Proud Quotes for Success
• “Don’t stop until you’re proud.” —Anonymous
• “Be proud of your choices, not your gifts.” —Jeff Bezos
• “When people are proud of their speech, be proud of your silence.” —Luqman (AS)
• “Be proud of who you are, and not ashamed of how someone else sees you.” —Anonymous
• “Look back at where you came from and let yourself feel proud about your progress.” —Anonymous
• “Be proud of your place in the cosmos. It is small, and yet, it is.” —Cecil Palmer
• “Be proud of your scars. They remind you that you have the will to live.” —Paulo Coelho
• “I want to be known for what I am, black and white, because I’m proud of both.” —Logic
• “Your best champion and cheerleader is yourself. Always be proud of your accomplishments, big or small.” —Ayanna Howard
• “You’re so ashamed of your past; drop it! You’re so proud of your past; drop it!” —Anthony de Mello
• “They may never say it, but your parents really are proud of you when you follow your heart and chase your dreams.” —Robert Cheeke
• “Don’t wait until you’ve reached your goal to be proud of yourself. Be proud of every step you take towards reaching that goal.” —Anonymous
• “If you’re out there and need help, please seek it. Be proud of your valiant day-to-day struggle. There is no shame in needing support.” —Jared Padalecki
• “Be proud of your scars. They have everything to do with your strength, and what you’ve endured. They’re a treasure map to the deep self.” —Clarissa Pinkola Estes
• “You may have enemies whom you hate, but not enemies whom you despise. You must be proud of your enemy: then the success of your enemy shall be your success too.” —Friedrich Nietzsche
• “Good for you and be proud of yourself because you have your priorities in order. Be proud of yourself if you are responsible, reliable, persistent, and take your job and education seriously.” —Ana Monnar
• “Be as proud of your race today as our fathers were in the days of yore. We have beautiful history, and we shall create another in the future that will astonish the world.” —Marcus Garvey
• “The key to a happy life is to have accomplishments to be proud of and purpose to look forward to, and at the moment I had both. How wonderful it was to be me.” —Jeff Lindsay
• “There’s a lot of talk about self-esteem these days. It seems pretty basic to me. If you eat to feel proud of yourself, you’ve got to do things you can be proud of. Feelings follow actions.” —Oseola McCarty
• “That wall is your mind playing tricks on you. You just need to say, ‘One more step, I can do this. I have more in me.’ You’ll be so proud of yourself once you push yourself past your threshold.” —Kerri Walsh
• “It’s about being proud of who you are, being proud of your situation and just being stoked that things are always going to get better or always going to get worse and that’s such a great thing. Every day is a new surprise.” —Bert McCracken
• “The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to your child, a good example; to a father, deference; to your mother, conduct that will make her proud of you; to yourself, respect; to all others, charity.” —Benjamin Franklin
• “You should be proud of what you’re doing, but not conceited. If you can’t be proud of yourself, you’re a failure. And discipline. To do anything in life you have to have discipline. To accomplish anything, you have a goal, challenge yourself, and work until you accomplish that goal. Practice what you preach.” —Jack LaLanne
• “I’m proud of my hard work. Working hard won’t always lead to the exact things we desire. There are many things I’ve wanted that I haven’t always gotten. But, I have a great satisfaction in the blessings from my mother and father, who instilled a great work ethic in me both personally and professionally.” —Tamron Hall
• “If I sat back and decided to sell the product of my father and my grandfather’s work, like a leech, you know I wouldn’t be able to look at myself in the mirror. I want to be able to look at my father in 10 years’ time and say, ‘I’m proud of you, and you should be proud of me.” —James Packer
• “To me, what socialism means is to guarantee a basic level of dignity. It’s asserting the value of saying that the America we want and the America that we are proud of is one in which all children can access a dignified education. It’s one in which no person is too poor to have the medicines they need to live.” —Alexandria Ocasio Cortez
• “Right now, make a list of what you admire about yourself – don’t stop until you’ve filled a page. Sit and relish each quality and accomplishment. When you remember how much you have to be proud of, you don’t need to envy others. Instead of wallowing in your jealousy, use your friend’s accomplishments as inspiration to pursue the life you want.” —Phil McGraw
Inspiring Proud Quotes and Sayings
• “Work hard and be proud of what you have achieved.” —Unknown
• “Be proud of yourself when you do keep going!” —Lindsey Vonn
• “You have to be proud of who you are.” —Bai Ling
• “If you do something awesome, you should be proud of yourself.” —Damon Lindelof
• “Always work hard, be honest, and be proud of who you are.” —Patricia Velasquez
• “If you want to be proud of yourself, then do things in which you can take pride.” —Karen Horney
• “I’m so proud of you that it makes me proud of me. I hope you know that.” —John Green
• “If you can look in your mother’s eyes and she’s proud of you, then you’re a champion.” —George Foreman
• “You don’t have to be famous. You just have to make your mother and father proud of you.” —Meryl Streep
• “Having a child on the way changes your perspective. You want to do things that will make them proud of you.” —Holly Madison
• “I threw a lot of balls and walked a lot of batters. Not something I’m proud of, but something I learned from.” —Randy Johnson
• “It takes strength to be proud of yourself and to accept yourself when you know that you have something out of the ordinary about you.” —Abigail Tarttelin
• “Some of the things I’m most proud of, it isn’t because I think it’s my best work; it’s because of something that it’s taught me.” —Troy Baker
• “I’m as proud of many of the things we haven’t done as the things we have done. Innovation is saying no to a thousand things.” —Steve Jobs
• “I hope you live a life you’re proud of. If you find that you’re not, I hope you have the strength to start all over again.” —F. Scott Fitzgerald
• “If you enjoyed making a thing, and you’re proud of the thing you made, that’s enough. Not everyone is going to like it, and that’s okay.” —Wil Wheaton
• “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.” —Oprah Winfrey
• “I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him.” —Abraham Lincoln
• “A proud man is always looking down on things and people; and, of course, as long as you are looking down, you cannot see something that is above you.” —C. S. Lewis
• “A proud and faithful person wants to be seen with you. If your man isn’t taking you around their normal hangouts, then there could be something going on within the city limits.” —Maxwell Billieon
• “If you want to feel proud of yourself, then do good. Take action that will make you proud. And if you really want to feel proud, then do something to help someone else.” —Oseola McCarty
• “Success is a process for all of us, and as long as you are making consistent progress towards your goals – sincerely giving your best effort more often than not – then you are already successful and deserve to feel proud of yourself.” —Hal Elrod
Proud Quotes and Sayings
• “Happiness is a very proud word of our whole cultural heritage.” —Erich Fromm
• “Being proud of your nationality is like congratulating yourself for inheriting money.” —Dov Davidoff
• “I am proud to have been capable of giving people hope again.” —Francois Hollande
• “I’m most proud of the fact that I get to keep growing.” —Paula Scher
• “I’m most proud of having created something that men never completely get.” —Cathy Guisewite
• “You are a woman so dress like a woman. Be proud. Be sexy.” —Sofia Vergara
• “I’m proud, I’ve been working with this kind of self-sacrificing people like you.” —Islom Karimov
• “I’m proud that somebody like myself has made it to the very top.” —Christine Lagarde
• “One thing that I am proud of: I am really capable of laughing at myself.” —Penelope Cruz
• “Be proud of every scar on your heart, each one holds a lifetime’s worth of lessons.” —Wallace Stegner
• “Being interesting isn’t important. But being happy is. As well as being a person you’re proud of.” —Holly Bourne
• “I am proud of my black roots and of the black blood that runs in my veins.” —Ryan Giggs
• “I’m so proud of you that it makes me proud of me. I hope you know that.” —John Green
• “I’m proud of myself, people love me and respect me, and I like me. I like who I am.” —Ellen Greene
• “I felt how important the simplest things were, like feeling proud, finding something funny, stretching yourself, retreating into yourself.” —Banana Yoshimoto
• “If a man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until it is known how he employs it.” —Socrates
• “A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves.” —Henry Ward Beecher
• “We will always remember. We will always be proud. We will always be prepared, so we will always be free.” —Ronald Reagan
• “The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell.” —Simone Weil
• “The most important thing is to be proud of the work that you put into something, and put the ego aside.” —Alicia Keys
• “I’m kind of proud of myself. I’ve been able to keep a certain grace about me, even in the times of disgrace and craziness.” —Pamela Anderson
• “My idea of an interesting person is someone who is quite proud of their seemingly abnormal life and turns their disadvantage into a career.” —John Waters
• “Some of the things I’m most proud of, it isn’t because I think it’s my best work; it’s because of something that it’s taught me.” —Troy Baker
• “The way to be happy is to like yourself, and the way to like yourself is to do only things that make you proud.” —Mark S. Lewis
• “The one thing I am most proud of myself is that I know how to keep my cool and not be intimidated – anyone can be beat.” —Perdita Felicien
• “I am proud to be a role model for my viewers. I am finding out that helping victims is as or more rewarding the all the awards I win.” —Mariska Hargitay
• “Be proud of your accomplishments, but remember you achieved those things for your self-benefit, not to be more attractive to some guy so he will choose you over the next chick.” —G.L. Lambert
• “Good for you and be proud of yourself because you have your priorities in order. Be proud of yourself if you are responsible, reliable, persistent, and take your job and education seriously.” —Ana Monnar
• “I feel like you have to get to know yourself, know what you want, spend some time by yourself, and be proud of who you are before you can share that with someone else.” —Beyoncé
• “Every day you have a new chapter to write about your journey of life. As you write that chapter, do it so well such that when others read it; you would still be proud of yourself.” —Gugu Mona
• “There is such a thing as man being too proud to fight. There is such a thing as a nation being so right that it does not need to convince others by force that it is right.” —Woodrow Wilson
• “You just have to keep trying to do good work, and hope that it leads to more good work. I want to look back on my career and be proud of the work, and be proud that I tried everything. Yes, I want to look back and know that I was terrible at a variety of things.” —Jon Stewart