I definitely don’t plead guilty to being a heartthrob.

If you modestly enjoy your fame you are not unworthy to rank with the holy.

To refuse awards is another way of accepting them with more noise than is normal.

‚They‘ is… stay away from them, please. There is so many different definitions of ‚they.‘ You might have a personal ‚they.‘ They against you; they want you broken and miserable. They don’t like winners; they don’t like people who’s blessed. So everybody’s got a different ‚they.‘

I want the world to see my body.

Humility is not something that comes naturally. But it is a cardinal virtue that should be pursued more than any other.

Mere bashfulness without merit is awkwardness.

I’m just like you – I want to be a good human being. I’m doing my best, and I’m working at it. And I’m trying to be a Christian. I’m always amazed when people walk up to me and say, ‚I’m a Christian.‘ I always think, ‚Already? You’ve already got it?‘ I’m working at it. And at my age, I’ll still be working at it at 96.

There was my name up in lights. I said, ‚God, somebody’s made a mistake.‘ But there it was, in lights. And I sat there and said, ‚Remember, you’re not a star.‘ Yet there it was up in lights.

He who knows best knows how little he knows.

Living in America and, of course, just being women in general, we’ve got more strength than we think we do.

I know I do not exaggerate, unconsciously and unintentionally, the scantiness of my resources and the difficulty of my life… I know that, but for the mercy of God, I might easily have been, for any care that was taken of me, a little robber or a vagabond.

I’m no leader; I’m a little humble follower.

I don’t mind making jokes, but I don’t want to look like one.

The abdomen is the reason why man does not readily take himself to be a god.

I had a period where I thought I might not be good enough to publish.

No woman should ever be quite accurate about her age. It looks so calculating.

Every man has a right to be conceited until he is successful.

I have been complimented many times and they always embarrass me; I always feel that they have not said enough.

Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong.

If I feel anxious every time someone is staring at me, well, I can’t control what they stare at, but my reaction is, I’m just not going to go outside the house. I’m going to stay in and chill. And when I do go out, I understand what comes along with that.

I’m not in it for fame. I’ve been famous in the streets already.

Why is it you always meet people when you look your worst?

True politeness consists in being easy one’s self, and in making every one about one as easy as one can.

Every man supposes himself not to be fully understood or appreciated.

I see myself as the best footballer in the world. If you don’t believe you are the best, then you will never achieve all that you are capable of.

I was gratified to be able to answer promptly, and I did. I said I didn’t know.

I’m tough when I have to be, tender when I should be. When you find a really tough guy, he’s not a predator. He doesn’t have to prove himself. Guys who have to pretend to be tough, they ain’t. I’m tough.

My success isn’t a result of arrogance – it’s a result of belief.

Humble people ask for help.

Let the one among you who is without sin be the first to cast a stone.

I hate being called an ‚icon.‘ I just don’t like it. That’s all there is to it.

It’s flattering to people who stop you and say that you’ve helped them and all. But, again, you know, you’ve got to stay humble because as quick as you came up, you can come down.

You make yourself broad. You make yourself appealing. ‚Hey, y’all, I’m cool with everybody.‘ That’s my message.

I know who I am, I know what I can and can’t do. I know what I will and won’t do. I know what I’m capable of and I don’t agree to do things that I don’t think I can pull off.

You’re not going to say anything about me that I’m not going to say about myself. There’s so many things that I think about myself; if someone really wanted to get at me, they could say this and this and this. So I’m going to say it before they can. It’s the best policy for me.

I figured that if I said it enough, I would convince the world that I really was the greatest.

The need to be right is the sign of a vulgar mind.

I’m always asked, ‚What’s the secret to success?‘ But there are no secrets. Be humble. Be hungry. And always be the hardest worker in the room.

It was really hard for them to intimidate me. They felt I was intimidating. One of the growers had a name for me: I think it was ‚dragon lady‘ or something like it.

Because I’m small, I’ve been called things from ‚Happy Feet‘ to ‚Little Face.‘

The world is full of people with different characters and temperaments. We all have a dark side, a tendency to manipulate, and aggressive desires. The most dangerous types are those who repress their desires or deny the existence of them, often acting them out in the most underhanded ways.

In fact, my courage and my bravery at a young age was the thing I was bullied for, a kind of ‚Who do you think you are?‘

To realize that you do not understand is a virtue; Not to realize that you do not understand is a defect.

I’ve never lived my life in the opinion of others. I believe I’m a good person. I believe I’m a good mom. But that’s for my kids to decide, not for the world.

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

Many people look at me and think they know me but they don’t at all. This is the real me. I am a humble person, a feeling person. A person who cares about others, who wants to help others.

People should make up their own mind about what they think of me.

I look only to the good qualities of men. Not being faultless myself, I won’t presume to probe into the faults of others.

I have always thought I was the best ever player.

If you look at my job, my union card, it says ‚actor.‘ It don’t say nothing about celebrity, movie star, nothing like that, and that’s one thing that keeps me humble.

If you wear clothes that don’t suit you, you’re a fashion victim. You have to wear clothes that make you look better.

Scrubbing floors and emptying bedpans has as much dignity as the Presidency.

No one but a fool is always right.

There are plenty of recommendations on how to get out of trouble cheaply and fast. Most of them come down to this: Deny your responsibility.

In reality, there is, perhaps, no one of our natural passions so hard to subdue as pride.

It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are the more gentle and quiet we become towards the defects of others.

Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement.

What destroys more self-confidence than any other educational thing in America is being assigned to some remedial math when you get into some college, and then it’s not taught very well and you end up with this sense of, ‚Hey, I can’t really figure those things out.‘

Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods.

I’m not claiming divinity. I’ve never claimed purity of soul. I’ve never claimed to have the answers to life. I only put out songs and answer questions as honestly as I can… But I still believe in peace, love and understanding.