemy of non-violence and pride is a monster that swallows it up. — Mahatma Gandhi Tags: #Pride, #Enemy, #Monster, #MahatmaGandhi, #Indian, #LeaderMini who’s who: Mahatma Gandhi : Indian Leader Born: October 2, 1869 Died: January 30,...
My aim then was to whip the rebels, to humble their pride, to follow them to their inmost recesses, and make them fear and dread us. — William Tecumseh Sherman Tags: #Pride, #Humble, #Aim, #WilliamTecumsehSherman, #American, #SoldierMini who’s who: William...
Pride is ugly. It says, ‘If you succeed, I am a failure.’ — Ezra Taft Benson Tags: #Pride, #Succeed, #Ugly, #EzraTaftBenson, #American, #LeaderMini who’s who: Ezra Taft Benson : American Leader Born: August 4, 1899 Died: May 30,...
Humility was considered a great virtue in my family household. No show of complacency or self-satisfaction was ever tolerated. Patting yourself on the back was definitely not encouraged, and pleasure or pride would be punishable by death. — Hugh Laurie Tags:...
Books are but waste paper unless we spend in action the wisdom we get from thought – asleep. When we are weary of the living, we may repair to the dead, who have nothing of peevishness, pride, or design in their conversation. — William Butler Yeats Tags:...