Be Proud Quotes - Page 8

• Don't be proud of what you know, and don't be self-confident if you are learned. Be open to advice from the unlearned as well as from the learned. Art knows no limit, and the artists will never achieve perfection.

  Barbara De Angelis

  Art, Self, Perfection

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• [M]y mother fought hard for civil rights so that instead of a mop, I could hold this microphone. And while she may be proud of me tonight, I've got to tell you, Mom, I'm even more proud of you. Thank you, Mom.

  Julian Castro

  Mom, Mother, Rights

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• One quality of entrepreneurship is just persistence, not giving up because you have road blocks and also not giving in because other people tell you that you're nuts. You are nuts and you should be proud of it. Stick with what you believe in.

  Trip Hawkins

  Inspirational, Giving Up, Block

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• In those days, a gay man was made to feel nothing but shame about his feelings and his sexuality. I wanted my drawings to counteract that, to show gay men being happy and positive about who they were. Oh, I didn't sit down to think this all out carefully. But I knew - right from the start - that my men were going to be proud and happy men!

  Tom of Finland

  Gay, Men, Thinking

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Israelis can be proud of the vibrant democracy that they have created, and I know that many Rhode Islanders share my deep appreciation for the close friendship between our two nations.

  Lincoln Chafee

  Appreciation, Two, Democracy

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• Just be yourself man, be proud of who you are.

  Eminem

  Being Yourself, Men, Proud

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• The United Kingdom Is Not A Country That Anybody Can Be Proud Of

  Craig Murray

  Country, Proud, Kingdoms

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• No matter how you were born, no matter how you identify, I want to be clear that I would be proud to grind you up and eat you.

  Stephen Colbert

  Would Be, Want, Proud

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• I used to say to myself, 'What the devil have you got to be proud about, Marilyn Monroe?' And I'd answer, 'Everything, everything,' and I'd walk slowly and turn my head slowly as if I were a queen.

  Marilyn Monroe

  Queens, Devil, Proud

  Marilyn Monroe, Ben Hecht (2006). “My Story”, p.65, Rowman & Littlefield

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• I’m an openly gay man playing an omnisexual hero, who is loved on both sides of the Atlantic. How could I not be proud of that?

  John Barrowman

  Hero, Gay, Men

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• If you can't be proud of what you do, go and sell shoes. Do something else.

  Simon Baker

  Shoes, Proud, Ifs

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• I would like to look back on my body of work and be proud of each record in its own right, but as a whole, I want to continue to grow and move forward.

  Sara Bareilles

  Moving, Looks, Records

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Every family is different. I am mom and I am dad and I'm going to do my best. You should be proud, walk through life saying I have the coolest family. I am part of a modern family.

  Ricky Martin

  Mom, Dad, Modern Family

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• I would lie, because no one would know me anyway. My grandmother convinced me to be proud of what I do.

  Andy Hallett

  Lying, Grandmother, Proud

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I think you should be proud of not being worse than just deeply introverted and socially maladjusted.

  Terry Pratchett

  Thinking, Proud, Should

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• Our very business is to teach the great lesson of self-denial and humility to our people, and how unfit is it then that we should be proud ourselves!

  Richard Baxter

  Humility, Self, People

  Richard Baxter (1830). “The practical works of ... Richard Baxter, with a life of the author and a critical examination of his writings by W. Orme”, p.161

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• ...making profits is important because it keeps all our people in jobs and, you know, it keeps what we - what we've created going, but, you know, what we're - what I get my - what I'm proud about doing is creating companies which we're really proud of, you know, which we can really be proud of and a byproduct of that hopefully will be that they'll be profitable and be able to pay the bills.

  Richard Branson

  Jobs, Business, Creating

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• Actually I am having so much fun, it has been the most fun time now that it has been announced and I don't have to, you know, it was really difficult to conceal, but now that I can be proud and excited about it I'm having so much fun shopping - it's great.

  Beyonce Knowles

  Fun, Pregnancy, Shopping

  "Beyonce and Tina Knowles on fashion collection and pregnancy". Interview with Becky Anderson, www.cnn.com. September 20, 2011.

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• 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

  Ignorance, Pride, Knowing

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• What may appear to be proud ungrateful and headstrong fron the outside may from the inside express an unshakable integrity of character. Pride, if it doesn't step over the line into arrogance, is simply an unprejudiced self-esteem. Ingratitude is the appropriate response to a kindness that has hooks on it. Headstrong is another word for trusting your own heart.

  Stephen Mitchell

  Kindness, Integrity, Self Esteem

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• Excellence is a process, not just an outcome. Sure, we have to hold out for high standards in the products or services we provide. The goods must be more than "good enough." But so must our approach - you know, our methodology, the way we do business and deal with people. How could the ends be considered excellent if we can't be proud of the means?

  Price Pritchett

  Business, Mean, People

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• The talents of an artist, small or great, are God-given. They've nothing to do with the private person; they're nothing to be proud of. They're just a sacred trust... Having been given, I must give. Man shall not live by bread alone, and what the farmer does I must do. I must feed the people - with my songs.

  Paul Robeson

  Song, Artist, Men

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• Believe in yourself and be proud of who you are. Don't let anyone tell you differently. There is beauty in everyone and no one should stop you from growing into a confident and strong young person.

  June Sarpong

  Strong, Believe, Domestic Violence

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• I should be proud to have my memory graced, but only if the monument be placed... here, where I endured three hundred hours in line before the implacable iron bars.

  Anna Akhmatova

  Memories, Iron, Three

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• We are the one creature to whom natural selection has bequeathed a brain complex enough to comprehend the laws that govern the universe. And we should be proud that we are the only species that has figured how we came to be.

  Jerry A. Coyne

  Law, Brain, Proud

  Jerry A. Coyne (2009). “Why Evolution Is True”, p.233, Penguin

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