Quotes About Humility

What is poor? We had food. We dressed well. We didn't have a lot, but what we had fit, and it was always neat.

To be compared to Jackie Robinson is an enormous compliment, but I don't think it's necessarily deserved.

I'm not head-strong, and I'm not egotistical. I understand certain things better now. I won't be trying to be play everyday. There's only one Cal Ripken, one Lou Gehrig and one Joe DiMaggio. What is good for them isn't necessarily good for Eric Davis.

I never try to get ahead of myself because there's nothing that bothers me more than cockiness. I don't think that's necessary at all.

When I did the film 'Hear My Voice' a few years ago, I disappeared fully up my own backside for a while. Because I thought my career was taking off, I became a bit of an egomaniac and a pain in the neck. I thought I was God's gift to mankind and the greatest Irishman since George Best.

When you have a chain around your neck, you have to keep your head down and try to accept your fate without succumbing entirely to humiliation, without forgetting who you are.

I never want to be anything more than I am; what I don't have, I don't need.

Never make a joke or try for humor at someone else's expense. In a high-stakes environment, everyone needs to feel safe.

The essence of greatness is neglect of the self.

I don't live in a fancy neighborhood.

I think Mr. Trump would have benefitted from growing up in my neighborhood. He would have learned the limits of his braggadocio.

My neighbors don't care that I'm an author. It's inherently ego-inhibiting.

He that is proud of riches is a fool. For if he is exalted above his neighbors because he has more gold, how much inferior is he to a gold mine.

I am not a genius. But I am nerdy.

Be the chief but never the lord.

I grew up very modest, and I never forget that.

Work extremely hard, but as you continue to rise up the ladder, never forget your roots or where you came from or the people that helped you along the way. Humility takes people the farthest.

I'll never forget where I come from. Especially my humble beginnings.

For an artiste to grow, for a person to grow, you have to learn. A learner cannot afford to have an ego. Learning can never stop. If it does, then it is death.

Luckily, I'm not educated. If you act like an illiterate man, your learning will never stop.

I have learnt to never take anything for granted.

I never take myself too seriously.

Never think you're too good for a role, and never take yourself too seriously.

I've learned several lessons over the years. First, never take yourself too seriously, or work is boring. Next, people make the difference. You can have great technology, but if it's not complemented by great people, it won't go anywhere. Finally, customers buy from people they like.