"I felt how important the simplest things were, like feeling proud, finding something funny, stretching yourself, retreating into yourself."
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"I'm proud to be associated with the value system at Berkshire Hathaway; I think you'll make more money in the end with good ethics than bad."
"Immensely grateful, touched, proud, astonished, abashed."
"We are rarely proud when we are alone."
"Ladies pick funny things to be proud of."
"I am equally proud of my Serbian origin and my Croatian fatherland."
"I am proud of my heart alone, it is the sole source of everything, all our strenght, happiness & misery. All the knowledge I possess everyone else can acquire, but my heart is all my own"
"I am a very religious person, so it is the presence of God, the constant unwavering, unrelenting presence of God which continues to help me to keep a character which I am proud to show."
"Let me tell you something: for the first time in my adult life, I am proud of my country, because it feels like hope is finally making a comeback."
"I was not proud of what I had learned but I never doubted that it was worth knowing."
"Remember all the times you were a winner; the times when you did something you were proud of, even small things. Hold these feelings close to you, this joy and confidence."
"It's not about working anymore, it's about doing work I can be proud of."
"The proud hate pride in others."
"Small things make base men proud."
"It is not that we keep His commandments first and that then He loves but that He loves us and then we keep His commandments. This is that grace which is revealed to the humble but hidden from the proud."
"I'd rather stay out of the limelight until I've done something I feel proud of."
"The street is full of humiliations to the proud."
"I'm very proud of my flops, as much as of my successes."
"Ordinarily, a person leaving a courtroom with a conviction behind him would wear a somber face. But I left with a smile. I knew that I was a convicted criminal, but I was proud of my crime."
"Do not be proud of your inconsistency. It is a pity, it is a pity that we should be equipped like this. It is a pity that Man cannot be at the same time impressive and truthful."