Proud Quotes

• I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Inspirational, Life, 4th Of July

  Abraham Lincoln, Caroline Thomas Harnsberger (1950). “The Lincoln treasury”

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• Be proud of every scar on your heart, each one holds a lifetime’s worth of lessons.

  Wallace Stegner

  Inspirational, Motivation, Heart

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• If you want to be proud of yourself, then do things in which you can take pride

  Karen Horney

  Pride, Accomplishment, Want

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• Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves; vanity, to what we would have others think of us.

  Jane Austen

  Pride, Thinking, Vanity

  Jane Austen (2008). “Pride and Prejudice”, p.26, Waking Lion Press

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• The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not bully; be thoughtful, but not lazy; be humble, but not timid; be proud, but not arrogant; have humor, but without folly.

  Jim Rohn

  Leadership, Being Strong, Business

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Sep 24, 2016

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  I think your whole life shows in your face and you should be proud of that.

  Lauren Bacall

  Love, Beauty, Memorable

  Quoted in Daily Telegraph (London), 2 Mar. 1988

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  Freedom is the open window through which pours the sunlight of the human spirit and human dignity.

  Herbert Hoover

  Inspiring, Freedom, 4th Of July

  Herbert Hoover, Ruth Dennis (1995). “The Wit and Wisdom of Herbert Hoover: A Compilation of Many of His Quotations”, Vantage Pr

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• It takes strength to be proud of yourself and to accept yourself when you know that you have something out of the ordinary about you.

  Abigail Tarttelin

  Ordinary, Accepting Yourself, Knows

  Abigail Tarttelin (2014). “Golden Boy: A Novel”, p.307, Simon and Schuster

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• Here’s a bumper sticker I’d like to see: “We are the proud parents of a child who’s self-esteem is sufficient that he doesn’t need us promoting his minor scholastic achievements on the back of our car."

  George Carlin

  Funny, Sarcastic, Witty

  "Complaints and Grievances". Documentary, Comedy, 2001.

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• A proud man is always looking down on things and people; and, of course, as long as you are looking down, you cannot see something that is above you.

  C. S. Lewis

  God, Wisdom, Humility

  C. S. Lewis (2003). “A Mind Awake: An Anthology of C. S. Lewis”, p.114, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• I am proud to be an emotionalist.

  James Joyce

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• I hope you live a life you're proud of...

  F. Scott Fitzgerald

  Short Life, Tough Times, Buttons

  "Fictional character: Benjamin Button". "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button", 2008.

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• Immensely grateful, touched, proud, astonished, abashed.

  Boris Pasternak

  Grateful, Touched

  Christopher Barnes, Christopher J. Barnes, Boris Leonidovich Pasternak (2004). “Boris Pasternak: A Literary Biography”, p.342, Cambridge University Press

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• There is such a thing as man being too proud to fight. There is such a thing as a nation being so right that it does not need to convince others by force that it is right.

  Woodrow Wilson

  War, Fighting, Men

  Speech in Philadelphia, 10 May 1915, in Selected Addresses (1918) p. 88

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• humility is beyond our reach. if it were a product of reaching, we would instinctively be proud of reaching it. it is a gift.

  John Piper

  Humility, Reaching, Products

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• I'm as proud of what we don't do as I am of what we do.

  Steve Jobs

  Inspirational, Life, Life Lesson

  "Stop Judging and Start Learning" by Lolly Daskal, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 22, 2013.

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• My idea of an interesting person is someone who is quite proud of their seemingly abnormal life and turns their disadvantage into a career.

  John Waters

  Careers, Ideas, Interesting

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• Win or lose today I am proud of the way my boys have played in the tournament.

  Imran Khan

  Winning, Boys, Today

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• Earn the right to be proud and confident.

  John Wooden

  Be Proud

  Fellowship of Christian Athletes, John Wooden (2010). “The Greatest Coach Ever: Timeless Wisdom and Insights of John Wooden”, p.153, Regal

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• Proud people breed sad sorrows for themselves.

  Emily Bronte

  Pride, People, Sorrow

  Charlotte Bronte, Emily Bronte, Anne Bronte (2009). “The Bronte Sisters: Three Novels: Jane Eyre; Wuthering Heights; and Agnes Grey (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)”, p.407, Penguin

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• There is such a thing as a man being too proud to fight.

  Woodrow Wilson

  Fighting, Men, Presidential

  Speech, Philadelphia, Pa., 10 May 1915

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• Earthmen are not proud of their ancestors and never invite them round to dinner.

  Douglas Adams

  Funny, Family, Food

  "Fictional character: The Book". "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy/ Episode #1.1", www.imdb.com. January 1981.

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• I am proud to have been in a business that gives pleasure, creates beauty, and awakens our conscience, arouses compassion, and perhaps most importantly, gives millions a respite from our so violent world.

  Audrey Hepburn

  Compassion, Giving, World

  Statement accepting the Screen Actors Guild Achievement Award, January 1993.

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• Every day, the people I meet inspire me... every day, they make me proud... every day they remind me how blessed we are to live in the greatest nation on earth.

  Michelle Obama

  Blessed, People, Inspire

  Speech at Democratic National Convention, www.npr.org. September 04, 2012.

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• I started being really proud of the fact that I was gay even though I wasn't.

  Kurt Cobain

  Inspirational, Gay, Lgbt

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