Quotes About Pride

I grew up in a household where we all celebrated who we were. There was no space to make people feel different or 'less than.'

There's nothing my housekeeper does that I can't do - and maybe better!

I think my grandmother Woodrell was most responsible for my becoming a writer. She wasn't quite literate, but was very proud that she attended school as far as the third grade. She worked as a maid, housekeeper and cook.

I try to give my best to everything I do. I don't think of housework as beneath my dignity; that's just the way I was brought up.

I grew up poor in East Houston. I used to be ashamed of it, but I'm not anymore. It's kind of a badge of courage now.

I love Houston music to death.

I'm really proud of what we are building at the University of Houston, and hope I spend the rest of my career here.

Houston deserves a champion, and I want them to know they have one in Jermall Charlo.

It doesn't matter how many people say 'well, everyone makes mistakes Ricky, you've had a great career you should be proud of yourself' but that doesn't mean much compared to what goes on between my ears.

I'm Australian! How much more alpha can you get?

To me it's not about how much money you make or the car you drive, it's about what kind of person you are and how much pride you take in what you do. I try and apply that same level of passion to every path I choose in life.

Atlanta's the hub of black culture, and it's OK to be you there - it's the city that really shaped me to be who I am.

We've seen the hubris. And now we're seeing the scandals.

There's a certain attitude that you'll experience in San Francisco. You could call it hubris.

Hubris itself will not let you be an artist.

The last thing we need in Washington is more federal hubris.

A huge part of my life is my job, and that's the highest compliment you can pay to any job.

I'm black, I don't feel burdened by it and I don't think it's a huge responsibility. It's part of who I am. It does not define me.

It doesn't get any better than coming to a club like this, with so much history, like Arsenal. I'm hugely proud.

I was born and raised to play rugby. I have two parents who are hugely proud of my rugby achievements, but even they say that maybe it was just a platform to give me a voice to do something better, and rugby wasn't what I was all about. Something else was.

I'm very proud to be from Hull.

I've actually been in more Elimination Chamber matches than any other human being on the planet. It really has been a badge of honor for me.

I think it's just in human nature: if you've got two guys fighting, and you don't really know them, you're going to root for the guy who comes from your country.

I would just say that nobody could do what I do unless you had a big ego. It's the only way you can really put it. You have to be arrogant enough to challenge the arrogance of the human race.