Quotes About Humility

I have a roof over my head. I had a breakfast, and a lot of people in the world can't say that. I'm not going to complain about being interviewed.

Sometimes people who seem to have It made complain the loudest when things don't go right and I don't want to be that kind of person.

I'll downplay myself before I compliment myself.

My father always shied away from attention. Whenever he'd get a compliment, he'd downplay it.

I'm not great at taking compliments because I always find the thing I could do better.

There is nothing like a good bit of pain for taking the conceit out of one.

I've never been a conceited person or cocky, never felt boastful, but I always had a sense of self-worth; I always had a real sense of myself.

I know that if I concentrate on making other people shine, I will shine. It is really about the other person, never about you.

Conducting is way over my head.

Don't confuse confidence with cockiness. I really believe that.

If you get conquered by ego, then you are losing the fight.

I have a clear conscience and never let success get to my head. You know that when you achieve something, you can change the way you are very easily.

I think it's always great to not be the smartest person in the room because I don't want to ever feel like I can't improve upon what I'm doing. I just want to surround myself with people that are better actors than me and better singers and dancers and see what happens.

It's OK to not have all the answers, and in fact, the more extraordinary people you are able to surround yourself with, the better you will become.

I'm used to being surrounded by really smart 22-year-old students who have no problem saying that something I suggested is not a very good idea.

I don't play music very well, so I've always surrounded myself with people who played a lot better than I did. I'm a loyal person, and I just tend to leave it to the experts.

Being in ballet class, being on the stage, being surrounded by my peers at American Ballet Theater every day, keeps me so humble and grounded. Being in ballet class, I feel, is like this meditation for me every morning.

The key to survival is that when times are good you don't forget where you came from and you don't build crazy overhead just because you can. You live like you are going out of business every day and it makes you healthy.

I think there's a suspicion in the South of people putting on airs. You see it in most successful Southern politicians, but you also see it in someone like Richard Petty, who may be a multimillionaire stock car driver, but he's also beloved because he has a nice self-deprecatory way about him.

I could just sit back and get someone to spin my achievements, I suppose, but when I see others do it, I always think, 'Why are you telling me how successful you are?' I am always suspicious of those kinds of boasts.

The antidote to white fragility is ongoing and lifelong and includes sustained engagement, humility, and education.

I'm not really a swagger guy.

Yes, I don't think I shall ever become Prime Minister. Hard as that is to swallow, I tell you one person who is very happy always to see me say that, and that's my wife.

To learn flamenco is to swallow your pride.