Fethullah Gulen Quotes

Self-promotion has never been a point, and I'm incredibly inept at self-promotion.

I never really try to over-promote myself; I never have.

I am not saying I don't think I'm good, but I'm not the type of player to have an ego or big myself up.

I don't like selling myself. It's a sort of shy arrogance.

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

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.

I'm the worst person about publicizing myself.

Part of ego is displaying the ego. I've got ego, and I think I'm really good. But maybe I fall down in trying to sell it to people.

I have never been interested in presenting myself.

I let my times speak for myself.

I don't consider myself a massive self-promoter, and I don't feel I've ever had to behave in a way that didn't come natural to me in order to progress.

I am not immersed in self-admiration.

Good work is not done by 'humble' men

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'm not insecure, but I'm not like, 'Hi, I'm confident.'

My ego is controlled enough that I don't have to be the focus.

Submitting myself for awards feels like a weird kind of horn-blowing that's not comfortable for me. I'm really happy when someone likes my work, but I don't like marketing myself, putting myself on display.

I guess I'm reasonably confident in all honesty. But I definitely don't think I'm arrogant. I'm pretty down to earth, I mean I'm genuinely down to earth.

The only thing I want to say is, I know I'm not Einstein, but I'm not the queen of the imbeciles either.

I can't assume that people see me the way I see myself. I have to show them. But I can't do it in a way where it's too much, where it's rude. I feel like when you're a king, you lead. And I just see myself as a king, or as something more than just a regular human being.

I have a big ego, but I don't buy into it. I can't live off the ego. It's an honor that I get to be that guy onstage. It's not something I earned.

I am no more humble than my talents require.

You need ego but mine is not blinding.

The knowledge of yourself will preserve you from vanity.

I will not be concerned at other men's not knowing me; I will be concerned at my own want of ability.