Howard Schultz Quotes

I think I've always been pretty shameless about seeking out people much smarter and much more experienced than me from the very beginning.

If you want someone to be your mentor, you better be ready to listen and be humbled.

Stronger by weakness, wiser men become.

You can't deny your limitations.

My advice to myself would be I should probably listen to advice.

I'm a big expert in boxing, but in politics I'm a beginner, so I try to use other people's experience. I read books; I'm not afraid to ask for advice.

It's not a weakness to admit that you're wrong.

Players have to let themselves be helped.

We think the ability to rattle off people you are grateful to and thankful to is often sort of a proxy for openness to learning from others.

There's a difference between talent and skill. You might have writing talent, but skill is learned. You have to practice. I remain teachable. I was sure that I didn't know everything. People who work with me will tell you I don't think I know everything. I watch people sink around me thinking that they knew everything.

I want to be out there learning from others, helping to provide insight whenever I can, though I don't consider myself an expert on anything.

I felt as if I learned a few things. I learned that it's sometimes okay to think like a weenie, so long as you don't act like one—at least not all the time. I learned that it's okay to be wrong, as long as you can admit it and are willing to listen to those who may know better.

I'm not so arrogant to think I'm the only guide someone needs ... but I might be the guide that someone needs.

As long as you feel your own weakness and helplessness, you will find help from above.

It is courageous to occasionally admit that there are certain things one can't do.

There is more freedom confessing our weaknesses and shortcomings than in pretending we have it all together

A mentor, a 'teacher,' is like an editor. I absolutely value my editor, who is my teacher.

You always have something to learn from people who have been through more than you. Be open and receptive to what they know.

Humility is really important because it keeps you fresh and new.

People tend to scare you pointing out your shortfalls. If you voluntarily admit your faults, then people won't have anything to point out.

I'm very observant and very instinctive. In life, you have to have the vulnerability to accept when you are to blame. And I do have that, and I am open enough to say it.

If you are not egotistical, you will welcome the opportunity to learn more.

I know I have an awful lot to learn from the people of Minnesota.

I'm a human. Every human is flawed. I might be flawed in different ways than some people, or worse ways than some people, or better ways than some people.

I think I'm a pretty open book. We're all a work in progress, and I'm not ashamed to say that I don't have it all together - I don't really think anyone does.