Quotes About Humility

If I cannot brag of knowing something, then I brag of not knowing it, at any rate, brag.

I am not ashamed to confess that I am ignorant of what I do not know.

The little I know, I owe to my ignorance.

One of the sad truths about leadership is that, the higher up the ladder you travel, the less you know.

We don't claim to be infallible. I don't claim to be giving you truths from on high.

No matter how good you think you are as a leader, my goodness, the people around you will have all kinds of ideas for how you can get better. So for me, the most fundamental thing about leadership is to have the humility to continue to get feedback and to try to get better - because your job is to try to help everybody else get better.

Humility is a super-important factor in all of our lives, and I try to remind myself every evening in front of the mirror, 'Just calm down.'

I try my best to keep my feet on the floor and stay humble and let my ability do the talking.

I'm just smart enough to know what it is I don't know and try to learn as I go along and accept that you're going to make mistakes, and there are going to be things that are not going to be perfect.

I just try to be the best I can, but I'm human.

I try to surround myself with people smarter than me - if I'm the smartest guy in the room, I change rooms.

I try to keep in my mind the simple question: Am I trying to do good or make myself look good? Too many of our responsibilities get added to our plate when we are trying to please people, impress people, prove ourselves, acquire power, increase our prestige. All those motivations are about looking good more than doing good.

Jesus said, 'Judge not, lest ye be judged.' Let's stop trying to choose the political leaders who we believe are the most godly because, in reality, only God knows people's hearts. You and I don't, and we are all sinners.

We grow small trying to be great.

People are trying to be smart - all I am trying to do is not to be idiotic, but it's harder than most people think.

It's the people who try to be clever who never are; the people who are clever never think of trying to be.

I play piano and drums very poorly and French horn and tuba all equally as bad.

I'm not extravagant. I share my house in London with five roommates. I take the Tube. I intend to stay the exact same person I always was.

I was once sitting on a tube, and someone was playing my song so loudly through their ear phones next to me. I just stayed silent and chuckled to myself.

I know people that could serve me canned tuna and saltine crackers and have me feel more at home at their table than some people who can cook circles around me. The more you try to impress people, generally the less you do.

I don't profess to be Luciano Pavarotti, but I can hold a tune.

Nobody is going to tune in to see what I think about the NBA.

I've noticed something happens when you take the masters of the universe outside of their home turf. They breathe.

I don't know anyone who hasn't overcooked at least one turkey, myself included. It's easy to do.