Ann-Margret Quotes

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 know what the important things are in life. I know that just because I pretend to be someone else for two hours on the silver screen doesn't make me a better person than the next man. So, I mind all those things. Simple things.

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

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

The superior man is distressed by the limitations of his ability; he is not distressed by the fact that men do not recognize the ability that he has.

You are not, nor ever will be, better than anyone else besides the person you are now.

To aim at the best and to remain essentially ourselves is one and the same thing.

That's an important lesson for me, to not qualify my experience against somebody else's. My experience is the experience that I wanted to have, and have created for myself, but it doesn't make me any more deserving than anybody else - or less.

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.

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.

You don't have to look like George Clooney. You just have to know yourself.

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

It is right to be contented with what we have, never with what we are.

A note of caution: We can never achieve goals that envy sets for us. Looking at your friends and wishing you had what they had is a waste of precious energy. Because we are all unique, what makes another happy may do the opposite for you. That's why advice is nice but often disappointing when heeded.

No truly great person ever thought themselves so.

I'm selfish, impatient, and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I'm out of control, and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.

I couldn't change who I am; I couldn't change the kind of player I am.

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

I have to humble myself.

I don't want to be perceived as someone who has it all figured out. I certainly don't feel entitled or like I'm a superstar. I'm still growing, learning, and figuring things out.

You know, sometimes you're jealous of other people and their achievements, and you wanna be that person, but I've come to realize that each individual on this planet has his own path.

You can't think about things you want to change. Just be yourself.

Everyone is a bore to someone. That is unimportant. The thing to avoid is being a bore to oneself.

I have many shortcomings. I feel very lucky to have been able to have what I've had.

I've been enormously fortunate. People say, 'How do you feel about your reputation?' My real belief is that I have exactly the reputation I deserve... on the whole, I feel comfortable with myself.