Paulo Coelho Quotes

People don't usually compliment your character.

I appreciate the fact, and am proud of it, that the attentions I am receiving are intended more for our country than for me personally.

Within the hearts men, loyalty and consideration are esteemed greater than success.

You will not accept credit that is due to another, or harbor jealousy of an explorer who is more fortunate.

Humility is what makes teams great. I've preached it for a long period of time.

Humility is becoming a lost art, but it's not difficult to practice. It means that you realize that others have been involved in your success.

It's kinda nice to be remembered by your peers and your fans, because you can achieve a lot of success and be a creep too! But we try to be nice, just normal people.

I always tell my wife, 'If you're ever looking for something to put on my gravestone, put down, 'He was an honest man, and he never held a grudge.'

Born poor, but of honored and humble people, I am particularly proud to die poor.

When you're successful, there will be friends, people, VIPs rallying around you. When you're down and out, you're all alone. That's why it's important to be a good person. Because whether you're a successful cricketer or not can always change, but the respect you earn by being the person you are stays with you.

I don't think you get successful to brag and throw what you have in the world's face. That's all private.

Did you ever stop to think that a great man in life who has won great acclaim and great reputation is the very man who is willing to share and give the honor to others in the doing of things that made him great?

Now that I have and I'm not a have-not, I've learned how important it is to maintain humility.

There is something in humility which strangely exalts the heart.

If there is one thing I have learned on this incredible journey we call life, it is this: the sign of a truly successful individual is humility.

I'm really thankful and complimented when people come to me and say, thank you for the great times for all these years. But I don't think about it as being a leader.

Staying humble has always been really important to me, and always being proud of what you're representing.

Only humility can take you places.

I'd be happy if anyone wore my fragrance. They don't have to be famous.

I'm trying to stay humble because if I don't keep producing results, all of this goes away, so I want to focus on the people close to me - my family and my team; they mean everything to me.

My family has taught me to keep my feet on the ground and be humble.

I'm not boasting or nothing but a lot of people have a lot of love for me. I'm a legend, but I stay H and H, hungry and humble.

I admire traits in people. I 'respect' certain things about them but I think that word gets thrown around too much.

I have learned that the biggest stars and the greatest players are the most humble ones, the ones who respect people the most.

I will never forget that there are millions of other people who would be dying to be in my position. I’m not going to be an actress who doesn’t appreciate what she has.