Ozzy Osbourne Quotes

I always wanted to make my parents feel proud of me.

The one thing I would hope would go on my tombstone is, 'I made my parents proud.'

I always wanted to, to the smallest detail, make my parents proud.

I've definitely done something that's made my mum and dad forever proud.

I know my parents are really proud of me, and they think I've become successful, so that's nice, but there's still so much I want to achieve in my life.

The fact is, my parents loved me, and I wanted to be worthy of their love. I wanted to make them proud.

I think I'm proudest of making my parents proud.

The only true measure of success is the ratio between what we might have done and what we might have been on the one hand, and the thing we have made and the things we have made of ourselves on the other.

I know that my parents are proud of me.

I want to make my family proud as much as possible.

Making my family, friends, and close peers proud of me is the most important thing.

I'm so proud of my parents. I need to make them as proud of me.

I want to make my wife proud, I want to make my dad proud.

I think, when you're great, not everyone's going to give you your props, and you can't really worry about that. In my eyes, I'm still climbing. I'm still taking myself to the next levels in my career, and that's fine with me. When it's time for my rewards, I will get them.

I used to feel famous, but now I feel successful.

Any success matters to me.

Money is cool, but being proud of yourself is something that's so rare.

It is not enough to merely exist. It's not enough to say, 'I'm earning enough to live and support my family. I do my work well. I'm a good parent.' That's all very well. But you must do something more.

Success serves men as a pedestal. It makes them seem greater when not measured by reflection.

High self-esteem isn't a luxury. It's a necessity for anyone who has important goals to achieve.

You don't have to be famous. You just have to make your mother and father proud of you.

You want your parents to say, "Hey, I'm proud of you." When you don't hear that, you learn to compensate. You say, "Hell, I don't need their approval. If I get my music right, I'll have everyone else's approval." I didn't understand it then, but I now know that's what happened to me.

The goal ever recedes from us. The greater the progress the greater the recognition of our unworthiness. Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment. Full effort is full victory.

If you want the best things in life you have to earn them for yourself.

Everyone wanted his relatives to be proud of him, didn't he?