Laurence Fishburne Quotes

I understood, by dint of digging into my memories, that modesty helped me to shine, humility helped me to triumph and virtue to oppress.

I think I've become more modest as the years have gone on.

The knowledge of yourself will preserve you from vanity.

The awareness of our own strength makes us modest.

To know your limitations is the hallmark of a wise person.

You get to a point where you get tired of being stupid and selfish and not being honest with yourself.

I feel proud to be a skater: it's taught me how to be emotional, more connected with myself, more mature, more understanding of my thoughts and the conversations I've had with myself.

I better be humble. I'm always checking myself.

I am most proud of my integrity and least proud of my cynicism.

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 think I have more patience now than I did in the past.

One can acquire everything in solitude except character.

I used to suffer from excessive pride. Well, I got over that one.

Everybody needs to lower his ego.

As a person, I am still grounded and humble.

The most important thing that I tell myself is that no matter where I go in this journey, the humility is what's gonna keep me honest and real. And perhaps a better manager.

I try not to get too self-absorbed.

I don't want to sound self-righteous, and I don't want to act like I have it all put together.

I'm not as cocky as I used to be.

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

My ego has been in check for a long time.

The humility keeps me going forward.

Humility is a super-important factor in all of our lives, and I try to remind myself every evening in front of the mirror, 'Just calm down.'

Force yourself to be humble, until it becomes second nature. Then it will be an unconscious activity.

Examine from time to time what are the dominant passions of your soul, and having ascertained this, mold your life, so that in thought, word, and deed you may as far as possible counteract them.