Paulo Coelho Quotes

Let us be absolutely clear about one thing: we must not confuse humility with false modesty or servility.

Humility is a virtue all preach, none practice; and yet everybody is content to hear.

Humility is not a weak and timid quality; it must be carefully distinguished from a groveling spirit.

True humility scarcely ever utters words of humility.

Whenever I'm around some who is modest, I think, 'Run like hell and all of fire.' You don't want modesty, you want humility.

I don't have an ego. I check it at the door.

I have zero ego.

I think when you're as talented as me or you, you don't need to have an ego. On a serious note, the people I most admire in the world in my field have never shown that much ego to me.

Plenty of people want to be pious, but no one yearns to be humble.

A false modesty is the meanest species of pride.

Humility is, of all graces, the chiefest when it does not know itself to be a grace at all.

Surely modesty never hurt any cause; and the confidence of man seems to me to be much like the wrath of man.

Humility is just as much the opposite of self-abasement as it is of self-exaltation.

One who is unassuming in dealing with people exhibits his arrogance all the more strongly in dealing with things (city, state, society, age, mankind). That is his revenge.

We are never, never so much in danger of being proud as when we think we are humble.

Kindness and humbleness are really good qualities to possess. But, if you have to use the word humble, it means you're not humble. And if you're not humble to this world, this world will thrust humbleness upon you.

Modesty is a learned affectation. It's no good. Humility is great, because humility says, 'There was someone before me. I'm following in somebody's footsteps.'

When you're working with music that is invariably better than you are, it's difficult to become swell-headed.

You're all right, as long as you don't believe your own hype.

I don't wake up each morning saying, 'Oh, wow, it's me. I think I'm the cat's meow. I'm the best.'

I think I'm somebody who takes praise with a very big - probably too big - pinch of salt.

Don't be humble... you're not that great.

I guess I'm reasonably confident in all honesty. But I definitely don't think I'm arrogant. I'm pretty down to earth, I mean I'm genuinely down to earth.

One may be humble out of pride.

Modesty is a vastly overrated virtue.