Every year, June transforms into a vibrant celebration of love and acceptance. It’s a time when millions around the world come together to honor their true selves. Words have a special power this month. They inspire, uplift, and unite us.
In this article, you will find a list of quotes that capture this spirit. These quotes remind us of the strength in our diversity. They encourage us to live authentically and celebrate every shade of our shared humanity.
Inspirational Quotes
“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.” — Oscar Wilde
“Pride is not the opposite of shame, but its source. True humility is the only antidote to shame.” — Uncle Iroh, Avatar: The Last Airbender
“Self-respect is the fruit of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.” — Abraham Joshua Heschel
“It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.” — André Gide
“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Pride, where wit fails, steps in to our defence, and fills up all the mighty void of sense.” — Alexander Pope
“Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.” — Helen Keller
“Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay.” — François de La Rochefoucauld
“Dare to love yourself as if you were a rainbow with gold at both ends.” — Aberjhani
“There is no shame in being proud of who you are.” — Unknown
“With pride, there are many curses. With humility, there come many blessings.” — Ezra Taft Benson
“We are rarely proud when we are alone.” — Voltaire
“Confidence is not ‘they will like me’. Confidence is ‘I’ll be fine if they don’t’.” — Christina Grimmie
“In recognizing the humanity of our fellow beings, we pay ourselves the highest tribute.” — Thurgood Marshall
“When you’re different, sometimes you don’t see the millions of people who accept you for what you are. All you notice is the person who doesn’t.” — Jodi Picoult
“Pride must die in you, or nothing of heaven can live in you.” — Andrew Murray
“Humility is even more honorable than pride.” — Rashi
“Being proud of who you are has nothing to do with being better than anyone else.” — Unknown
“The only thing greater than pride is love, and we must learn to hold both with grace.” — Your Name
“Pride’s a pretty prickly thing. It gets you in a heap of trouble, but it keeps you warm on cold nights.” — Lisa Mantchev
“The deeper the pride, the harder the fall.” — Claire North
“If you are not proud of who you are, you will never be proud of what you do.” — Unknown
“Pride is concerned with who is right. Humility is concerned with what is right.” — Ezra Taft Benson
“It takes strength to be proud of yourself and to accept yourself when you know that you have something out of the ordinary about you.” — Abigail Tarttelin
“Be proud of your scars. They have everything to do with your strength and what you’ve endured. They’re a treasure map to the deepest parts of yourself.” — Marc and Angel
“Pride is the mask of one’s own faults.” — Proverb
“Self-confidence is the best outfit, rock it and own it.” — Unknown
“Pride and excess bring disaster for man.” — Xun Kuang
“Your flaws are perfect for the heart that is meant to love you.” — Trent Shelton
“The proud person always wants to do the right thing, the great thing. But because he wants to do it in his own strength, he is fighting not with man, but with God.” — Søren Kierkegaard
“Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” — Confucius
“Pride is a personal commitment. It is an attitude which separates excellence from mediocrity.” — William Blake
“In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.” — Thomas Jefferson
“Self-respect is the cornerstone of all virtue.” — John Herschel
Historical Quotes
“Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us.” — Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
“It is better to lose your pride with someone you love rather than to lose that someone you love with your useless pride.” — John Ruskin
“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.'” — Carl Jung
“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” — Eleanor Roosevelt
“The only thing greater than the power of the mind is the courage of the heart.” — John Nash
“Pride must die in you, or nothing of heaven can live in you.” — Andrew Murray
“Humility is nothing but truth, and pride is nothing but lying.” — St. Vincent de Paul
“Pride costs us more than hunger, thirst, and cold.” — Thomas Jefferson
“Where there is pride, there is also ignorance.” — Japanese Proverb
“A proud man is always looking down on things and people; and, of course, as long as you’re looking down, you can’t see something that’s above you.” — C.S. Lewis
“A man who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, and he who has one enemy will meet him everywhere.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
“It’s a fine thing to have ability, but the ability to discover ability in others is the true test.” — Elbert Hubbard
“You cannot take pride in something you have not achieved yourself. It’s a hollow trophy.” — Anonymous
“The proud man can learn humility, but he will be proud of it.” — Mignon McLaughlin
“To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.” — Oscar Wilde
“Pride is concerned with who is right. Humility is concerned with what is right.” — Ezra Taft Benson
“Pride is the mask of one’s own faults.” — Proverb
“An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast; a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind.” — Buddha
“All men make mistakes, but a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong, and repairs the evil. The only crime is pride.” — Sophocles, Antigone
“Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain.” — Jane Austen
“Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay.” — François de La Rochefoucauld
“Pride gets no pleasure out of having something, only out of having more of it than the next man.” — C.S. Lewis
“Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.” — Khalil Gibran
“Our pride is often based on the approval of others; it is the applause that fuels our vanity.” — Anonymous
“Too many people spend money they haven’t earned to buy things they don’t want to impress people they don’t like.” — Will Rogers
“Pride is as loud a beggar as want, and a great deal more saucy.” — Benjamin Franklin
“In general, pride is at the bottom of all great mistakes.” — John Ruskin
“Pride sullies the noblest character.” — Claudian
“Nothing has been purchased more dearly than the little bit of reason and sense of freedom which now constitutes our pride.” — Friedrich Nietzsche
“The proud person always wants to do the right thing, the great thing. But because he wants to do it in his own strength, he is unable to accomplish it.” — Søren Kierkegaard
“For pride is spiritual cancer: it eats up the very possibility of love, or contentment, or even common sense.” — C.S. Lewis
“A man’s pride can be his downfall, and he needs to learn when to turn to others for support and guidance.” — Barack Obama
“Pride is a deep knowing of one’s worth, without needing validation from external sources.” — Anonymous
“Pride makes us artificial and humility makes us real.” — Thomas Merton
“Pride and curiosity are the two scourges of our souls. The latter leads us to poke our noses into everything, and the former forbids us to leave anything unresolved and undecided.” — Michel de Montaigne
Celebrity Quotes
“Pride is not the opposite of shame, but its source. True humility is the only antidote to shame.” – Uncle Iroh, Avatar: The Last Airbender
“It’s not who you are that holds you back, it’s who you think you’re not.” – Attributed to Hiam Ginott
“We need to accept that we won’t always make the right decisions, that we’ll screw up royally sometimes – understanding that failure is not the opposite of success, it’s part of success.” – Arianna Huffington
“Self-respect knows no considerations.” – Mahatma Gandhi
“There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.” – Ernest Hemingway
“Owning our story can be hard but not nearly as difficult as spending our lives running from it.” – Brené Brown
“Pride must die in you, or nothing of heaven can live in you.” – Andrew Murray
“When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom.” – Proverbs 11:2 (NIV)
“Pride is holding your head up when everyone around you has theirs bowed. Courage is what makes you do it.” – Bryce Courtenay
“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“The only way to deal with this fear is to face it head-on, proud and unswerving.” – Original
“I am not proud, but I am happy; and happiness blinds, I think, more than pride.” – Alexandre Dumas
“Pride is a personal commitment. It is an attitude which separates excellence from mediocrity.” – William Blake
“Take pride in how far you have come and have faith in how far you can go.” – Christian Larson
“Pride is all very well, but a sausage is a sausage.” – Terry Pratchett
“There is a pleasure in being mad which none but madmen know.” – John Dryden
“I would always rather be happy than dignified.” – Charlotte Brontë
“Humility is nothing but truth, and pride is nothing but lying.” – St. Vincent de Paul
“Pride seduces us with its charm, while humility inspires us with its grace.” – Original
“Pride costs us more than hunger, thirst, and cold.” – Thomas Jefferson
“Pride is not as simple as arrogance; it’s about understanding your value and letting it shine.” – Original
“Pride goeth before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.” – Proverbs 16:18 (KJV)
“Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves; vanity, to what we would have others think of us.” – Jane Austen
“Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.” – Robert F. Kennedy
“Pride is the recognition that you are your own highest value.” – Ayn Rand
“Be proud of who you are, and not ashamed of how someone else sees you.” – Unknown
“To live without hope is to cease to live.” – Fyodor Dostoevsky
“Pride is the catalyst of resilience, transforming wounds into strengths.” – Original
“The truest characters of ignorance are vanity and pride and arrogance.” – Samuel Butler
“There is no shame in being proud of the scars that life has left you with.” – Original
“What we think, we become.” – Buddha
“Pride is not the enemy; it is the beacon of your identity.” – Original
“Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us.” – Jane Austen
Love Quotes
“To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.” – Oscar Wilde
“We accept the love we think we deserve.” – Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower
“Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.” – Aristotle
“You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.” – Buddha
“Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.” – Maya Angelou
“To be brave is to love unconditionally without expecting anything in return.” – Madonna
“Self-love, my liege, is not so vile a sin as self-neglecting.” – William Shakespeare, Henry V
“You don’t love someone because they’re perfect, you love them in spite of the fact that they’re not.” – Jodi Picoult, My Sister’s Keeper
“Love is the whole thing. We are only pieces.” – Rumi
“The heart has its reasons which reason knows not.” – Blaise Pascal
“The greatest thing you’ll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return.” – Eden Ahbez, “Nature Boy”
“You are what you love, not who loves you.” – Charlie Kaufman, Adaptation
“we only regret the chances we didn’t take.” – Lewis Carroll
“To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides.” – David Viscott
“Love is an endless act of forgiveness. Forgiveness is me giving up the right to hurt you for hurting me.” – Beyoncé
“Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.” – Robert Frost
“When we are in love, we open to all that life has to offer with passion, excitement, and acceptance.” – John Lennon
“I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
“True love cannot be found where it does not exist, nor can it be denied where it does.” – Torquato Tasso
“Love is not only something you feel, it is something you do.” – David Wilkerson
“I am my beloved’s and my beloved is mine.” – Song of Solomon 6:3
“Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
“Let yourself be silently drawn by the strange pull of what you really love. It will not lead you astray.” – Rumi
“The giving of love is an education in itself.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
“To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides.” – David Viscott
“Love is the strongest force the world possesses and yet it is the humblest imaginable.” – Mahatma Gandhi
“We waste time looking for the perfect lover, instead of creating the perfect love.” – Tom Robbins
“Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit.” – Khalil Gibran
“The course of true love never did run smooth.” – William Shakespeare
“Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.” – Samuel Johnson
“The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves.” – Victor Hugo
“Love is a canvas furnished by nature and embroidered by imagination.” – Voltaire
“One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love.” – Sophocles
“The best thing to hold onto in life is each other.” – Audrey Hepburn
Final Thoughts
Pride is a powerful feeling that can bring people together and inspire change. The quotes we shared highlight the strength, courage, and beauty of the LGBTQ+ community. They remind us of the importance of being true to ourselves and standing up for what we believe in. Each quote, in its own way, celebrates the spirit of pride and the progress we’ve made.
Whether you’re looking for motivation, comfort, or simply a reminder that you are not alone, these quotes offer a little something for everyone. Let them inspire you to live boldly and proudly each day. Celebrate who you are and the amazing diversity that makes our world so rich and vibrant.