Joseph Joubert Quotes

You look up when you wish to be exalted. And I look down because I am exalted.

And I don't think that success is going to destroy me at this point in my life, like I used to think.

Ambition is to be the fastest runner on this planet, to be the first on the South Pole, which is a grotesque perversion of ambition. It's an ego trip, and I'm not on an ego trip. I don't have ambitions - I have a vision.

You know you've reached true success the day you become truly humble. That's the day you stop needing to prove to the world - and yourself - that you've accomplished something meaningful.

Do something great that you really believe is great.

From my position, obviously I want to maximise my potential and go as far as I can go and as high as I can go, but I'm not chasing fame. I get enough of that.

I have as big of an ego as it gets, but I have, stunningly, a lot of humility considering some of the accomplishments I've had.

To tell you the truth, I never thought of myself as much of a success.

Self-image sets the boundaries of individual accomplishment.

I'd rather stay out of the limelight until I've done something I feel proud of.

It is through accomplishment that man makes his contribution and contribution is life's greatest reward.

I want to do something that people can really say, 'Hey, man, that was good, I'm proud of you, I'm proud of that.' 'Pride' and 'Transformers' and things like that.

I always considered myself very successful even before the success of Secrets and Lies.

I know my parents are really proud of me, and they think I've become successful, so that's nice, but there's still so much I want to achieve in my life.

Now that I've had a book published, it is quite validating, but a bit embarrassing.

I'd grown accustomed to seeing myself as someone who, if fallible and unworthy, had nevertheless managed to do one thing well enough to get recognition for it.

Greatness does not approach him who is forever looking down.

People always tell you, 'Be humble. Be humble.' When was the last time someone told you to be amazing? Be great! Be great! Be awesome! Be awesome!

I still really haven't sat down and said 'yeah, I'm ranked No. 1 in the world and I'm an Olympic Gold Medalist.' It just hasn't hit me.

The disgraces I suffer should be attributed to me, but the praises that I get go to my family and teachers. It is they who decided what I would become.

It's crazy to call myself as the sexiest woman. I'm like, wow; this is cool. Looking at the past years, I was expecting 5th or 6th position. But standing on the 3rd position was totally unexpected.

I've had a lot of accolades throughout my career, but that hasn't really changed me. I know that comes with the winning.

I don't like to celebrate my own achievements.

When you first come out of the box, you want to play the 300-capacity place, then it's 1,600-capacity, then it's an arena - so, do you want to be in a stadium now? The ego keeps telling you that it's not enough.

I don't associate success with happiness, and I don't take it to heart, like, 'Oh, I'm so special.'