Quotes About Humility

When you get in a job, the tendency is to say, 'I've got to know it. I've got to give direction to others. I'm in this job because I'm better and smarter.' I always took a different view, that the key was to identify the people who really knew and learn from them.

People have a tendency - you let your ego get in the way of the big moments.

I was so horrifically bad at tennis.

I am not Shakespeare or Hemingway, but I have written stories on tennis that were brilliant.

The name 'Boss' started with people that worked for me... It was not meant like Boss, capital B, it was meant like 'Boss, where's my dough this week?' And it was sort of just a term among friends. I never really liked it.

The term 'hero' irritates me greatly.

I feel terrible that I once put too much emphasis on material prosperity.

I'm a terrible golfer.

I apologize for my terrible interview skills.

I like attractive people who aren't so terribly aware that they are attractive... people who aren't afraid to roll on the floor and make fools out of themselves.

I don't think I could be terribly demanding even if I wanted to be.

I'm not terribly athletic. And... there's a lot of things I'm not good at. And if it makes anybody feel better, I was really a pretty bad math student growing up.

I'm not terribly intelligent - I have no university degree, you know.

People are always asking me on to quizzes - they think I know all the answers because I burble on so, but I don't do terribly well.

I personally won't have anything live in my house that can't move the car on street-sweeping day or grate carrots. Plus, I don't mind being talked to harshly. I want to be challenged by something more complex than a Wheaton terrier.

Awards are not something that I measure my work by. I've been so fortunate and I've gotten to do such terrific things that it seems petty to look back and say, 'Oh, I should have gotten that prize.' I don't look at it that way.

I guess it's about getting older. I know that I'm going to lose people that I love - I'm going to die myself - so everything seems to be getting somehow sweet and more important and more special and more humbling and more challenging and more terrifying all at the same time.

I never became an actor for people to want to take pictures with me or wanting my autograph. I feel I am nothing more special than the next living soul, but I understand that I work in entertainment, and this attraction comes with the territory.

Well, we can't all be Terry Bradshaw.

I would never try to fill John Terry's boots. You can never fill that position.

I think that's the true litmus test for someone who has become closer to Jesus: their heart is more loving, accepting, childlike, less believing that they have all the answers and more believing in Him.

The Old Testament teaches us that if we humble ourselves and pray, God will hear from heaven and heal our land. And the New Testament assures us that the fervent prayers of righteous men can make a difference.

I just know who I am as a person, comfortable in my own skin. And I guess that's just a testament to how I was raised. All credit to my parents. But yeah, I'm a humble guy, confident at the same time - just go about my business.

When I was reading the Bible, I came across the word 'meek.' It means to be humble. I asked God, I want to become meek, allow me to become meek. About two months later I was struck with cancer. I realized this was God testing me. If you want to become appreciative, and humble, and meek, I'll strip you of everything.