Pride Quotes

American history contains much matter for pride and congratulation, and much matter for regret and humiliation.

He didn't come out of my belly, but my God, I've made his bones, because I've attended to every meal, and how he sleeps, and the fact that he swims like a fish because I took him to the ocean. I'm so proud of all those things. But he is my biggest pride.

Pampered vanity is a better thing perhaps than starved pride.

When I severe my connections with the A.I.A. I do so with my own self respect, as a matter of pride and I am sure within your knowledge of my character.

It's no one's fault to be born ugly, but, honestly, must it be worn as a symbol of pride?

I don't get a sense of American pride. I just get a sense that everyone is here, battling the same thing - that around the world everybody's after the same thing, just some minor piece of happiness each day.

The apex of my civic pride and personal contentment was reached on the bright September morning when I entered the public school.

It is not the broken heart that kills, but broken pride, monseigneur.

What I miss when I'm away is the pride in baseball. Especially the pride of being on a team that wins.

Now the master paid a number of visits to England and, as a Cambridge man, it is a source of pride that he taught there for a longer period than elsewhere in my country.

The possession of land seems to be a greater gratification to the pride and independence of men.

All the world wondered as they witnessed... a people lift themselves from humiliation to the greatest pride.

I simply think things through, and I look at problems. One thing I pride myself on is the ability to connect unconnected thoughts and come up with new, unique thoughts.

Search well and be wise, nor believe that self-willed pride will ever be better than good counsel.

The rich swell up with pride, the poor from hunger.

Nationalist pride, like other variants of pride, can be a substitute for self-respect.

Robin had always wanted to go solo, so when it happened I wasn't angry at all. I understood the situation. But Barry is so full of pride and couldn't understand why Robin had done it.

If we remind ourselves of the fact that every fifth American today rightly points and perhaps also with a certain degree of pride to his German ancestry or her German ancestry, we can safely say that we, indeed, share common roots.

We rise in glory as we sink in pride.

The cult of art gives pride; one never has too much of it.

I believe in the nobility of entertaining people and I take great, great pride that people are willing to give me two or three hours of their busy lives.

I continue to have a special pride and passion for AOL, and I strongly believe that AOL - once the leading Internet company in the world - can return to its past greatness.

Take pride in exactly what it is you do and remember it's okay to fail as long as you don't give up.

At some point, the pride has to be a part of the whole day-to-day oeuvre. It's part of who you are and doesn't need to be discussed anymore.

We continue to fight for good jobs that pay well and jobs that last. Helping to get folks back to work is about helping them to regain their dignity and pride. That's what families care about.

Values are principles and ideas that bring meaning to the seemingly mundane experience of life. A meaningful life that ultimately brings happiness and pride requires you to respond to temptations as well as challenges with honor, dignity, and courage.

If across the Atlantic the ideology was pride, here it is delivering the goods.

If you believe in yourself and have dedication and pride - and never quit, you'll be a winner. The price of victory is high but so are the rewards.

I look upon pride as a sin.

That which is given with pride and ostentation is rather an ambition than a bounty.