"I take pride in keeping my home neat and hope you do the same, " she wrote.

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That said, I take great pride in what I do and never take lightly my responsibilities or commitments.

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And let me say that I take special pride in this legislation because as a senator I was a proud co-sponsor of this legislation.

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"I take special pride in the intangibles, " Battier said.

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Besides, as a Mexican-American who -- as the president-elect famously said -- "doesn't look like all those other presidents on the dollar bills, " I take enormous pride in what a 47-year-old first-term African-American senator from Illinois was able to accomplish with such grace as to make it look easy.

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And the most pride I take in my job is being your Commander-in-Chief.

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But I think we should take pride in this particular accomplishment because it speaks not only to the security of our two nations but also the security of the world as a whole.

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They are also making customized leashes for Bo -- (laughter) -- that I am very proud of, and it is clear that they take enormous pride in what they do.

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"I'm regarded as a pretty great home cook and take a lot of pride in that, " Jackson wrote in her iReport submission.

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"Their name is on the door and I think they take more than a corporate interest in the success of the company--they take a family pride in it, " says New York-based media investment banker Ken Marlin of Marlin Associates.

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