Tyler Hilton Quotes

Any time you talk about your own stuff you sound self-aggrandising.

You never toot your own horn.

Don't be humble... you're not that great.

If you are the greatest, why would you go around talking about it?

Telling the entire world and his dog how good a manager I was. I knew I was the best but I should have said nowt and kept the pressure off 'cos they'd have worked it out for themselves.

Sometimes I feel like you can toot your own trumpet too much. I don't really like that.

I don't like false modesty.

I'm keenly aware of the Pride coming before the Fall . . . but I really do like what I've been able to do here.

Whenever a man boasts much about [his common sense], you may be pretty sure that he has very little sense, either common or uncommon.

Why would I ever get cocky? I'm not saving anybody's life.

You're all right, as long as you don't believe your own hype.

Success didn't spoil me, I've always been insufferable.

One may be humble out of pride.

Somebody ought to tell him his ambition is showing.

I said I was 'The Greatest,' I never said I was the smartest!

I feel arrogant trying to give people advice.

If I was sharp in every area, I might be too big-headed or something.

False modesty can be worse than arrogance.

I think I know it all, relatively speaking.

A vain man finds it wise to speak good or ill of himself; a modest man does not talk of himself.

What hypocrites we seem to be whenever we talk of ourselves! Our words sound so humble, while our hearts are so proud.

I never knew a more presumptuous person than myself. The fact that I say that shows that what I say is true.

I'm not great enough to be humble.

Douglas MacArthur was a man of high abilities. However his view of his abilities was much higher. A great leader has to be a little self effacing. A cannot imagine Douglas MacArthur ever being self effacing.

There's a breed of humility which is itself a species of showing off.