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

Whatever I am, it’s natural… I don’t have to pretend to be aggressive, don’t have to show the opposition that I am on the field. Being aggressive comes naturally to me, helps me perform.

The honest poor can sometimes forget poverty. The honest rich can never forget it.

I’m not concerned with people seeing me in a certain way. Some people see me as a kid, some people see me as an adult. But I’m seriously not going to complain how anybody sees me, as long as they see me.

You cannot spend money in luxury without doing good to the poor. Nay, you do more good to them by spending it in luxury, than by giving it; for by spending it in luxury, you make them exert industry, whereas by giving it, you keep them idle.

If we take the route of the permanent handout, the American character will itself be impoverished.

Don’t be a writer; it’s a terrible way to live your life. There’s nothing to be gained from it but poverty and obscurity and solitude. So if you have a taste for all those things, which means that you really are burning to do it, then go ahead and do it. But don’t expect anything from anybody.

I didn’t want to be a writer, but I became one. And now I have many readers, in many countries. I think that’s a miracle. So I think I have to be humble regarding this ability. I’m proud of it and I enjoy it, and it is strange to say it this way, but I respect it.

I was never particularly fond of my voice.

I was so ashamed of who I was.

I see drawings and pictures in the poorest of huts and the dirtiest of corners.

I think being able to age gracefully is a very important talent. It is too late for me.

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

We are rarely proud when we are alone.

The first two games for Churchill, I was so jittery that I didn’t know what to do. I was running more but didn’t know what to do. I’ve no bones accepting the fact that I didn’t know what was happening in the game.

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.

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

Lack of money is the root of all evil.

There can be no greater error than to expect, or calculate, upon real favors from nation to nation. It is an illusion which experience must cure, which a just pride ought to discard.

When I was young, poverty was so common that we didn’t know it had a name.

Having been poor is no shame, but being ashamed of it, is.

I don’t want to be fake. I’m just being me. And I have the power to break stereotypes and whatever useless rules that society puts on us.

The more people I reach, the more people there are that have opinions about me. Not everyone loves me, but I have to be okay no matter what they think about me.

I don’t like it when people who are young act like they’re 40. That’s taking too much on. Putting up a shield and trying to act like you’re so mature or whatever – I don’t try to act mature. Some people might say I’m mature for my age, but it’s not something I’m trying to do, you know? I’m just me.

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.

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.

The man with a toothache thinks everyone happy whose teeth are sound. The poverty-stricken man makes the same mistake about the rich man.

The greatest pride, or the greatest despondency, is the greatest ignorance of one’s self.

I learned, when I look in the mirror and tell my story, that I should be myself and not peep whatever everybody is doing.

I don’t have to show anything to anyone. There is nothing to prove.

An important priority for me is a business must get their own house in order. Be or become an agent of positive change in your own enterprise and adopt responsible practices to eliminate the risks that often lie at the root of inequality and poverty.

The bottom line on the Hyde Amendment is that it is directly, in effect, targeting poor women and women who don’t have money.

Our vanity is hardest to wound precisely when our pride has just been wounded.

People who want the most approval get the least and people who need approval the least get the most.

Being unwanted, unloved, uncared for, forgotten by everybody, I think that is a much greater hunger, a much greater poverty than the person who has nothing to eat.

To be idle and to be poor have always been reproaches, and therefore every man endeavors with his utmost care to hide his poverty from others, and his idleness from himself.

On the other hand, you have different fingers.

A person who is truly authentic doesn’t need to play a role in life, we think, but can simply be him – or herself.

Do not look for approval except for the consciousness of doing your best.

Over the holidays, and even during filming, I realized that I actually like my body, even if it’s not perfect according to the book. I just feel sexy. For the first time, I don’t want to get rid of the curves. I just want to tone it up. My body is comfortable, and it’s not unhealthy, so I’m going to rock with it.

I’m fat, but I’m thin inside… there’s a thin man inside every fat man.

Being a Puerto Rican artist, I support all kinds of projects that are developed on my beautiful island that in some way or another put our Puerto Rican flag up.

I am who I am. That’s why my friends and peers respect and appreciate me. I don’t change or cater my actions to fit my surroundings. I’m myself 24/7. People appreciate that.

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

The men and women of Afghanistan are building a nation that is free, and proud, and fighting terror – and America is honored to be their friend.

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.

Not everyone loves me, but I have to be okay no matter what they think about me.

Every time there has been an effort by the Haitian people to overcome the misery and poverty that comes from 200 years of bitter attacks, really bitter, the U.S. steps in and blocks it.

We all have our imperfections. But I’m human, and you know, it’s important to concentrate on other qualities besides outer beauty.

If you begin to understand what you are without trying to change it, then what you are undergoes a transformation.

There are going to be things I’m not going to be great at, times when I make mistakes, 100%.

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

It’s difficult to believe that people are still starving in this country because food isn’t available.

The truth is: Belonging starts with self-acceptance. Your level of belonging, in fact, can never be greater than your level of self-acceptance, because believing that you’re enough is what gives you the courage to be authentic, vulnerable and imperfect.

We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves.

Your timeless self does not age and has no fear of the future. Contemplate your physical self and all its possessions, and practice laughing peacefully at it all.

You cannot be lonely if you like the person you’re alone with.

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

You have to be very rich or very poor to live without a trade.

The world is very different now. For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty, and all forms of human life.

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