David Halberstam Quotes

If you would be good, first believe that you are bad.

I have not changed with the accomplishments. I've remained the same. If I had changed, great. You know, but I haven't.

It's always healthy to be taken down a notch, even though it's humbling.

You know, when I have a bad game, it continues to humble me and know that, you know, you still have work to do and you still have a lot of people to impress.

Being humbled has been a part of my life for a long time.

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

The humility keeps me going forward.

He that places himself neither higher nor lower than he ought to do exercises the truest humility.

Every step that I've taken was a learning lesson. Even to not think you're so big and so bad you can't fall.

Humility in this business [acting] isn't just a matter of being polite, it's kind of a matter of survival. You can't ever afford to think that you're the bee's knees, because you could always afford to be better. You have to always be searching for something better.

Being humbled is always good for us, even if it doesn't feel good to us.

Those who profit from adversity possess a spirit of humility and are therefore inclined to make the necessary changes needed to learn from their mistakes, failures, and losses. ... When we are focused too much on ourselves, we lose perspective. Humility allows us to regain perspective and see the big picture. ... Humility allows us to let go of perfection and keep trying.

Be humble, if thou would'st attain to wisdom. Be humbler still, when wisdom thou hast mastered.

... learning humility is a prerequisite for grace.

Do not try to be humble: learn humility.

We live in a culture that encourages us to be big about ourselves, and I think the starting point of trying to build inner goodness is to be a little bit smaller about yourself.

Humility, as we all know, is one of those virtues that is never gained by seeking it. The more we pursue it the more distant it becomes. To think we have it is sure evidence that we don't.

Discourses on humility are a source of pride in the vain and of humility in the humble.

I can be humbler than anyone.

I understood, by dint of digging into my memories, that modesty helped me to shine, humility helped me to triumph and virtue to oppress.

There is more value in a little study of humility and in a single act of it than in all the knowledge in the world.

Know your place in the world and evaluate yourself fairly, not in terms of the naïve ideals of your own youth, nor in terms of what you erroneously imagine your teacher's ideals are.

It's a good habit to trumpet your failures and be quiet about your successes.

Be loving, and you will never want for love; be humble, and you will never want for guiding.