69 Proud of You Quotes To Remind You Who The Hell You Are

You know those days when you feel like you’ve lost your edge? Like you’ve forgotten you’re a total legend in your own right?

I’ve been there. We all have.

Sometimes we get so caught up in the grind that we forget to give ourselves a pat on the back. So, I’ve gathered 69 fire quotes to remind you exactly who the hell you are and why you should be proud of yourself.

Consider this your ego boost, your virtual fist bump, or maybe even the swift kick in the pants you need. Trust me, these words from some of the most brilliant minds out there will hit you right in the feels. Ready to remind yourself of your own awesomeness? Let’s go.

Owning Your Journey

1. “Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
2. “The biggest adventure you can take is to live the life of your dreams.” — Oprah Winfrey
3. “You can waste your lives drawing lines. Or you can live your life crossing them.” — Shonda Rhimes
4. “To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
5. “I’m not afraid of storms, for I’m learning how to sail my ship.” — Louisa May Alcott
6. “The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
7. “You’re never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” — C.S. Lewis
8. “I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become.” — Carl Jung
9. “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.” — Winston Churchill
10. “When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems you cannot hold on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.” — Harriet Beecher Stowe
11. “I am proud of the woman I am today, because I went through one hell of a time becoming her.” — Unknown
12. “Your life is your story, and the adventure ahead of you is the journey to fulfill your own purpose and potential.” — Kerry Washington
13. “Don’t compromise yourself. You’re all you’ve got.” — Janis Joplin
14. “In the end, we only regret the chances we didn’t take.” — Lewis Carroll
15. “You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.” — Jon Kabat-Zinn
16. “Embrace what you don’t know, especially in the beginning, because what you don’t know can become your greatest asset.” — Sara Blakely
17. “You don’t need to be perfect to inspire others. Let people get inspired by how you deal with your imperfections.” — Zig Ziglar

Celebrate Resilience

18. “Fall seven times, stand up eight.” — Japanese Proverb
19. “It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up.” — Vince Lombardi
20. “I’ve missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game-winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.” — Michael Jordan
21. “Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.” — Kahlil Gibran
22. “The human capacity for burden is like bamboo—far more flexible than you’d ever believe at first glance.” — Jodi Picoult
23. “The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.” — Ernest Hemingway
24. “Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit.” — Napoleon Hill
25. “What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” — Henry Stanley Haskins
26. “A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.” — Christopher Reeve
27. “Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” — Confucius
28. “The oak fought the wind and was broken, the willow bent when it must and survived.” — Robert Jordan
29. “It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up.” — Babe Ruth
30. “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” — Thomas Edison
31. “Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.” — Mahatma Gandhi
32. “You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated.” — Maya Angelou
33. “Rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life.” — J.K. Rowling
34. “Resilience is knowing that you are the only one that has the power and the responsibility to pick yourself up.” — Mary Holloway

Remind You of Your Worth

35. “No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” — Eleanor Roosevelt
36. “You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.” — Buddha
37. “Don’t ever doubt your worth. You are the dream of generations past.” — Kamala Harris
38. “You are enough just as you are.” — Meghan Markle
39. “The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me.” — Ayn Rand
40. “You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean in a drop.” — Rumi
41. “Do not undervalue what you are ultimately worth because of what people think you are worth.” — Taraji P. Henson
42. “You don’t have to be somebody different to be important. You’re important in your own right.” — Michelle Obama
43. “You alone are enough. You have nothing to prove to anybody.” — Maya Angelou
44. “Sometimes you don’t realize your own strength until you come face to face with your greatest weakness.” — Susan Gale
45. “You are more powerful than you know; you are beautiful just as you are.” — Melissa Etheridge
46. “You have been criticizing yourself for years and it hasn’t worked. Try approving of yourself and see what happens.” — Louise Hay
47. “You’re braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.” — A.A. Milne
48. “Owning our story and loving ourselves through that process is the bravest thing that we’ll ever do.” — Brené Brown
49. “The most effective way to do it, is to do it.” — Amelia Earhart
50. “The road to success is dotted with many tempting parking spaces.” — Will Rogers
51. “Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.” — Oscar Wilde

Boost Confidence and Self-Respect

52. “Your self-worth is determined by you. You don’t have to depend on someone telling you who you are.” — Beyoncé
53. “Confidence is not ‘They will like me.’ Confidence is ‘I’ll be fine if they don’t.'” — Christina Grimmie
54. “I had to grow to love my body. I did not have a good self-image at first.” — Queen Latifah
55. “Why fit in when you were born to stand out?” — Dr. Seuss
56. “The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.” — Michel de Montaigne
57. “Be yourself—everyone else is already taken.” — Oscar Wilde
58. “When you have confidence, you can have a lot of fun. And when you have fun, you can do amazing things.” — Joe Namath
59. “Life is not about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.” — George Bernard Shaw
60. “Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” — Theodore Roosevelt
61. “I am not afraid… I was born to do this.” — Joan of Arc
62. “Don’t wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always be challenges, obstacles, and less-than-perfect conditions. So what? Get started now.” — Mark Victor Hansen
63. “Your value doesn’t decrease based on someone’s inability to see your worth.” — Zig Ziglar
64. “You were born to be real, not to be perfect.” — Renee Swope
65. “Do what you feel in your heart to be right—for you’ll be criticized anyway.” — Eleanor Roosevelt
66. “You cannot be lonely if you like the person you’re alone with.” — Wayne Dyer
67. “Don’t ever be afraid to shine. Remember, the sun doesn’t give a damn if it blinds you.” — Unknown
68. “Be so good they can’t ignore you.” — Steve Martin
69. “Proud of your progress, not your perfection.” — Unknown