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

In 1993, Israel and North Korea were moving towards an agreement in which North Korea would stop sending any missiles or military technology to the Middle East and Israel would recognize that country. President Clinton intervened and blocked it.

If I seem to boast more than is becoming, my excuse is that I brag for humanity rather than for myself.

Let us touch the dying, the poor, the lonely and the unwanted according to the graces we have received and let us not be ashamed or slow to do the humble work.

I think the message has already been sent to Hollywood, which is that this kid’s a hard worker, he’s talented, and people are coming out to see him. And when you have box-office results, Hollywood treats you different. Hollywood stands up.

I knew no one who’d ever been in the public eye.

No one should be ashamed to admit he is wrong, which is but saying, in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.

They’ll forget all the rubbish when I’ve gone, and they’ll remember the football. If only one person thinks I’m the best player in the world, that’s good enough for me.

There’s a deceptive sin that can keep us from walking in love: pride. It’s deceptive because when you have pride, you’re usually too proud to admit it. I know this because I used to have teachings on pride and they didn’t sell well.

I am not saying I am the best manager in the world. But I’m quite good.

Always first draw fresh breath after outbursts of vanity and complacency.

It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership.

There’s a lot of great movies that have won the Academy Award, and a lot of great movies that haven’t. You just do the best you can.

Like it or not, there are a lot of dance teachers in this country who respect me, whether they personally like me or not.

Real knowledge is to know the extent of one’s ignorance.

Every man, every woman who has to take up the service of government, must ask themselves two questions: ‚Do I love my people in order to serve them better? Am I humble and do I listen to everybody, to diverse opinions in order to choose the best path?‘ If you don’t ask those questions, your governance will not be good.

I’m over being a pop star. I don’t wanna be a hot girl. I wanna be iconic. And I feel like I’ve accomplished a lot. I feel like I’m highly respected, which is more important than any award or any amount of records. And I feel like there comes a point when being a pop star is not enough.

I am not some goddess that dropped down from the sky to sing pop music; I am not some extra-incredible human person that needs to be told how wonderful they are all day and kissed.

Lots of people who complained about us receiving the MBE received theirs for heroism in the war – for killing people. We received ours for entertaining other people. I’d say we deserve ours more.

Humility may well be one of the most difficult of the fruit of the Spirit to be cultivated in us – and to maintain. That’s because without humility, it’s not likely that you will put your complete trust in God.

Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.

Any top-level athlete, it’s always the same. There’s always that hint of arrogance there… It’s hard to be humble when you’re the best.

Americans are far more remarkable than we give ourselves credit for. We’ve been so busy damning ourselves for years. We’ve done it all, and yet we don’t take credit for it.

Thousands of geniuses live and die undiscovered – either by themselves or by others.

In many ways, when you’re a Nobel peace laureate, you have an obligation to humankind, to society.

In the United States, I am a great success, but I am not a celebrity.

The colonel replied that he didn’t care how my men had got the job done. He was happy that it had been accomplished. He said that, obviously, no matter how much or how little I knew technically, I was able to get the best out of people I worked with.

Well, I think we tried very hard not to be overconfident, because when you get overconfident, that’s when something snaps up and bites you.

Wisdom ceases to be wisdom when it becomes too proud to weep, too grave to laugh, and too selfish to seek other than itself.

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

Don’t let your ego get too close to your position, so that if your position gets shot down, your ego doesn’t go with it.

As far as a glass ceiling, I feel that all you can do is give it your absolute best with whatever gifts the universe has given you. And if you make it in some way that other people can recognize, that’s fine. But even if you don’t quote-unquote make it, you’re fine if you’ve given it your whole heart and soul.

People are always coming up to me and saying, ‚I heard your dad’s speech, and it’s really great.‘ And they’ll mention some place I didn’t even know my dad was going to.

Happiness is within the reach of everyone, rich or poor. Yet comparatively few people are happy. I believe the reason for this is that the majority don’t recognize happiness even when it is within their grasp.

I’ve never professed to be anything but an average student.

I do not see myself as a celebrity or an icon or things like that… I have not really done anything.

People should not make me out to be like Jesus; I don’t walk on water.

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

I always entertain the notion that I’m wrong, or that I’ll have to revise my opinion. Most of the time that feels good; sometimes it really hurts and is embarrassing.

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 I’m a star, then the people made me a star.

It is the peculiar quality of a fool to perceive the faults of others and to forget his own.

I don’t pretend to understand the Universe – it’s a great deal bigger than I am.

Moral authority is never retained by any attempt to hold on to it. It comes without seeking and is retained without effort.

A lot was accomplished in my mixtape career. But I still needed a few things: I needed to be recognized. I need to have radio. I need to have a real retail machine that can get us where we need to get that.

I am not the humblest person in the world. I admit that.

I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn’t learn something from him.

The infinitely little have a pride infinitely great.

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

There is an innocence in admiration; it is found in those to whom it has never yet occurred that they, too, might be admired some day.

My main focus is always to do well on the field for the Indian cricket team. When people say good things about me off the field, I am more than happy to accept them.

Mr. Attlee is a very modest man. Indeed he has a lot to be modest about.

A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.

It’s a great, great experience to finally get the reception that you know you rightfully deserve.

When art dresses in worn-out material it is most easily recognized as art.

The cleverest of all, in my opinion, is the man who calls himself a fool at least once a month.

I haven’t written my own epitaph, and I’m not sure I should. Whatever it is, I hope it will be simple, and that it will point people not to me, but to the One I served.

Jesus is the God whom we can approach without pride and before whom we can humble ourselves without despair.

If I could give you information of my life, it would be to show how a woman of very ordinary ability has been led by God in strange and unaccustomed paths to do In His service what He has done in her. And if I could tell you all, you would see how God has done all, and I nothing.

For all the supporters of Tesla over the years, and it’s been several years now and there have been some very tough times, I’d just like to say thank you very much. I deeply appreciate the support, particularly through the darkest times.

My mother used to tell me man gives the award, God gives the reward. I don’t need another plaque.