Ray Dalio Quotes

It's more important to know your weaknesses than your strengths.

I'm not nearly as important as I used to think I was. It's a wonderful discovery.

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

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.

The only way to get under me is to get over yourself.

To have ego means to believe in your own strength. And to also be open to other people's views. It is to be open, not closed. So, yes, my ego is big, but it's also very small in some areas. My ego is responsible for my doing what I do - bad or good.

Anyone who knows me well will tell you that arrogance is one of my flaws.

I gotta say, I know my strengths, and I know my weaknesses, and, well, Fix-It Felix, I'm not too far from that kid.

I really don't look at my accomplishments. I really don't think about myself much.

I realised at Miss S.A. and more so at Miss Universe that it's important to focus on your strengths and work on your weaknesses to know yourself well.

The better you understand yourself the less cause you will find to love yourself.

If you would be good, first believe that you are bad.

The first step in wisdom, as well as in morality, is to open the windows of the ego as wide as possible.

Know your strengths, weaknesses, and needs.

We all have strengths, weaknesses and blind spots. In fact, an average person has 3.4 blind spots.

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.

And I like asking questions, to keep learning; people with big egos might not want to look unsure.

'What am I missing?' is a much more important question than 'How cool am I?'

I started second-guessing myself and was always questioning myself. I have really learned a lot.

If you are not egotistical, you will welcome the opportunity to learn more.

I was 20 years old and felt I had a lot to offer, even to myself.

I always told, Sandra Bullock was my student when she was younger, I always told her it's important that we hold on to our insecurity, the wisdom of insecurity.

How any person decides to emphasize strengths and mitigate weaknesses is something people have to figure out for themselves. I'm wary of the self-help literature that suggests there are certain rules. I'm very happy for people to look at my story and say it's possible to achieve many things.

True humility is intelligent self respect which keeps us from thinking too highly or too meanly of ourselves. It makes us modest by reminding us how far we have come short of what we can be.

The knowledge of yourself will preserve you from vanity.