Mary Balogh Quotes

The humbleness of a warrior is not the humbleness of the beggar. The warrior lowers his head to no one, but at the same time, he doesn't permit anyone to lower his head to him. The beggar, on the other hand, falls to his knees at the drop of a hat and scrapes the floor to anyone he deems to be higher; but at the same time, he demands that someone lower than him scrape the floor for him.

Let go of me or slow down," she demanded as she tried to keep pace with him. He slowed down. "I swear to God, you try the patience of a saint." "You aren't a saint, Brodick, no matter what your mother might have told you.

By-and-large, these are families that are just waiting to get out of here. They are frustrated; I would be, too. I get frustrated at the cash register counter when the paper runs out.

It's a fine thing to rise above pride, but you must have pride in order to do so.

Sometimes just when I say hello the right way, I'm like, 'Whoa, I'm so cool.'

When boasting ends, there dignity begins.

Never dip lower than you can dip.

Give me a break.

There is a pride, a self-love, in human minds that will seldom be kept so low as to make men and women humbler than they ought to be.

It is not the broken heart that kills, but broken pride, monseigneur.

I may have many faults, but being wrong ain't one of them.

There are two kinds of pride, both good and bad. 'Good pride' represents our dignity and self-respect. 'Bad pride' is the deadly sin of superiority that reeks of conceit and arrogance.

Success turns a lot of people off. I have a pretty solid sense of joy and respect that irritates people, and can irritate me, too.

Every man has his dignity. I'm willing to forget mine, but at my own discretion and not when someone else tells me to.

Well I think they broke the mould when they made me and being humble is one of my great assets.

The truly proud man knows neither superiors nor inferiors. The first he does not admit of: the last he does not concern himself about.

Nuts!

It's very tough for a ballplayer to get proud and keep his dignity.

When I tell a child something the first time, I'm nice. The 15th time, I start to get aggravated.

It's pretty frustrating waiting for anything.

My mother has a tremendous amount of pride and self-respect. She won't take assistance from anybody.

Pride, where wit fails, steps in to our defence, and fills up all the mighty void of sense.

I may forget my dignity, but you may not.

Someday I would change my name to Shut Up and save everybody a lot of time.

Great names abase, instead of elevating, those who do not know how to bear them.