Bert Lance Quotes

Humility is to make a right estimate of one's self.

I'm never impressed with myself!

Humility is nothing else but a right judgment of ourselves.

I'm a very open person, very self-deprecating. I accept my flaws.

I don't want to pretend I'm any cooler or smarter than I am.

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.

Be content to seem what you really are.

This is who I am. I'm not perfect. I don't want to try to be perfect.

My work is not great, but it's respectable. I have no false illusions.

I just don't want to be self-obsessed.

Always be yourself... unless you suck.

People see us as no better than we are.

The more successful I become, the more I want to remain like me, with my defects and insecurities.

People should just get over themselves.

I am not immersed in self-admiration.

I'm totally cool being self-deprecating.

I think a lot about me is humble.

One that does not think to highly of himself is more than he thinks.

I think my daughters have a pretty healthy self-awareness but I can't speak on their behalf.

Some people are more fluid than others at just being themselves and recognizing what's good about themselves.

I'm not on the stage going, 'Look at me! I'm amazing!' I accept my vulnerability, don't pretend I'm something I'm not. I don't want to come across as fake.

What I am is how I came out. No one's perfect and you just have to accept your flaws and learn to love yourself.

I wouldn't describe myself as a master of anything.

I am an open book, and I'm fine being me: I'm not a perfect person.

The knowledge of yourself will preserve you from vanity.