Top 100 Quotes About Being Proud
#1. How to be happy starts with self love, being proud of who you are and making happiness a daily choice.
Robert Moment
#2. 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
#3. 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
#4. 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
#5. There was a difference between being proud of a grand fireplace in your hall and walking into the flames.
Robert Jordan
#6. 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
#7. Happiness is about being proud of who you are. Be a good friend, be a good daughter, be reliable, be willing to laugh when things get tough, compliment other girls, care about your job, believe in yourself, be vulnerable, tell the truth, apologize when needed, forgive people ...
Erin Foster
#8. Staying humble has always been really important to me, and always being proud of what you're representing.
Jordyn Wieber
#9. To be poor without murmuring is difficult. To be rich without being proud is easy.
Confucius
#10. Don't be proud of only liking realism. It is like being proud of not having an imagination.
Matt Haig
#11. Self-love is about respecting and appreciating every single part of who you are, and being proud to be you.
Miya Yamanouchi
#12. I think a proud Southerner is a Southerner who is aware of his or her past, and being proud of one's past does not mean you accept it. It means that you realize that we've come through the fire, and we're headed in another direction.
William R. Ferris
#13. I have been trying to get the hang of not being proud but instead turning that into thankfulness. Really whatever we have to be proud about, it is something given to us by the Lord.
Mary Engelbreit
#14. Be proud of what you do. But do something worth being proud of.
Steve Larson
#15. Lord make me happy enough in the grace of Jesus to avoid being proud, cold, scared, and hooked.
Timothy Keller
#16. America is a great country. We have a lot to be proud of, and a lot to look forward to being proud of. But let's not ever forget to look back into the past, learn from it, and embrace it, for to deny the past is a dark path to go down.
Lauren Lola
#17. Instead of being proud that you led someone to God, be more concerned with the person you pushed away from Him.
Donna Lynn Hope
#18. You ought not to joke about such things. There really are such people. I've known people who've met them. To think of all the adorable things there are to eat in the world, and then to go through life munching sawdust and being proud of it.
Saki
#19. I respect you far too much to think that empty pride is the only motivator you could call on. I think what you call pride is something much more than that. Belief in yourselves, perhaps, or perseverance in the face of adversity. Those are things to be proud of. That's not the same as being proud.
Jack Campbell
#20. Being Proud is Pleasing Your Weakness.
Not Strength.
It is Selfish.
Petra Cecilia Maria Hermans
Jos de Vries
September 11, 2016
Petra Hermans
#21. The cross is the place where we find the freedom to accept ourselves without being proud and to challenge ourselves without being crushed.
Timothy Keller
#22. There is something inherently valuable about being a misfit. It's not to say that every person who has artistic talent was a social outcast, but there is definitely a value for identifying yourself differently and being proud that you are different.
Daniel Radcliffe
#23. We are never, never so much in danger of being proud as when we think we are humble.
Charles Spurgeon
#24. I think the whole definition of a geek is somebody being passionate and focused, and being proud of saying that they're passionate and focused, on a narrow range of subjects.
Felicia Day
#25. It's about being proud of who you are, being proud of your situation and just being stoked that things are always going to get better or always gonna get worse and that's such a great thing. Every day is a new surprise.
Bert McCracken
#26. Men of an amiable, yielding temper, willing to take the lowest place; to be least of all; and the servants to all ... who live near God, and who are willing to suffer all things for Christ's sake without being proud of it - these are the men we need.
Ann Hasseltine Judson
#27. I'm not against being proud of where you come from but I feel like sometimes the divisions are a little too bold and it hurts us more than it helps us.
Avey Tare
#28. Being proud of something is a very tricky word and I sometimes think it has a bad connotation. I don't feel proud, I feel grateful. I'm lucky.
David Canary
#29. Some people think that horror films are some sort of second class filmmaking, and the only way to bypass that thinking is being proud of the fact that we do it.
Clive Barker
#30. Legitimate First watched them go as they walked away. Sergeant Colon felt he was being measured up.
"I've always wondered about his name," said Nobby, turning and waving. "I mean ... Legitimate?"
"Can't blame a mother for being proud, Nobby," said Colon.
Terry Pratchett
#32. Being proud of who we are as people is more important than cutting into ourselves to create this false idea of beauty.
Isla Fisher
#33. Confession is not all about telling your bad deeds to the public, but being proud of the bad things you have done so far.
Michael Bassey Johnson
#34. You shouldn't be proud of being good at something, if you were born with it. That would be as dumb as being proud of having two legs, or speaking a language, or pooping.
Orson Scott Card
#35. The female body is something that's so beautiful. I wish women would be proud of their bodies and not diss other women for being proud of theirs.
Christina Aguilera
#36. It ain't bragging if you've done it. There's nothing wrong with being proud of doing something well. In fact, if you intend to do something creative for a living, it's absolutely essential.
[check for wording] Proper pride says, "I'm good at this." Improper pride says, "I'm better than you.
James A. Owen
#37. You're glowing." He chuckled, taming his hair. "Forgive me for being proud instead of embarrassed.
Lisa Kessler
#38. 'Born this Way' is about being yourself, and loving who you are and being proud.
Lady Gaga
#39. Success means being satisfied with what you do every day. It's being proud of the better person you are becoming.
Dwyane Wade
#40. Being proud of your background and unique attributes will ensure continued growth. Recognition provides the opportunity to speak about and showcase our experiences as women exhibiting strength in the business world.
Madeline Ann Lewis
#41. There's nothing wrong with being proud of who you are. It's a wonderful thing.
Matthew Moy
#42. Being proud and being nationalistic are, for me, completely different things.
Jean Reno
#43. Imitation is the highest form of flattery, but clones kind of get it wrong because we are promoting individuality and being proud of being yourself.
Brian Molko
#44. Until he reached thirty, Randy felt bad about the fact that he was not socially deft. Now he doesn't give a damn. Pretty soon he'll probably start being proud of it.
Neal Stephenson
#45. Success to me is being happy, truly fulfilled, being proud of myself, and doing different things all the time.
Leighton Meester
#46. Sometimes we look at gay being a bigger sin than being proud or not telling the truth. I don't think God categorizes sins.
Joel Osteen
#47. Being proud of your nationality is like congratulating yourself for inheriting money.
Dov Davidoff
#48. I remember I went through a period where I didn't embrace my 'chocolatiness.' I don't know if that's a word, but I didn't embrace my chocolate lifestyle. Just being a chocolate, lovely brown skin girl and being proud of that.
Kelly Rowland
#49. A high or inordinate opinion of one's own dignity, importance, merit, or superiority, whether as cherished in the mind or as displayed in bearing, conduct, etc.; the state or feeling of being proud; a becoming or dignified sense of what is due to oneself or one's position or
L. Velez
#50. False humility is the pride of not being proud, real humility is without the consciousness that pride exists.
Michael Bassey Johnson
#51. If I'd had any level of success last night, then I could justify my actions; as it was, I couldn't even fake being proud.
Kiera Cass
#52. 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
#53. Stop being so proud of mediocrity; show some spirit!
Dan Millman
#54. 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
#55. 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
#56. 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
#57. 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.
#58. 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
#59. I'm proud of being British, but I think our aristocracy is overrated.
Paloma Faith
#60. 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
#61. 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
#62. The history of science is everywhere speculative. It is a marvelous hiatory. It makes you proud to be a human being.
Karl Popper
#63. 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
#64. 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
#65. 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
#66. We are stronger for the people who leave us, you know? Being able to live without them just shows how much better we are. No one can hold us back but ourselves, and I, for one, am proud of the person I am.
Toni Aleo
#67. It's like prom night for Hollywood. I'm really proud of myself for being here.
Gabourey Sidibe
#68. I was always an outsider, proud of being an outsider. I always reveled in the outsiders.
John Zorn
#69. It is the pleasure of astonishing others, and the proud satisfaction of never being astonished by them.
Charles Baudelaire
#70. 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
#71. 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
#72. 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
#73. I'm not proud of killing, of being responsible for the death of a single person. I never will be.
Norman Schwarzkopf
#74. 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
#75. 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
#76. 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
#77. 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
#78. 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
#79. 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
#80. 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
#81. 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
#82. 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
#83. 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
#84. 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
#85. I'm proud of being part Cherokee, and I think it's time all us Indians felt the same way.
Loretta Lynn
#86. 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
#87. They will grow up knowing that they should be only proud about being adopted. I will consider it a parental failure if our daughters ever try to use it as some kind of excuse.
Scott Simon
#88. As a Jew I am aware of how important the existence of Israel is for the survival of us all. And because I am proud of being Jewish, I am worried by the growing anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism in the world.
Steven Spielberg
#89. He had a certain air of being a handsome man
which he was not; and a certain air of being a well-bred man
which he was not. It was mere swagger and challenge; but in this particular, as in many others, blustering assertion goes for proof, half over the world.
Charles Dickens
#90. I love being a conservative. We conservatives are proud of our philosophy. Unlike our liberal friends, who are constantly looking for new words to conceal their true beliefs and are in a perpetual state of reinvention, we conservatives are unapologetic about our ideals.
Rush Limbaugh
#91. Indeed it is generally the case that men are readier to call rogues clever than simpletons honest, and are ashamed of being the second as they are proud of being the first.
Thucydides
#92. I am proud of being a Southerner. I wasn't about to let Southerners on my show be stupid or aw-shuckses who just sit on the front porch and spit in the yard. I wasn't about to do that, and I made that very clear from the start. I was kind of the gate-keeper on that stuff.
Andy Griffith
#93. I am a judge born, raised, and proud of being a Jew. The demand for justice runs through the entirety of the Jewish tradition. I hope, in my years on the bench of the Supreme Court of the United States, I will have the strength and the courage to remain constant in the service of that demand.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
#94. If the human being is a proud and honorable creature, he shouldn't forget to act that way, even if he falls, even if the whole world is against him, even if he ends as a slave.
Shams Tabrizi
#95. I'm very proud of being a hack. It's why I've lived as long as I have, I think.
Stan Lee
#96. You should write, write, write every day, and learn to edit and pare it right back so you're proud of every sentence, and each one is either being useful or beautiful, but hopefully both.
Caitlin Moran
#97. To be honest, I think that I am a bit of a singer, coming from Wales; being Welsh, we are all very proud of our singing heritage.
Ioan Gruffudd
#98. I am very proud of being Jewish. I went to a Jewish school all my life.
Anthony Pratt
#99. I don't think you can really be proud of being gay because it isn't something you've done. You can only be proud of not being ashamed.
Quentin Crisp
#100. We cannot continually barricade ourselves under some falsified idea of race, because our idea of blackness and race is simply reactionary. Africans didn't walk around Africa being black and proud, they walked around proud.
Saul Williams
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