Golda Meir Quotes

Don't be humble... you're not that great.

If I was sharp in every area, I might be too big-headed or something.

I never knew a more presumptuous person than myself. The fact that I say that shows that what I say is true.

I don't choose to be humble.

I said I was 'The Greatest,' I never said I was the smartest!

On occasions I have been big-headed. I think most people are when they get in the limelight. I call myself Big Head just to remind myself not to be.

I am not the humblest person in the world. I admit that.

I've got it all: I'm good-looking, I'm educated, I can sing, and I can play rugby. Ridiculous, isn't it?

I'd never want to get too big for my boots.

Frankly, my head can never be bloated.

Man is not meant to be humble, he’s meant to be humbled.

The minute I get a big head and start acting like the big man on campus, it's all downhill from there.

It's hard to be humble, when you're as great as I am.

One must be arrogant, indeed, to imagine that one can take everything in one's hand and know everything!

I don't know how humble a person can be while consistently spouting statements like 'I, Donald Trump, am a totally gifted politician,' or 'I'm, like, a smart person.'

I have a little bit of a big head.

I'll never self-proclaim myself as the greatest of all time.

There is a very thin line between confidence and arrogance.

You can sometimes get the big head and overlook things.

Mastery passes often for egotism.

Success didn't spoil me, I've always been insufferable.

Any time you talk about your own stuff you sound self-aggrandising.

When I did the film 'Hear My Voice' a few years ago, I disappeared fully up my own backside for a while. Because I thought my career was taking off, I became a bit of an egomaniac and a pain in the neck. I thought I was God's gift to mankind and the greatest Irishman since George Best.

There are two kinds of egotists: Those who admit it, and the rest of us.

You can get a bit 'head in the clouds' - well, I do - and full of myself if I stick in front of the camera for too long. I forget there is hard work that needs to be done.