Pride in Heritage Quotes

My Italian-American heritage, of which I'm very proud and with which I identify strongly, surfaces in several of my novels.

Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were born in it.

Patriotism is a little like strength. If you've got it, you don't have to wear it on your sleeve.

There are no points of the compass on the chart of true patriotism.

I am the son of my dad, and I am happy that I am.

I've got royal blood coursing through my veins and if the boxing bug is 'something I've inherited through the family bloodline, I'm proud of my genes.

From what I can see, too many kids don't learn pride in their country anymore.

I believe patriotism comes from the heart. Patriotism is voluntary. It is a feeling of loyalty and allegiance that is the result of knowledge and belief.

I never hated my father. I would have named my child Usher regardless. I never hated myself because I carried his name, because I made it mean what I wanted it to mean.

You don't have to be a show-off to be patriotic.

My heritage is English, so I'm proud to be back here.

If people associate me with a region, that's fine with me.

It would be doing me great injustice to think that I have any feeling of indifference to my country; I have more reason than anyone to feel, every day of my life, the value of the blood which flows in my veins, and it is only from prudence that at times I abstain from showing how proud I am of it.

I am proud to call myself a Hindu, I am proud that I am one of your unworthy servants. I am proud that I am a countryman of yours, you the descendants of the sages, you the descendants of the most glorious Rishis the world ever saw. Therefore have faith in yourselves, be proud of your ancestors, instead of being ashamed of them.

Scratch below the surface, and you will find I am a patriotic little thing, desperately proud to be part of this island nation.

There's a lot of pride I have coming from Chicago because so many great players have done so many great things in the league. I definitely want to keep that tradition going. So yeah, I want to represent Chicago in the best light possible.

Whatever strengthens our local attachments is favorable both to individual and national character, our home, our birthplace, our native land. Think for a while what the virtues are which arise out of the feelings connected with these words, and if you have any intellectual eyes, you will then perceive the connection between topography and patriotism.

I want children to feel proud of their heritage.

Being told that I looked like I belonged everywhere and to everyone helped me feel my fledgling pride in my own multiracialism.

Being traditional is a choice for me. South Indian families bring up their children with a sense of freedom, self-respect and self-value. We do whatever we have to with earnestness and honesty, including being uninhibited. Yet we hold onto our roots.

I've been really interested in focusing on the aspects of my Russian heritage I'm proud of. I'm actually em­barrassed to tell people I'm Russian, because it's become such an awful place.

When I tell my husband stories of how I've grown up, he can't relate to it. I like it though, yeah, it's a badge of honour. You're from Up North, you've got to be a tiny bit rough round the edges. That's the charm!

What I have learned in this life is you can never be ashamed of where you come from.

It profits a man nothing to give his soul for the whole world... but for Wales!

You can't hate your origin and not end up hating yourself. You can't hate Africa and not hate yourself.