W. Somerset Maugham Quotes

I know that I am not entitled to anything, and when somebody thinks they are, that's a step in the wrong direction.

It's a great privilege and an honour to have the experiences and opportunities that I do to meet extraordinary Australians right across our country who share a great generosity of spirit.

The day you stop doing the small things is the day you think you're above everybody else.

My parents have ensured that we never develop starry airs.

I don't want to raise someone who feels entitled.

When you have a lot of talent, you don't necessarily have to be gracious and consider everyone.

But I can say that life is good to me. Has been and is good. So I think my task is to be good to it. So how do you be good to life? You live it.

Where ever the spirit of Christ is known, there is much of good will, of mutual respect, of love and appreciation and kindness.

I think we were always humble.

The only way to get love is to be lovable. It's very irritating if you have a lot of money. You'd like to think you could write a check: 'I'll buy a million dollars' worth of love.' But it doesn't work that way. The more you give love away, the more you get.

The funny thing is people won't let me pay for things. I'll be in a restaurant and the manager will say, 'Oh no, it's on the house.'

Humility is really important because it keeps you fresh and new.

I have a personal ambition to live my life honestly and honor the true love that I've had and also the people I've had around me.

The loving parts of your personality have no trouble loving. That is all they do. You experience the loving parts of as gratitude, appreciation, caring, patience, contentment and awe of life.

I just want to be humble at all times.

Morals always sound like cliches, but usually cliches are based on things that are ultimate truths. Be grateful for what you have; appreciate what's right there in front of you.

Bring love and peace and happiness and beautiful lives into the world in my honor. Thank you. Love you.

When people do things for you, it's because they want to - because you, in some way, give them something meaningful that makes them want to please you, not because anyone owes you anything.

I was brought up by great parents and great grandparents who told me, 'Never, ever think that you're better than anyone else or that what you do is so important that the world won't miss you once you're gone,' and I kind of translate that into the stardom thing.

If you are good to this one and that one, this one and that one will say that you are good. If you are good to everyone, no one will say that you are good.

Like Christ said, love thee one another. I learned to do that, and I learned to respect and be appreciative and thankful for what I had.

We come nearest to the great when we are great in humility.

My most heartfelt thank you goes to Impact Future Media and Cartoon Monkey Studio. Their dedication to the truth is very uncommon in the world we live in today. I am now, and will always be, grateful to their organizations.

You will not accept credit that is due to another, or harbor jealousy of an explorer who is more fortunate.

Accept the fact that we have to treat almost anybody as a volunteer.