Proud quotes
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"We are now all Pakistanis — not Baluchis, Pathans, Sindhis, Bengalis, Punjabis and so on — and as Pakistanis, we must feet behave and act, and we should be proud to be known as Pakistanis and nothing else."
"You just need to be accepted for who you are and be proud of who you are and that is what I'm trying to do."
"Money comes and goes, but your inner feelings, your gut feelings, your manhood, your womanhood, whatever, that stays with you. That don't go anywhere. So you either proud of who you are and how you handle situations or you not. If you handle a situation wrong, you, it will haunt you."
"I cannot understand how anyone can be an Indian and not be proud."
"I think my biggest achievement is that, after going through a rather difficult time, I consider myself comparatively sane."
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"Different is good. When someone tells you that you are different, smile and hold your head up and be proud."
"Islam has a proud tradition of tolerance."
"You should never be proud of doing the right thing. You should just do it."
"Never be too proud to get down on your knees and pray."
"Love yourself. Be proud of who you are."
"Britain can be proud of its response to the tsunami appeal."
"I want you to recognize that I'm a proud monkey..."
"The Official Bulletin declared that the Poles should be as proud of me as the Germans are of Mozart; obvious nonsense."
"If there is only one thing in my life that I am proud of, it's that I've never been a kept woman."
"I've always been proud that my name stands for peace."
"Nothing is ever wrong. We learn from every step we take. Whatever you did today was the way it was meant to be. Be proud of you."
"Just be yourself man, be proud of who you are."
"If anyone would like to acquire humility, the first step is to realize one is proud. Nothing can be done before it."
"Zeus detests above all the boasts of a proud tongue."
"Treasure nothing, be willing to throw out anything. The story you just wrote that you are proud of should not be coddled and worshipped. You can do it again. If your house burned down with all your work inside it, you would still be the writer you are, and you would continue to be worth something."
"We were raised in an Italian-American household, although we didn't speak Italian in the house. We were very proud of being Italian, and had Italian music, ate Italian food."
"Americans are hungering to feel proud and patriotic again."
"The Law is for the proud and the Gospel for the brokenhearted."
"Prostitutes are in no danger of finding their present life so satisfactory that they cannot turn to God: the proud, the avaricious, the self-righteous, are in that danger."
"I am proud to be an emotionalist."
