Tamora Pierce Quotes

May I say, finally, that I have no illusions of grandeur; quite to the contrary, I am very humble in my knowledge that through forty years of my life my life has been an open book of service to my fellow architects and for the public good.

I'm not - I'm not a person looking for money. I have no political ambitions whatsoever. I don't seek power. I don't seek any kind of praise. I have no ego to fulfill.

I will serve the people in a very humble way.

I know that if I concentrate on making other people shine, I will shine. It is really about the other person, never about you.

Somebody asked what I wanted on my gravestone. I'm just going to put: 'Glad I Could Help.'

We have to humble ourselves and the way you do that is by serving other people.

My mom always said if you have a gift, it is absolutely not about you. So I don't get twisted and think for one second it's all about me.

True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost.

Always think of yourself as everyone's servant.

We should never desire to be over others. Instead, we ought to be servants who are submissive to every human being for God's sake.

I'm not an ambitious person. I'm very content, and I have no pending dreams. God has given me so much, and if there's one thing I really want to do, it's to serve the people.

I accept everything which is favorable for the people and the army; for myself, I wish to live in retirement.

I don't see that anyone owes me anything for my service. I don't feel any sense of entitlement.

I just play my football, and if I can help people, then I help people.

Humility has to do with trying to be a vessel of purposes you're content to understand as not your own.

I'm not some person who wants to be treated as a superstar and won't go out and help the team.

it's much better to do good in a way that no one knows anything about it.

Being humble means recognizing that we are not on earth to see how important we can become, but to see how much difference we can make in the lives of others

Hold on to your own ideal. . . . Above all, never attempt to guide or rule others, or, as the Yankees say, "boss" others. Be the servant of all.

Do what good thou canst unknown, and be not vain of what ought rather to be felt than seen.

Mitt doesn't like to talk about how he has helped others because he sees it as a privilege, not a political talking point.

I'm here to serve God and be of service. I'm nothing; everything out here is a lot bigger than me.

One of the most difficult things to learn is to render service without bossing, without making a fuss about it, and without any consciousness of high and low. In the world of spirituality, humility counts at least as much as utility.

Can you lay your life down, so a stranger can live? Can you take what you need, but take less than you give? Could you close every day, without the glory and fame? Could you hold your head high, when no-one knows your name?

My own share making contribution [to the the well-being of humanity]. So I never feel I am something special.