Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes

We will always tend to fulfill our own expectation of ourselves.

I live my life trying to never appear to be a small man.

I'm constantly trying to make myself better, to learn more. I didn't finish college, so I feel like I'm always having to prove myself. I don't want to feel like the smallest person in the room.

Most people settle because they don't like themselves enough.

What we have not has made us what we are. / ... / What we are not drives us to consummation.

Ambition is only vanity ennobled.

Success serves men as a pedestal. It makes them seem greater when not measured by reflection.

I was never no, never no, never enough, But I can try, I can try to toughen up.

The goal ever recedes from us. The greater the progress the greater the recognition of our unworthiness. Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment. Full effort is full victory.

Where does the ego get its energy? The ego feeds off your desire to be something else. You are poor and you want to be rich - the ego is absorbing energy, its life-breath. You are ignorant and you want to become a wise one - the ego is absorbing energy. You are a wretched nobody and you want to become powerful - the ego is absorbing energy.

In efforts to soar above our nature, we invariably fall below it.

Give your best effort, because you are worth your best effort.

originality and a feeling of one's own dignity are achieved only through work and struggle.

I have been vain since birth. I expected other people to like what I did, although my vanity has definitely diminished over the years.

Ego is good.

The proud depend upon the world to tell them whether they have value or not. Their self-esteem is determined by where they are judged to be on the ladders of worldly success. They feel worthwhile as individuals if the numbers beneath them in achievement, talent, beauty, or intellect are large enough.

Why can't I be the adorable one?

I was so adamant about proving myself for so long and I've gotten to the point where I don't have to do that as much.

I think I've got a bit more to offer than just dancing. It might just be me that thinks that, but it's worth saying.

You start to look at it with a deeper respect and I think that deeper respect for what you do builds more self-respect.

People aren't interested in seeing themselves as they really are.

Always think yourself a perfect being and be satisfied with yourself.

Let's be honest: I call myself a titan. I've got issues.

I think I have let ego get in the way sometimes - the pendulum swung pretty strongly. I was maybe a little overconfident at one point in my time, and then I went way the other way and thought I wasn't capable of anything.

I wish sometimes people wouldn't underestimate me. But it's a fleeting wish. It's not where I live.