Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes

I am not immersed in self-admiration.

You need ego but mine is not blinding.

Humility is to make a right estimate of oneself. It is no humility for a man to think less of himself than he ought.

It is as proper to have pride in oneself as it ridiculous to show it to others.

I've always avoided those sorts of self-assessments because if you give yourself a 10 out of 10 people think you're a big head, if you give yourself a 6 out of 10 they think you're plagued with self-doubt, so I'm just not going to rate myself.

I don't go around thinking of myself as a great anything.

I don't wake up each morning saying, 'Oh, wow, it's me. I think I'm the cat's meow. I'm the best.'

I did not have any delusions of grandeur as a kid.

Vanity is a mark of humility rather than of pride.

The only thing I want to say is, I know I'm not Einstein, but I'm not the queen of the imbeciles either.

I am no more humble than my talents require.

I don't wake up with some sense of fabulosity.

The awareness of our own strength makes us modest.

He who knows himself best esteems himself least.

I hope I don't have a big ego. I try to keep that in check. But I am a prideful person, I will say.

Forget 'full of myself,' I'm not remotely impressed with myself.

I never take myself too seriously.

I don't have an ego; I'm not egotistical or anything like that.

You'll find that I'm modest when you get to know me.

Am I impressed by myself? Nah, not really.

If someone was like, 'Describe yourself in one word,' I would never say, 'Handsome.'

I am not saying I don't think I'm good, but I'm not the type of player to have an ego or big myself up.

I'm not cocky. I'm not arrogant. I know my value.

I think there's a fine line between confidence and arrogance.

Now, I'm not the kind of guy who likes to look in the mirror and say, 'Oh, you're the best.'