Achievement is its own reward. Pride obscures it.
We do not kneel.
Pride. Pride’s the bad boy. It sneaks up on you, because it doesn’t feel like a sin.
Attacking a man you cannot defeat comes from pride, not honor. Pride is often the opposite of honor.[to Eli]
You sit upon the highest seat in the realm, Your Grace. Proud men don’t like having to look up.[to Viserys]
You live without pride long enough, you find a way to use what little you can get.
What you have to understand about my people is that they are a noble people. Humility is their form of pride. It is their strength. It is their weakness. And if you can humble yourself before them, they will do anything you ask.
Pride. What does that word mean in the face of so much death? Pride is a construct, something we summon to unite us when we feel tired and weak. Pride takes work, but death comes easily.
Pride, it will cost you everything and leave you with nothing.
A man can live in a city with a broken heart and mangled pride. But to survive in a slum, he must unfurl it for all to see.
