Hitopadesa Quotes

I never feel proud of anything I do really.

I am the greatest, I said that even before I knew I was.

What is pride? A rocket that emulates the stars.

People always tell you, 'Be humble. Be humble.' When was the last time someone told you to be amazing? Be great! Be great! Be awesome! Be awesome!

Success serves men as a pedestal. It makes them seem greater when not measured by reflection.

The great man who thinks greatly of himself, is not diminishing that greatness in heaping fuel on his fire.

I think high self-esteem is overrated. A little low self-esteem is actually quite good. Maybe you're not the best, so you should work a little harder.

When you have a lot of success you don't need vanity any more.

I'm not sure my achievements have been 'great.'

I don’t know anyone who is successful that has a small ego.

You have to believe in yourself. You need to have the audacity to be great.

I'm a good-hearted person and my biggest goal is to be successful. That's really the biggest part about me.

Do something great that you really believe is great.

The higher we soar the smaller we appear to those who cannot fly.

You have to think you're the greatest thing since sliced bread, but you have to know that you're not.

If my resolution to be a great man was half so strong as it is to despise the shame of being a little one.

Everyone's always telling you to be humble. When was the last time someone told you to be great?

Success is born out of arrogance, but greatness comes from humility.

Compare not thyself with those that have less than thyself, but look on those that have far exceeded thee.

I don't wake up each morning saying, 'Oh, wow, it's me. I think I'm the cat's meow. I'm the best.'

I think I fail a bit less than everyone else.

I did not have any delusions of grandeur as a kid.

I'm not so vain as to believe that my involvement changes anything whatsoever.

I don't sort of sit in a chair and pompously feel proud of myself about all the things we might have accomplished.

I will never feel successful.