“There are five kids in my family and I'm the only one who didn't get a diploma. All the kids got their diplomas hanging in my father's room and I got my gold records. I'd say he was more proud of the diplomas.” KidsFatherRoomsRecordsFiveProudMy FamilyGoldDiploma Author:Ronnie Van Zant
“Anytime I think about a product, I think about my family and friends. Would they be proud of me if I put this out?” IfsThinkingProductsProudMy FamilyBe ProudFamily And FriendsProud Of Me Author:Vinnie Tortorich
“My family is all lawyers. Most people when they come on shows like this, "I'm proud of the first member of my family to get a college education."” PeopleFirstsShowsCollegeProudMembersMy FamilyLawyerCollege Education Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Both my parents are Scottish, and although I grew up in Canada after moving over, all of my family are proud to be Scots.” MovingParentGrewProudGrew UpMy FamilyCanadaScottishScots Author:Callum Keith Rennie
“I am proud of my family. I am proud of my Duke championships and all my Duke teammates. And, I am proud I never lost a game against the Fab Five.” GamesLostFiveProudMy FamilyChampionshipTeammateDukes Author:Grant Hill
“Nobody's perfect and I don't want to try and portray that but I'm genuinely doing the best I can out here; trying to support my family the best that I can, trying to make them proud and happy and everybody having the best life they can live. I'm trying to provide a better life for them than I had.” WantTryingI CanPerfectSupportProudMy FamilyBetter LifeNobody's Perfect Author:Chris Johnson
“My family is just embarrassingly proud of me. My brothers get a little protective... overly protective. I've made rules now where I say: "You can't go outside and scream at people if they have cameras!"” PeopleIfsLittlesMadeBrotherProudMy FamilyCamerasMy BrotherScreamProtectiveProud Of Me Author:Kristen Stewart
“Most people go to college to get a job, and here I am sitting in class with a job, making exponentially more than whoever's teaching me, you know what I'm saying? At the end of the day, I wanted to finish what I started, and make my mom proud. A lot of people put a lot of hard work and investment to allow me to go to school, and for me not to finish would have been like a slap in the face to my family and those people.” PeopleKnowsHas BeensEndsHardWantedSchoolJobsFacesClassTeachingCollegeHard WorkMomProudSittingMy FamilyInvestmentMy MomThe End Of The DaySlapHere I AmSlap In The Face Author:Mike Posner
“My uncle was the first one in my family to get a telephone. It was like going to the moon. He came running over to tell us, and we were so proud. A telephone! We didn't have to go to the candy store to phone any more. We went around telling everyone. But we didn't hear from my uncle for three days, so my father got worried. He said, Let's go over there. We got there, and my uncle was very depressed. I asked, What's the matter? He said, I got a telephone and nobody called me. He didn't give his number out - he didn't know that you had to!” KnowsGivingFirstsSaidMatterRunningThreeFatherNumbersProudMoonMy FamilyPhonesStoresWorriedUnclesTelephonesCandyCandy StoresVery Depressed Author:Pat Cooper
“I just wanted to do something that had some meaning that I can look back and be proud of, that my family can look back and be proud of.” LooksI CanWantedProudMy FamilyBe Proud Author:Big Sean
“I wasn't in a position that some other memoirists are, dealing with families who fed them meth, or kidnapped them, or did something that would make the writer not want to see that family again. I wanted to see my family. I wanted to celebrate them. I was proud of who we were, in the wilderness, floating down rapids or hiking over glaciers, and everywhere else.” WantWantedPositionProudMy FamilyCelebrateWildernessFedsHikingFloatingRapidsGlaciersKidnapped Author:Leigh Newman
“I'm extremely proud of my family's record of public service to Massachusetts and the nation.” NationsRecordsProudMy FamilyPublic ServiceMassachusetts Author:Joseph P. Kennedy III
“My name is very specific to my family. I'm very proud of being Nigerian. I understand that most people can't pronounce it, but that's OK.” PeopleNamesProudMy Family Author:Toks Olagundoye
“I was born in the United States, I'm proud to be an American, I'm an American first. But obviously, I'm a Chinese-American. And growing up, my family, my parents, and I think rightly so didn't put us in Chinatown, didn't put us with our other ethnic group, but put us in mainstream America. They're thinking was that will help us assimilate into the mainstream and be a part of it. And it did. It certainly gave me tolerance of other people, of other races, of other ethnicities and I think that's helped make me a better person.” PeopleThinkingHelpingParentGrowing UpProudMy FamilyToleranceBetter Person Author:Leroy Chiao
“The ticket out of the Depression was an education, a college degree. It really didn't matter if you knew anything. You just had to have the degree. My dad, up until the last two years of his life, thought he had failed miserably with me 'cause I didn't go to college. I mean, you've seen postgame interviews with the star of the game and the players always talk about how proud his parents are because he's the first guy in his family ever to attend college. I'm the first in my family not to! I'm the first of my family not to have a degree. It's thrown everybody for a loop.” MeanGuyParentPlayerCollegeProudDadMy FamilyMy DadThoughts On LifeCollege Degree Author:Rush Limbaugh
“I'm most proud of my kids, for one, and my family and my parents. Outside of that - what am I proud of? I don't know. I don't look back, I just go forward. I'm just proud of the fact that my parents were immigrants and we had nearly nothing, and all of the sudden, with the help of a lot of people and my parents as a model, I amounted to something. And I'm doing some very decent work.” PeopleHelpingKidsParentProudMy FamilyDecent Author:Frank Oz
“Yeah, we could have done things differently. But - If we'd done things differently, we wouldn't be who we are. We are the sum of the choices we make. Even the bad choices we make. I made a lot of bad choices, but on the other hand, I am who I am, and I'm proud of my work, and I'm proud of my family, and those are also the product of choices, including financial choices, that I made.” DoneChoicesProudMy FamilyFinancialI Am Who I Am Author:Neal Gabler
“My inspiration comes from many sources, and one of those sources is precisely the maison Versace. When I was a little boy, my family was not very well off. I had a sister who worked in a hairdressing salon. I lost my dad when I was 4 or 5 years old. I grew up with eight sisters and my mom. Nine incredible women all a little "à la Donatella Versace." Real strong women from the South of Italy, women who had sensuality. They had a confidence in their body and in their sensuality. And it was a poor family, I am very proud to say it.” RealInspirationStrongPoorBoysMomProudDadMy FamilyIncrediblesMy DadMy MomSensualityStrong WomenLittle BoysVersace Author:Riccardo Tisci
“Throughout my childhood, I had served as an interpreter for my family. When I left home, I also left the Deaf community. I'd had enough of being a de facto intermediary and wanted to find my own identity. But, over time, I learned to embrace both cultures and find balance between them. I love my Deaf and CODA family and hope they would be proud to call me one of their own.” EnoughHomeCultureCommunityChildhoodIdentityProudBalanceMy FamilyEmbraceCall MeBe ProudDeafInterpreter Author:Kambri Crews
“It will be a great success to me if my family comes into the restaurant and says that they're proud of what I've done, they're proud of the way I've represented the De Laurentiis name, and that they love my food. That is the moment of pure pride for me.” DoneMomentsPrideProudMy FamilyGreat Success Author:Giada De Laurentiis
“I'm thinking of a legacy that I can be proud of and wealth that my grandchildren can use to go to college. So world domination - in terms of providing for my family - is absolutely my goal.” ThinkingWorldI CanUseGoalTermWealthCollegeProudMy FamilyLegacyProvidingBe ProudGrandchildrenDominationMy GrandchildrenWorld Domination Author:Nicki Minaj