Pride Quotes

I love what I do. I take great pride in what I do. And I can't do something halfway, three-quarters, nine-tenths. If I'm going to do something, I go all the way.

If you are a housewife, take pride in that.

Poor nations are hungry, and rich nations are proud; and pride and hunger will ever be at variance.

Pride will spit in pride's face.

Tonight, we gather to affirm the greatness of our nation - not because of the height of our skyscrapers, or the power of our military, or the size of our economy. Our pride is based on a very simple premise, summed up in a declaration made over two hundred years ago.

Attacks of divine transports are of pride and I accept the part assigned.

We pride ourselves as being top, really, on the African ladder... We feel that we have actually been advancing rather than going backwards.

It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.

I've been acting for a long time now, but as narcissistic as this sounds - and I don't mean it to sound - every time I see my name up there, there is real sense of pride.

It's a fine thing to rise above pride, but you must have pride in order to do so.

Playing football and rugby is the Samoan sport. It's part of the conversation at church. It's part of the conversation in their barbershops, in the grocery stores. It's what everyone is aware of and familiar with. They take a lot of pride in the beating you can take in the course of that sport.

Some of today's athletes do not have that kind of pride. They left school at 16, have never had a job in their life and are getting Lottery funding, earning money as an athlete.

I think you always take pride in how you play.

Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and important, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction.

I grew up reading 'Sense and Sensibility' and 'Pride and Prejudice' - girly kind of books.

I hate those men who would send into war youth to fight and die for them; the pride and cowardice of those old men, making their wars that boys must die.

Yes, free markets tend to produce unequal incomes. We should not be ashamed of that. On the contrary, our system is the envy of the world and should be a source of pride.

'Pride' is my first film with a happy ending. Before, I naively thought they were a cop-out, but now I've come to believe that happy endings and wish fulfilment are an incredibly important part of our cultural life.

Five enemies of peace inhabit with us - avarice, ambition, envy, anger, and pride; if these were to be banished, we should infallibly enjoy perpetual peace.

I'm a black American, I am proud of my race. I am proud of who I am. I have a lot of pride and dignity.

To be the key player in creating and scoring goals, that's what I take pride in, and the thing I know how to do best.

The news is the one thing the networks can point to with pride. Everything else they do is crap, and they know it.

More enduringly than any other sport, wrestling teaches self-control and pride. Some have wrestled without great skill - none have wrestled without pride.

We take pride in what we do.

Fame is the inheritance not of the dead, but of the living. It is we who look back with lofty pride to the great names of antiquity.

Great champions have an enormous sense of pride. The people who excel are those who are driven to show the world and prove to themselves just how good they are.

One of the best temporary cures for pride and affectation is seasickness; a man who wants to vomit never puts on airs.

So without that Canadian invention we were grounded. And so that was a really important and key part of the mission and Canadians should take real pride in it.

It's just nice to work hard and be rewarded, which is having lots of people watch. And the icing on the cake is for me is to be able to walk around with pride, feeling that the product you put out is worthy of being watched. But honestly, it's not a big deal. I don't put too much stock in fame or celebrity anyway. I don't put it in the 'important' box.

So it's a source of fun and a source of pride to have been a part of this little movie that could.