Spencer Johnson Quotes

I just don't take myself as seriously anymore. But as a result of that, I am taking myself more seriously. My ego has gone on holiday, and it can't get a flight back home.

I don't take myself too seriously, as I think I used to years ago, when I was younger.

There are questions I'm still not wise enough to answer, just wise enough to no longer ask.

Anyone who takes himself too seriously always runs the risk of looking ridiculous; anyone who can consistently laugh at himself does not.

I've certainly had a lot of experiences in my life where I was much too self-centered.

Actually, I think it's quite sensible not to take yourself too seriously.

I had to let my ego go a long time ago.

So many years later, you watch yourself, and you're not critical of yourself anymore 'cause that's behind you.

There is no point in taking yourself too seriously.

I think when you get to that point in your life where you're the first to laugh at yourself, you're at the best place of your life.

We take ourselves way too seriously, and we don't take God seriously enough. It is not by accident that humor and humility come from the same root word. If you can laugh at yourself, you'll always have plenty of good material.

Like all young men I set out to be a genius, but mercifully laughter intervened.

You grow up the day you have the first real laugh at yourself.

I've made mistakes in my life for sure.

I'm a grown man. You know, I've been in a lot of scrapes, but I never felt like I got so - there are probably a lot of things I should have done that I didn't do.

Have I said dumb things? Absolutely, who hasn't? But I have never backed away from being called out on something I did or said wrong.

I'm at peace with myself and where I am. In the past, I was always looking to see how everybody else was doing. I wasn't competitive, I was comparative. I just wanted to be where everybody else was. Now I've gotten to an age when I am not comparing anymore.

If I saw my 15-year-old self now, I'd think I wasn't that bad, but back then I perceived myself as awful.

The reason I call my book 'Irreverent' is because there were a lot of pictures that were very irreverent. Maybe I could call my book 'Forgiving' because maybe I made a lot of errors, too.

Apparently, I don't want to take myself too seriously.

I love playing a role where I think I'm right and then you learn you're not.

I don't really regret anything in my life.

A woman has many faces as she goes through her life. It's like we need more than one hair-do. We have many, many changes in the evolution of our lives. We have, we learn, and we grow; we view life differently, and life views us differently.

I've made a lot of career mistakes. A lot. Actually, a lot of personal ones, too.

If I were given the opportunity to present a gift to the next generation, it would be the ability for each individual to learn to laugh at himself.