Quotes About Pride

That was my pride and joy - that I made it through all those years of minor hockey without losing any of my teeth; then, I ended up losing them in a car accident in New York when I was riding in a taxi. So, I end up losing my teeth, but not in the glamorous fashion I envisioned.

I love the romance of the '40s. It was the perfect time to live. Technology wasn't so advanced that it made life more difficult, but it was just enough that you can send a phone call or a telegram. And people still took pride in how they looked. The men got dressed up and the women got dressed up and they took care of themselves.

I'm extremely proud I'm an Asian female and I'm on television, because there aren't many of us.

I don't even own a television. I'm proud of that.

I remember telling my mom, 'Mom, I'm gay, but I'm not going to march in a parade or anything.' That's what I was telling my parents and all my friends and everything. I'm gay, but I'm not going to be on a float or something. Cut to five years later, and I was the grand marshal of the gay pride parade.

When I meet someone from the army background, there is an instant connection. We live in the best five-star hotels of the world, but outside my home I will be equally comfortable in any army cantonment or army guest house. Telling my friends that my father was in the army was like telling them that he is the second-richest man in the world.

I am not accustomed to pay fulsome compliments to the English, by telling them that they are superior to all the world; but this I can say, that they do not deserve the name of cowards.

I know that I'm getting the real deal with my mom. I know that she's telling it like it is. She's proud of me when I've earned it and she's disappointed in me when I've earn that. She's really my spectrum on where I am as a person.

If you want to humble an empire, it makes sense to maim its cathedrals. They are symbols of its faith, and when they crumple and burn, it tells us we are not so powerful and we can't be safe.

My daughter is my number one fan. She has always been incredibly supportive, and she tells like it is and how it is.

Taste is one of the five senses, and the man who tells us with priggish pride that he does not care what he eats is merely boasting of his sad deficiency: he might as well be proud of being deaf or blind, or, owing to a perpetual cold in the head, of being devoid of the sense of smell.

My mom tells me every single day that she's proud of me.

The only story my grandfather tells me about his days in the NFL is how much better he was than me.

My younger self would be proud that I'd made it and that someone with my accent had got on the radio and telly. It would make her happy that I'd stuck to my guns.

I can speak Odiya, Telugu, apart from Hindi and a little bit of Rajasthani, so, truly Indian from that context.

The consolidated appreciation that 'Eega' is the pride of the Telugu film industry is the biggest award I can get.

Yes, many people compare me with my father and I feel proud and happy that Telugu people are enjoying my roles.

His ego was just too big, almost as if he were genetically predisposed to be an ass.

That was the problem with crowing too loudly. You gave away your position and made yourself vulnerable.

It has been suggested that the heart of sin is taking oneself too seriously.

He had never fled from a single foe, and had the thought occurred to him he would have flushed with shame.

The only sin is pride.

All those who try to go it sole alone,Too proud to be beholden for relief,Are absolutely sure to come to grief.

If you don't know how great this country is, I know someone who does Russia.