Curtis Sliwa Quotes

There are two things people in public life don’t like to say. First is ‘I made a mistake’, and second is ‘I don’t know.’

When as smart as you think you are is as wrong as you turn out to be, your life can fall out from under you.

Man is not meant to be humble, he’s meant to be humbled.

When I make mistakes, I just get on with it. I don't try to impress with that killer pass to make sure everybody notices me.

Leaders who fail to prune their pride will meet demise. That's not a guess, it's a guarantee. With pride, it's not a matter of 'if' we will fall, but 'when.' There are no exceptions.

Even when I make mistakes and people exploit my mistakes on television or on the Internet, and they use it to make fun of me, it's just kind of working in my favor at the end. It's really strange.

Success is not a good teacher, failure makes you humble.

Stronger by weakness, wiser men become.

I make mistakes; I'll be the second to admit it.

It makes one a better person to have had hardships and to have overcome hardships and not to blame anybody else for your mistakes.

If overconfidence can cause the Roman Empire to fall, I ought to be able to get a ground ball.

You must accept responsibility for your actions, but not the credit for your achievements.

I'm an incredibly lucky girl. For someone who has made some very foolish mistakes and had some tough lessons to learn very quickly, I am still incredibly lucky.

I'll never lose the sense of being an underdog.

I did think for many, many years that because of my ability I could beat the system. And I was wrong.

I was very lucky to get well known much later in life. You need to have flopped quite a few times to get a sense of how little any of it has to do with you.

Success can set the table for tragedy if the victors are not careful.

I should only look back at moments that were disparaging, look down upon, negative for me - moments where I could learn something. And if I have been able to use that learning in future, then I am happy about it.

I am not the humblest person in the world. I admit that.

Only when the tide goes out do you discover who's been swimming naked.

Even though you're the best, it doesn't mean you're not going to lose. And it doesn't mean nobody's going to beat you.

Nobody's immune from getting beat. If you're not aware of that, you really don't have a great perspective.

Some people might think they're invincible, but I don't.

A lot of people are in much tougher situations than me and I am very fortunate to be where I am, so I try to remember that and stay humble whenever things feel tough.

I got ideas above my station, and I made mistakes.