Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes

To begin with oneself but not to end with onself. To start from oneself but not to aim at oneself.

If you are not egotistical, you will welcome the opportunity to learn more.

But I've got more to learn, too. I don't feel like I'm done or I know it all.

I never dwell on what I've personally achieved.

I'm interested in listening to the people who walk in the door. If your ego and your accomplishments stop you from listening, then they've taught you nothing.

I'm not one to probe my limitations.

Being humbled is a good thing.

Humility in this business [acting] isn't just a matter of being polite, it's kind of a matter of survival. You can't ever afford to think that you're the bee's knees, because you could always afford to be better. You have to always be searching for something better.

It is always legitimate to wish to rise above one's self, never above others.

Your world could grow infinitely bigger if you were only willing to become...appropri ately small.

... learning humility is a prerequisite for grace.

Do not try to be humble: learn humility.

He that neither knows himself nor thinks he can learn of others is not fit for company.

There is more value in a little study of humility and in a single act of it than in all the knowledge in the world.

If any man seeks for greatness, let him forget greatness and ask for truth, and he will find both.

Teach thy tongue to say 'I do not know', and thou shalt progress.

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.

Humility is really important because it keeps you fresh and new.

'What am I missing?' is a much more important question than 'How cool am I?'

I am not the same man I was 35 years ago. And I hope that five years and ten years from now, I'll be a better man, a more mature man, a wiser man, a more humble man and a more spirited man to serve the good of my people and the good of humanity.

I have to be careful not to be too proud in life, because there is always room for improvement.

I believe that the biggest problem that humanity faces is an ego sensitivity to finding out whether one is right or wrong and identifying what one's strengths and weaknesses are.

I wouldn't describe myself as a master of anything.

I have not changed with the accomplishments. I've remained the same. If I had changed, great. You know, but I haven't.

A day wasted on others is not wasted on one's self.