Clayton Christensen Quotes

Humility is the armour that you clothe yourself with throughout your life. We demean each other rather than lift up ourselves.

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'm not going to be horrible just for the sake of having attitude or make other people feel small just to make me feel bigger.

Looking in a mirror and telling yourself to feel better doesn't work when you're a girl, but finding something that you love to do, something that makes you a better person like volunteering to help others, will definitely make a difference.

When our attitude towards ourselves is big, and our attitude toward others is generous and merciful, we attract big and generous portions of success.

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

The praise that comes from love does not make us vain, but more humble.

Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, 'What's in it for me?'

Entrepreneurs may be brutally honest, but fostering relationships with partners and building enduring communities requires empathy, self-sacrifice and a willingness to help others without expecting anything in return.

I come from a background where you don't really talk about yourself much.

Personally, I think humility is a prerequisite to being a truly empathic person.

It's a fine thing to rise above pride, but you must have pride in order to do so.

You need an attitude of service. You're not just serving yourself. You help others to grow up and you grow with them.

I assume that if people get to know me, they'll like me. If they don't, it's not my problem.

It's also selfish because it makes you feel good when you help others. I've been helped by acts of kindness from strangers. That's why we're here, after all, to help others.

The sexiest thing in the entire world is being really smart. And being thoughtful and being generous. Everything else is crap. I promise you. It's just crap that people try to sell to you to make you feel like less. So don't buy it. Be smart. Be thoughtful and be generous.

The feeling of being accepted and acknowledgement and recognition and fame - I'm vain like everybody else. The feeling of achievement that I've helped the poor or somebody in need far outweighs the money.

I've never been a jealous person, and I've never felt built up by someone else's failure - that's a cheap thrill.

The most rewarding thing for me has been this affirmation for me that people are basically good and smart, and if you give them a simple tool that allows them to exhibit that behavior, they'll prove it to you every single day.

There is overwhelming evidence that the higher the level of self-esteem, the more likely one will be to treat others with respect, kindness, and generosity.

We have to humble ourselves and the way you do that is by serving other people.

As long as you know, within yourself, that you're no better than anyone else out there, you're OK.

I'm not better than anyone else.

If you have an ongoing relationship with a person, think of everything positive about that person that you possibly can and enter your interaction from that space. Ignore all the crap that used to drive you up the wall before. You will be amazed at what a change this attitude shift brings about.

I am not learned, but I have as good feelings as any man.