Wendi McLendon-Covey Quotes

I've been fortunate, but I'm also not very precious about making sure I'm the star of a film.

We all love people who give credit to others for their success. Companies would probably do better with CEOs who didn't blow their own horn and ask for ridiculous salaries and new yachts every year.

Humility is becoming a lost art, but it's not difficult to practice. It means that you realize that others have been involved in your success.

When I retire, the only thing that concerns me is that no one can say that I was a bad team-mate or disrespectful or self-important.

Did you ever stop to think that a great man in life who has won great acclaim and great reputation is the very man who is willing to share and give the honor to others in the doing of things that made him great?

Leaders should be collaborative, modest, and generous.

With each day, I realize more and more that my mahatmaship, which is mere adornment, depends on others. I have shown with the glory borrowed from my innumerable coworkers.

I came to the realization that I can also satisfy my creative side by giving somebody else a chance. I don't have to be in front of the camera for every project.

I'm an unselfish player.

I'm all about assists; I'm not really greedy.

I'm going to be humble, I'm going to be accountable, do it with a smile on my face, make other people around me better.

I think when you work with older actors, who are so good, it's rare that they are egotistical.

As long as I get a medal, I'm okay with sharing it.

I don't ever like taking credit for anyone's success, but I definitely would say that I've helped a lot of people along the way.

A lot of times you'll hear horror stories about actors being incredibly selfish and only wanting themselves to shine, but for me, it's not about just one person. It's about the whole team. That's the way I look at acting. That's the way I look at everything I do.

As long as everyone is playing for the scene or the movie, rather than themselves, then you're going to have something really good.

Great things can happen when you don't care who gets the credit.

There is no limit to the amount of good you can do if you don't care who gets the credit.

If you take the credit, you lose it. If you give away the credit, it comes back multiplied.

If you ever find a man who is better than you are - hire him. If necessary, pay him more than you pay yourself.

One of the deepest principles of life and leadership: it's not about you.

You can achieve much in life if you don't mind doing the work and giving someone else the credit.

You see, when there is danger, a good leader takes the front line. But when there is celebration, a good leader stays in the back room. If you want the cooperation of human beings around you, make them feel that they are important. And you do that by being humble.

Jesus modelled that we don’t need to talk about everything we’ve done. It’s like He’s saying, what if we were just to do awesome, incredible stuff together while we’re here on earth and the fact that only He knew would be enough? If we did, we wouldn’t get confused about who was really making things happen. Not surprisingly, we’d get a lot more done too, because we wouldn’t care who’s looking or taking credit. All that energy would be funnelled into awesomeness.

A Communist must never be opinionated or domineering, thinking that he is good in everything while others are good in nothing; he must never shut himself up in his little room, or brag and boast and lord it over others.