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Quotes About Pride

When a scientist's son or daughter becomes a scientist they'll say "Wonderful! Wonderful!" So, why, in the name of God, would a mother be jealous to see her daughter become a successful writer?
~ Mary Higgins Clark
My mother was so beautiful, she really was a a wonderful person. Always walking like a queen. Like she owned the world. Maybe I took something from her.
~ Sophia Loren
My mother always told me before shows to stand up and show them whose little boy you are.
~ Steve Kazee
Is not wounded vanity the mother of all tragedies?
~ Friedrich Nietzsche
Viserys sold my mother's crown, and men called him a beggar. I shall keep this one, so men will call me a queen. (Daenerys)
~ George R. R. Martin
A mother's pride, a father's joy.
~ Walter Scott
The mother of creation is vanity.
~ Kedar Joshi
My mother would like me to start all interviews by stating that she and my father are perfectly normal. They are proud of me, and as perplexed as anyone by my novels.
~ Lisa Gardner
Talking about your home town is like talking about your own mother.
~ Maureen Daly
Niobe would have been called most blessed of mothers, had she not seemed so herself.
~ Ovid
I wanted to share my life story and honor my roots. I am very proud of my family and mother.
~ Rocco DiSpirito
Englishmen are not usually softened by appeals to the memory of their mothers.
~ Rudyard Kipling
It's okay to be proud of your good English. But don't be proud of being poor at your Mother tongue. Only the scum of the earth do that.
~ Manasa Rao
Before I was married to Martin and became a King, I was a proud Scott, shaped by my mother's discernment and my father's strength.
~ Coretta Scott King
Weakness leaves, pride comes in. Confidence grows. Successful life.
~ Greg Plitt
Take pride in how far you've come. Have faith in how far you can go. But don't forget to enjoy the journey.
~ Michael Josephson
When you pull on that jersey, you represent yourself and your teammates, and the name on the front is a hell of a lot more important than the one on the back. Get that through your head!
~ Herb Brooks
Showing off is the fool's idea of glory.
~ Bruce Lee
You are nuts and you should be proud of it. Stick with what you believe in.
~ Trip Hawkins
I refused to be a fool dancing on a string held by all of those big shots. I don't apologise, that's my life
~ Marlon Brando
The great trouble with baseball today is that most of the players are in the game for the money and that's it, not for the love of it, the excitement of it, the thrill of it.
~ Ty Cobb
They may never say it, but your parents really are proud of you when you follow your heart and chase your dreams.
~ Robert Cheeke
I shouldn't toot my own horn, but he who doth not toot his own horn alloweth it to remain untooteth.
~ Alben W. Barkley
Don't let your pride or a lack of courage stand in the way of saying you're sorry to people you may have offended.
~ Sean Covey