Tony Dungy Quotes

I mean, I try to say the right things and give the right advice. But still, I'm only a person.

I always felt that it was my job to try to help other people get it and deal with it.

I run a bunch of charities and I say this line to people: 'I am somebody who has always been helped.' A little thing like that can make people believe it.

It is neither the statesman nor the friend who is asking your help and assistance, but simply the man.

I was raised in a very humble environment, and I was always taught to be humble to the things that are happening in my life because they're blessings. They're blessings in every way. Whether you're able to help someone get through a tough time in their life through your music or through comedy, or whatever it is, you're just a channel.

There are a lot of people who will come to me for advice or whatever.

Many people look at me and think they know me but they don't at all. This is the real me. I am a humble person, a feeling person. A person who cares about others, who wants to help others.

I'm so tough and so bad, I can be humble and lift another guy up.

I don't really try to give out advice, to be honest.

I'm all about trying to help others out there and giving the best advice based on my experiences - so if I can continue to do that, I'm really happy.

If you aren't humble, whatever empathy you claim is false and probably results from some arrogance or the desire to control. But true empathy is rooted in humility and the understanding that there are many people with as much to contribute in life as you.

A mentor is someone with a willingness to help others, who has a capacity to inspire, a determination to work hard, a clear sense of vision, an inspiring purpose, a deep sense of integrity and an appreciation for joy.

I'll see somebody struggling with something, and it doesn't matter if it's ironing or mopping or traveling, my brain just starts to percolate.

When you are the head of any philanthropy organization, what you learn is empathy, how to listen and be responsive to people's needs.

I have quite a strong sense of wanting to sort of, wanting to help others. I'm not claiming I'm a saint, but I have a genuine, genuine belief in trying to help others.

My heart reaches out to you missionaries. You simply cannot do it alone and do it well. You must have the help of others. That power to help lies within each of us.

Humility is the solid foundation of all virtues.

I'm always glad when people come together to help each other - whether they're raising money for somebody in a bad situation or making a creative piece like a song.

If you're in trouble, or hurt or need - go to the poor people. They're the only ones that'll help - the only ones.

Here are the values that I stand for: honesty, equality, kindness, compassion, treating people the way you want to be treated and helping those in need. To me, those are traditional values.

I just try to love and serve everyone, and bring everyone water, and lend an ear; that's what Jesus said to do.

It's human nature to want to help and soothe and save with your love, but it's also arrogant.

If there is one thing I have learned on this incredible journey we call life, it is this: the sign of a truly successful individual is humility.

I've been lucky to have a lot of opportunities to help people.

What kind of man would I have been if I had not been there to help her? I felt along with her - not the physical pain, of course, but all her mental anguish. You can't be detached.