“There is no pride when it comes to survival, only determination.”
“When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom.”
“It is some accomplishment to suffer fear, but to plod on nonetheless. There is some pride in survival.”
“But like the best empire builders, he was both very determined and very skeptical. It’s like [former Intel CEO] Andy Grove says, ‘only the paranoid survive.”
“Pride helps us; and pride is not a bad thing when it only urges us to hide our own hurts—not to hurt others.”
“When you got your self stuck in the middle of situation where you have to survive for the sake of your pride, you'll find your self stronger and wiser”