Proud Being Myself Quotes

#1. I guess I'm pleased and proud of the respect of my peers, and that when I disappear from the scene or from this earth, I will have left a mark. They'll say, 'He did it well.' I like being funny; it opens people up.

Robert Klein

#2. What I want to be best at is being a dad. There's no room for sucky dads, and that's another thing I'm proud of my bandmates for - they're all really good parents.

Adrian Young

#3. It is not only a matter, I believe, of religious observance and practice. To me, being Jewish means and has always meant being proud to be part of a people that has maintained its distinct identity for more than 2,000 years, with all the pain and torment that has been inflicted upon it

Golda Meir

#4. I'm not proud of killing, of being responsible for the death of a single person. I never will be.

Norman Schwarzkopf

#5. I hate the title of being called 'the richest woman in India,' but it's the recognition that this was the value that I had created as a woman entrepreneur, and that makes me very, very proud.

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw

#6. It's definitely a struggle to prove yourself just as a good human being. I'm so proud of who I am and what I've become, the morals I have, and the people that I'm surrounded by.

Tina Yothers

#7. I am proud of the fact there is not a human being that I have got it in for. I never met a man I didn't like.

Will Rogers

#8. I hope I will not be typecast as a Bond girl for the rest of my life. I'm very proud of being a part of the Bond family, but I don't want to be the sexy girl forever. I'm not meaning to complain, but I just want to be taken seriously.

Eva Green

#9. When I see young men and old women come out of the closet and face being called faggots and dykes and pariahs and betrayers of the family dream, then I am honored to be gay because I belong to a people who are proud.

Arnie Kantrowitz

#10. Because of the generation in which I came into the world, there were expectations. Of course there were expectations. It was something having to do with being a respectable Negro woman who would make the people in Baltimore proud.

Anna Deavere Smith

#11. To look forward to whatever flowed through the doors. To save a life? Two lives? I felt proud. The burden of treating the intractable, untreatable, unplaceable, unwanted, had been replaced by the fantasy of being a real doctor, dealing with real disease.

Samuel Shem

#12. I feel fantastically geeky. [But] I'm not one of those people who's enormously proud of being a geek, but nor am I particularly ashamed of it.

China Mieville

#13. I'm happy with who I am inside. I'd hate to have accolades and all that and not really be happy with who I was. So I'm really thankful for my family and for the support system that I have for being the person that I am today. I'm proud of who I am.

Keke Palmer

#14. Some will wear masks their entire life because they care about what other people think, while others remove the mask to be who they truly are. The difference between the two is not the ability to trust others, but to trust in God.

Shannon L. Alder

#15. If I don't get a TV show next year because someone looks up my Wikipedia and it says 'openly gay,' then it's worth the risk because I've had so many years being openly gay and proud of myself as a role model.

Max Von Essen

#16. I'm proud of being part Cherokee, and I think it's time all us Indians felt the same way.

Loretta Lynn

#17. Pride should be reserved for something you achieve or obtain on your own, not something that happens by accident of birth. Being Irish isn't a skill ... it's a fucking genetic accident. You wouldn't say I'm proud to be 5'11; I'm proud to have a pre-disposition for colon cancer.

George Carlin

#18. Of course I am very proud of being a Tory. Yes, in my head and in my heart I regard myself as a Tory. As I have said, I was born that way; I believe it is congenital. I am unable to change it. That is how I see the world ... is the most un-Tory thing that can be conceived.

Enoch Powell

#19. Success to me is being happy, truly fulfilled, being proud of myself, and doing different things all the time.

Leighton Meester

#20. When I stopped eating meat, I noticed that it was easier for me to focus, and I was really proud of myself for being green also ... I had a plethora of reasons for going vegetarian.

Christian Serratos

#21. I've seen myself do stuff on stage that was pretty amazing. I think that would be true for any athlete. Any top athlete will see something that they are very proud of. All my injuries will attest to the fact that besides being a musician, it comes down to being an athlete.

Paul Stanley

#22. I'm proud of the fact that besides being known as a successful former football player, I've also worked hard to establish myself as a successful businessman, network broadcaster, sports & entertainment executive and philanthropist.

Warren Moon

#23. Strength wasn't about being able to do everything alone. Strength was knowing when to ask for help and not being too proud to do it.

Karen Marie Moning

#24. Kabbalah is all about change. It isn't about being proud of our good qualities: the wisdom is about transforming our darkness into light.

Yehuda Berg

#25. Stop being so proud of mediocrity; show some spirit!

Dan Millman

#26. Then what exactly is it that you design?"
He gave a proud smile.
"Bitless compositions."
"Bitless? You mean, from bits, the units of information?"
"No, Mr. Tichy, the units of being bitten.

Stanislaw Lem

#27. I am very proud of the role I played in getting legal equality for people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender, and in helping get rid of the prejudice by being visible about it, helping to block the conviction of Bill Clinton of impeachment.

Barney Frank

#28. It's okay to be proud of your good English. But don't be proud of being poor at your Mother tongue. Only the scum of the earth do that.

Manasa Rao

#29. It's hard having kids because it's boring ... It's just being with them on the floor while they be children. They read Clifford the Big Red Dog to you at a rate of 50 minutes a page, and you have to sit there and be horribly proud and bored at the same time.

Louis C.K.

#30. So let me be clear: I'm proud to be gay, and I consider being gay among the greatest gifts God has given me.

Tim Cook

#31. I'm proud of being British, but I think our aristocracy is overrated.

Paloma Faith

#32. How to be happy starts with self love, being proud of who you are and making happiness a daily choice.

Robert Moment

#33. Pride comes from not knowing yourself and the world. The older you grow, and the more you see, the less reason you will find for being proud. Ignorance and inexperience are the pedestal of pride; once the pedestal is removed - pride will soon come down.

J.C. Ryle

#34. All of the years I spent trying to be someone you could be proud of would have been better spent being proud of myself for who I already was.

Paula Heller Garland

#35. People think of Latina women as being fiery and fierce, which is usually true. But I think the quality that so many Latinas possess is strength. I'm very proud to have Latin blood.

Zoe Saldana

#36. Now we are proud that the government has moved from the class of the exploiters to the class of the people who were being exploited. And in the great name of the same class, I raise this nation's flag which is a strong symbol of this transfer.

Nur Muhammad Taraki

#37. Playing for Arsenal at any level is something to be proud of so being in the squad when they won the double and winning the Cup in 1979 was special. The boys were a terrific bunch.

Sammy Nelson

#38. The history of science is everywhere speculative. It is a marvelous hiatory. It makes you proud to be a human being.

Karl Popper

#39. I am not very proud of being an human being; in fact, I distinctly dislike the species in many ways. I can readily conceive of beings vastly superior in every respect.

H.P. Lovecraft

#40. My contribution I hope is to get people to eat full-flavored food. If I could come away with that alone, that would be a fantastic accomplishment. I'm also very proud of being a very American chef.

Bobby Flay

#41. That's why I'm very proud of being American. I'm proud to pay taxes. I pay a lot of taxes, but it sure beats the alternative.

Payne Stewart

#42. There was a difference between being proud of a grand fireplace in your hall and walking into the flames.

Robert Jordan

#43. It's like prom night for Hollywood. I'm really proud of myself for being here.

Gabourey Sidibe

#44. I was always an outsider, proud of being an outsider. I always reveled in the outsiders.

John Zorn

#45. It is the pleasure of astonishing others, and the proud satisfaction of never being astonished by them.

Charles Baudelaire

#46. I never mind talking about my dad. I'm proud of who he is, and being his son is one of the things I'm most proud of. To be constantly compared to someone so brilliant, who happens to be your dad, is cool.

Rafe Spall