Professional farmworkers who know how to do a number of different jobs, whether it be pruning or picking or crafting, they see themselves as professionals, and they take a lot of pride in that work. They don’t see themselves as doing work that is demeaning.

I’m the greatest thing that ever lived! I’m the king of the world! I’m a bad man. I’m the prettiest thing that ever lived.

My pride fell with my fortunes.

When I look back on what I did for the Left, I’m in a small way quite proud of some of it – I only wish I’d done more.

We are America, second to none, and we own the finish line. Don’t forget it.

To make America the greatest is my goal, so I beat the Russian and I beat the Pole. And for the U.S.A. won the medal of gold. The Greeks said, ‚You’re better than the Cassius of old.‘

Leaders who fail to prune their pride will meet demise. That’s not a guess, it’s a guarantee. With pride, it’s not a matter of ‚if‘ we will fall, but ‚when.‘ There are no exceptions.

No one has a greater asset for his business than a man’s pride in his work.

The English are predisposed to pride, the French to vanity.

I love everything about my job, except being away from the kids.

I am really proud that I am one of the artists that has the opportunity to be on magazine covers and to be in the movies.

Nothing is ever done beautifully which is done in rivalship: or nobly, which is done in pride.

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.

I like making things. I don’t like getting my picture taken.

None are more taken in by flattery than the proud, who wish to be the first and are not.

The God of this world is riches, pleasure and pride.

There is a danger that threatens everyone in the church, all of us. The danger of worldliness. It leads us to vanity, arrogance and pride.

How wonderful it is to be an American. We have known the best of times and the worst of times.

What really motivates people at Facebook is building something that’s worthwhile, that they’re going to be proud to show to friends and family.

I don’t mean to be cocky, but if I’m never on TV again, if I never make another dollar, I am proud. I did what I wanted to do.

If my films make one more person miserable, I’ll feel I have done my job.

Nothing has been purchased more dearly than the little bit of reason and sense of freedom which now constitutes our pride.

I like to work.

Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and important, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction.

When you are full of pride on the inside, it makes you stiff, stubborn, and creates strife with others.

Bad food is made without pride, by cooks who have no pride, and no love. Bad food is made by chefs who are indifferent, or who are trying to be everything to everybody, who are trying to please everyone… Bad food is fake food… food that shows fear and lack of confidence in people’s ability to discern or to make decisions about their lives.

Work is making a living out of being bored.

All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind.

I’m not suggesting people abandon musical instruments and start playing their cars and apartments, but I do think the reign of music as a commodity made only by professionals might be winding down.

Every one of my regrets has produced a song I’m proud of.

Never have we stolen the intelligences of other peoples. On the contrary, in Cuba we have trained tens of thousands of doctors and other top-level professionals, for free, in order to send them back to their own countries.

Whenever things go a bit sour in a job I’m doing, I always tell myself, ‚You can do better than this.‘

The greatest thrill in my life was to represent the United States of America.

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

It’s very important to like the people you work with. Otherwise, your job is going to be quite miserable.

Self-centered indulgence, pride and a lack of shame over sin are now emblems of the American lifestyle.

I’m proud to be an actor. See, as an actor, you live longer. Football players, the brain and all that stuff, ooh-eee, that’s not good.

All the awards in the world, you can get into all the nightclubs, they’ll send you the nicest clothes. Nothing better than walking into your dad’s restaurant and seeing a smile on his face and knowing that your mom and dad and your sister are real proud of you.

The boys know they’re from Southeast Asia, and they have their food and their music and their friends, and they have a pride particular to them.

Ninety-nine percent of the men and women of the FBI… are just professionals. I don’t want Americans, if an FBI agent knocks on their door, to have to be worried about well, is he a Democrat or a Republican? He’s an FBI agent.

Let not the 12 million Negroes be ashamed of the fact that they are the grandchildren of slaves. There is dishonor in being slave-owners.

The biggest thrill a ballplayer can have is when your son takes after you. That happened when my Bobby was in his championship Little League game. He really showed me something. Struck out three times. Made an error that lost the game. Parents were throwing things at our car and swearing at us as we drove off. Gosh, I was proud.

There are two kinds of pride, both good and bad. ‚Good pride‘ represents our dignity and self-respect. ‚Bad pride‘ is the deadly sin of superiority that reeks of conceit and arrogance.

You always want your people to be proud of what you have accomplished.

Men who are unhappy, like men who sleep badly, are always proud of the fact.

I would honestly say that with all the awards and all the other things that I’ve done in my life, Dollywood is one of the greatest dreams that I’ve ever had come true – I am so proud of that I can’t even begin to tell you, Dollywood is real special to me.

Better to die ten thousand deaths than wound my honor.

The infinitely little have a pride infinitely great.

The man with the best job in the country is the vice-president. All he has to do is get up every morning and say, ‚How is the president?‘

I was poor white trash, no glitter, no glamour, but I’m not ashamed of anything.

In general, pride is at the bottom of all great mistakes.

Big pay and little responsibility are circumstances seldom found together.

Through pride we are ever deceiving ourselves. But deep down below the surface of the average conscience a still, small voice says to us, something is out of tune.

Revenge, lust, ambition, pride, and self-will are too often exalted as the gods of man’s idolatry; while holiness, peace, contentment, and humility are viewed as unworthy of a serious thought.

If I seem to boast more than is becoming, my excuse is that I brag for humanity rather than for myself.

In order that people may be happy in their work, these three things are needed: They must be fit for it. They must not do too much of it. And they must have a sense of success in it.

If I had only one sermon to preach it would be a sermon against pride.

I use a stream-of-consciousness approach; if you don’t censor yourself, you end up with what you’re most concerned about, but you haven’t filtered it through your conscious mind. Then you craft it.

It would astonish if not amuse the older citizens to learn that I (a strange, friendless, uneducated, penniless boy, working at ten dollars per month) have been put down as the candidate of pride, wealth, and aristocratic family distinction.

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

The pay is good and I can walk to work.