Arthur Conan Doyle Quotes

To know your limitations is the hallmark of a wise person.

The Beginning of Philosophy is a Consciousness of your own Weakness and inability in necessary things.

It is not a sign of weakness, but a sign of high maturity, to rise to the level of self-criticism.

I wish I could say confidently that pacing remains my weak point, if you could talk about your own stuff without sounding like you're self-obsessed. But I think you kind of have to be.

At 30 a man should know himself like the palm of his hand, know the exact number of his defects and qualities, know how far he can go, foretell his failures - be what he is. And, above all, accept these things.

The man with insight enough to admit his limitations comes nearest to perfection.

The awareness of the ambiguity of one's highest achievements (as well as one's deepest failures) is a definite symptom of maturity.

I believe that the biggest problem that humanity faces is an ego sensitivity to finding out whether one is right or wrong and identifying what one's strengths and weaknesses are.

I think I've become more modest as the years have gone on.

I've certainly had a lot of experiences in my life where I was much too self-centered.

The turning point really is just knowing you're an imbecile.

My weaknesses... I wish I could come up with something. I'd probably have the same pause if you asked me what my strengths are. Maybe they're the same thing.

Stronger by weakness, wiser men become.

A man should never be ashamed to own that he has been in the wrong, which is but saying... that he is wiser today than yesterday.

I think I have a better sense of my weaknesses - being self-important, selfish and having a big ego probably triggers all the other stuff. I can see myself more clearly.

You can't deny your limitations.

I realized through my personal travels how little I know about certain conflicts, because I was too vain or self-absorbed to ask the questions. That's been the focus while I'm in my thirties - to become an accomplished woman, rather than some actress.

I have a pretty clear picture of the whole weight of my life, and there are things that I've done that are good, and I'm proud of them. There are things that I'm really not proud of, and that they, you have to look at me with a perspective, and I try really hard to do that, to keep from thinking I'm cool and ever so smart.

I thought I was so much smarter than everybody. And I'm not.

If I had one regret in life... it's that I was not more humble at an earlier age.

I've learnt to listen. I don't think I always did listen.

I think I've certainly learned a lot of lessons in humility and continue to work on that part of myself.

Become aware of your own insufficiency.

Sometimes you need a humbling experience to think about a few things.

The true cure for self-righteousness is self-knowledge.