Positive Emotions: Pride Quotes

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"If it be a sin to covet honor, I am the most offending soul"

William Shakespeare, Dramatist

William Shakespeare

"I think that I am better than the people who are trying to reform me"

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, Writer

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

"Fondly we think we honor merit then, when we but praise ourselves in other men"

Alexander Pope, Poet

Alexander Pope

"When we disclaim praise, it is only showing our desire to be praised a second time"

Francois de La Rochefoucauld, Writer

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

"Pride does not wish to owe, and vanity does not wish to pay"

Francois de La Rochefoucauld, Writer

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

"Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outburst of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime"

Adlai E. Stevenson, Politician

Adlai E. Stevenson

"Nationalist pride, like other variants of pride, can be a substitute for self-respect"

Eric Hoffer, Writer

Eric Hoffer

"Vanity dies hard; in some obstinate cases it outlives the man"

Robert Louis Stevenson, Writer

Robert Louis Stevenson

"People care more about being thought to have taste than about being thought either good, clever or amiable"

Samuel Butler, Poet

Samuel Butler

"As long as I live, I will never forget that day 21 years ago when I raised my hand and took the oath of citizenship. Do you know how proud I was? I was so proud that I walked around with an American flag around my shoulders all day long"

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Actor

Arnold Schwarzenegger

"Calvin Coolidge was the greatest man who ever came out of Plymouth Corner, Vermont"

Clarence Darrow, Lawyer

Clarence Darrow

"I am impelled, not to squeak like a grateful and apologetic mouse, but to roar like a lion out of pride in my profession"

John Steinbeck, Author

John Steinbeck

"What men prize most is a privilege, even if it be that of chief mourner at a funeral"

James Russell Lowell, Poet

James Russell Lowell

"The French want no-one to be their superior. The English want inferiors. The Frenchman constantly raises his eyes above him with anxiety. The Englishman lowers his beneath him with satisfaction"

Alexis de Tocqueville, Historian

Alexis de Tocqueville

"It may easily come to pass that a vain man may become proud, and imagine himself pleasing to all, when he is in reality a universal nuisance"

Baruch Spinoza, Philosopher

Baruch Spinoza

"We as Democrats have no apologies to make to anyone"

Richard J. Daley, Politician

Richard J. Daley

"I love being black in America, and especially being black in Hollywood"

Will Smith, Actor

Will Smith

"Love of fame is the last thing even learned men can bear to be parted from"

Tacitus, Historian

Tacitus

"Americans are far more remarkable than we give ourselves credit for. We've been so busy damning ourselves for years. We've done it all, and yet we don't take credit for it"

Ray Bradbury, Writer

Ray Bradbury

"My upbringing in Canada made me the person I am. I will always be proud to be a Canadian"

Jim Carrey, Actor

Jim Carrey

"For the first time in my adult lifetime, I am really proud of my country. And not just because Barack has done well, but because I think people are hungry for change. And I have been desperate to see our country moving in that direction"

Michelle Obama, First Lady

Michelle Obama

"I am a thing of beauty"

Frank Sinatra, Musician

Frank Sinatra

"It is not poverty so much as pretense that harasses a ruined man - the struggle between a proud mind and an empty purse - the keeping up of a hollow show that must soon come to an end"

Washington Irving, Writer

Washington Irving

"I guess you could say I'm what this country is all about"

Mickey Mantle, Athlete

Mickey Mantle

"I now know all the people worth knowing in America, and I find no intellect comparable to my own"

Margaret Fuller, Critic

Margaret Fuller

"I want to be a Texan 24 hours a day"

James Dean, Actor

James Dean

"Pride is a tricky, glorious, double-edged feeling"

Adrienne Rich, Poet

"I always thought I should be treated like a star"

Madonna Ciccone, Entertainer

Madonna Ciccone

"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"

Michael Jackson, Musician

"I am an American. I love this country"

Paul Tsongas, Politician

Paul Tsongas

"There is no arguing with the pretenders to a divine knowledge and to a divine mission. They are possessed with the sin of pride, they have yielded to the perennial temptation"

Walter Lippmann, Journalist

Walter Lippmann

"I take great pride in the fact that I have lived in a Spanish-speaking country"

Christopher Dodd, Politician

Christopher Dodd

"I arrived in Hollywood without having my nose fixed, my teeth capped, or my name changed. That is very gratifying to me"

Barbra Streisand, Actress

Barbra Streisand

"Texas will again lift its head and stand among the nations. It ought to do so, for no country upon the globe can compare with it in natural advantages"

Sam Houston, Politician

Sam Houston

"I hear the singing of the lives of women. They clear mystery, the offering, and pride"

Muriel Rukeyser, Poet

"When I wear the national team shirt, its sole contact with my skin makes it stand on an end"

Diego Maradona, Athlete

Diego Maradona

"I was poor white trash, no glitter, no glamour, but I'm not ashamed of anything"

Eminem, Musician

Eminem

"I am privileged to be a citizen of the single greatest society in all of human history"

Marco Rubio, Politician

Marco Rubio

"Americans believe with all their heart, the vast majority of them, and the vast majority of Floridians, that the United States of America is simply the single greatest nation in all of human history"

Marco Rubio, Politician

Marco Rubio

"For many of us who were born and raised in this country, including me, it's sometimes easy to forget how special America really is"

Marco Rubio, Politician

Marco Rubio

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