What you call pride, I call courage.

Jeff Zentner
About This Quote

In this quote, Queen Victoria tells her son, Leopold, that he is not being prideful for being willing to leave her. According to her, being prideful or arrogant is a sign of weakness and a sign that you have not been tested often enough. She tells him, “What you call pride, I call courage.”

Source: The Serpent King

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