Quotes About Humility

I've had a very fortunate, very privileged life. I say it with all humility because it could change tomorrow.

There are a ton of people doing great things every day, and you don't hear about it!

Coming out of Juilliard, I had a big head, and a lot of people wouldn't want to be an assistant. But I am so fortunate, and I've learned a ton.

If you make a mistake, people are going to know about it really fast - and I was making a ton of them when I was a kid.

It is a sign that your reputation is small and sinking if your own tongue must praise you.

There are tons of actors and actresses I admire. But I really admire Jennifer Lawrence because she has won awards and made so many great movies, and she still seems so down-to-earth and funny.

I was fortunate to play for Pete Rose and have teammates like Ken Griffey Sr., Tony Perez and Dave Concepcion. I grew up in the game with a mature attitude. I've always known it was better to be seen and not heard.

People ask, 'Should I call you Sir Hopkins?' But I say, 'No. Call me Tony,' because it's too much of a lift-up.

I'm Austin Seferian-Jenkins. He's Tony Gonzalez. He's the best tight end to ever play the game. So that's a real strong comparison. I'm just going to do my job and leave the comparisons up to the coaches and the media.

So let's be honest with ourselves and not take ourselves too serious, and never condemn the other fellow for doing what we are doing every day, only in a different way.

The simple reality of life is that everyone is wrong on a regular basis. By confronting these inevitable errors, you allow yourself to make corrections before it is too late.

I don't really like attention too much.

Economists tend to think they are much, much smarter than historians, than everybody. And this is a bit too much because at the end of the day, we don't know very much in economics.

I wasn't looking too much into my social media when I was on K2, but overall it's been really humbling to see all of the appreciation.

Humility is a grace that shines in a high condition but cannot, equally, in a low one because a person in the latter is already, perhaps, too much humbled.

I actually don't like boxers who talk too much.

I don't like my ego stroked too much.

I don't really like too much credit. I know nobody's going to believe this, but I'd rather be able to score goals and nobody saw or even spoke about it. That would be just about the perfect world for me.

I want to be mayor of the world. Don't give me too much money or too much power.

If I took myself too seriously, I would be a mess every day because the world keeps my ego in check.

This is why it's hard to talk about winning awards. You can't do it without sounding like a tool.

I'm not the sharpest tool in the shed.

We have to remain humble about our understanding of the brain, because even our most powerful tools remain pretty blunt instruments for decoding the brain. In fact, we still do not know how to decipher the basic language of how the brain works.

I'm on a billboard in Times Square, but my bathroom is still dirty, and I have toothpaste on my face.