Abba Eban Quotes

One thing that golf teaches you is humility.

I'm still 19, and I've got a lot to learn. I've got to keep improving and not get too carried away with myself.

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

I would not take for granted that my personal life - because I knew better than anybody - that it was just a life. It was surprisingly an ordinary life.

The Lord put me on television to do these things I want to do in the community. And He knew I had a lot to learn. That's why I've been on TV 16 years - not because I'm the greatest actress, but because I need the money.

There is nothing like a good bit of pain for taking the conceit out of one.

Life is a long lesson in humility.

I'm not trying to sound like I turned into some kind of wise man, but it's nice to realize that your little pocket of the world isn't the whole world.

The sufficiency of merit is to know that my merit is not sufficient.

I feel like God gave me the ability to play a game. I try to take it very seriously. I realize it's just a game.

I have many shortcomings. I feel very lucky to have been able to have what I've had.

If I had one regret in life... it's that I was not more humble at an earlier age.

It's what you learn after you know it all that counts.

Obviously, if I could go back and change anything, I would be a perfect man. And I know there's no perfect man.

My mother helped me to be who I am: to have strength and not to let people run all over me and yet to be humble; to realise that all of this that I have today could be gone.

I've achieved more than some people do in a lifetime, but it doesn't mean I've done it all.

Sportsmen just do what they do. I'm not trying to be a role model. If there's any inspiration people can take from me, take as much as you can - from my good and my bad.

I am very proud to look back and see all that I've been through, without forgetting my identity and always staying humble.

I'm still growing, still learning. I'm still open and vulnerable enough to know there's much more to be taught to me and learned by me. I hope I don't reach my pinnacle on this earth where I think I know it all.

I'm not the type of guy who goes to members of my team or the other team and says, 'Hey, I'm awesome,' because I can improve in so many ways.

It's my mindset that I'm not where I want to be. I still want to be better, and I just want to stay humble about it. It's not an act. It's just how I am.

I never felt I was better than anybody, but I always felt I could compete with anybody.

That's just my motto I live by, humble and hungry.

I'm trying to... stay humble and keep doing what I do.

The humility keeps me going forward.