Pope Francis Quotes

If you have been wise and successful I congratulate you. Unless you are unable to forget how successful you have been, then I pity you.

Success turns a lot of people off. I have a pretty solid sense of joy and respect that irritates people, and can irritate me, too.

If we learn not humility, we learn nothing.

A little humility goes a long way.

I know that I am not entitled to anything, and when somebody thinks they are, that's a step in the wrong direction.

My greatest regret would be that I took my success for granted, because it was given to me at such a young age.

And there has to be a level of gratitude and a little bit of pride. But I want that pride to be quick so that I don't soak in it too much. Because I've met a lot of jerks in this business. And I don't want to be one.

I know it's important to stay humble.

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.

The man who is cocksure that he has arrived is ready for the return journey.

No matter how many people celebrate your gifts, don't ever think that you are more important to them than your gift is to them. This is why many people fail: They fail because they think that people came to follow them.

Don't forget where you came from and treat people a certain way.

Don't worry if people don't recognize your merits; worry that you may not recognize theirs.

I never took fans for granted. I always assumed subconsciously that people who followed what I did were just people who were kind of like me.

It may be that the very qualities that help people get ahead are the ones that make them ill-suited for managing crises. It's hard to prepare for the worst when you think you're the best.

I've learned how to stay humble. I don't want to get in over my head because when you do that it takes you off your game.

The minute you start feeling like you've got it down, you know what you're doing, you're dead in the water.

God knows how many things a man misses by becoming smug and assuming that matters will take their own course.

Being humble matters.

If I was sharp in every area, I might be too big-headed or something.

But I still feel like a normal person... I've walked the streets and I know what it feels like. I speak with humility, and apparently those songs connect with people.

Work at being a humble person.

In hindsight, I slid into arrogance based upon past success.

There is no respect for others without humility in one's self.