Dan Auerbach Quotes

Knowledge will give you power, but character respect.

I don't like the idea of 'I've played nine years, I've made some All-Star teams, I make the most money. I've got to be a leader.' That doesn't make you a leader. Treating people the right way is more important.

Sense shines with a double luster when it is set in humility. An able yet humble man is a jewel worth a kingdom.

Character is power.

If You are mighty, gain respect through knowledge and gentleness of speech. Do not command except as is fitting.

I've never really felt like a veteran. I've never felt like the guy who's like, 'OK, everyone needs to look up to me and respect me.' I've always just been one of the guys that people are excited to get in the ring with. That's all I want.

I have huge respect for Preet Bharara, a great U.S. Attorney by any measure. But even great men can make mistakes.

The older I get, the more interesting the part has to be. Bobby Knight is extremely interesting.

If you want respect, you earn it in politics. You don't get it because you are some form of bloody emperor in a toga.

I get a lot of advice from Mark Harmon, and I take it all to heart because I respect the heck out of him.

Next to power without honor, the most dangerous thing in the world is power without humor.

Forty is when you actually begin even deserving to be on stage telling people what you think.

My dad is the most humble man on the planet.

If thou art a master, be sometimes blind; if a servant, sometimes deaf.

Power is dangerous unless you have humility.

I find it odd that people take me seriously.

Well, I just can't play the game anymore. I'm 63 years old, and I've been in the business for 40 years now. I take good advice and direction really well, but I don't need somebody that finished college two years ago to come in and tell me what I should be recording.

Don't pretend to know everything. I've been blessed to work with a lot of veteran actors, and I soak up lessons from them like a sponge.

A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.

The more you are in this business, the more humbled by it you become.

I could be a jerk and get a lot more publicity, but that's not who I am.

We looked up to our father. He still is much greater than us.

My dad worked for Nestle for 26 years and ended up being the mayor of our hometown. One of the lessons I learned from him was to never mistake kindness for weakness.

I'm lucky. As soon as I open my mouth, people see I know what I'm talking about, and when I leave the room, I think most say, 'She's OK.'