Thomas Henry Buckle Quotes

I don't like false modesty.

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

Any time you talk about your own stuff you sound self-aggrandising.

Whenever you argue with another wiser than yourself in order that others may admire your wisdom, they will discover your ignorance.

The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself a fool.

Be wiser than other people if you can, but do not tell them so.

I said I was 'The Greatest,' I never said I was the smartest!

Tooting my own horn is of no interest to me... it takes you away from real life. It's a waste, and I don't find a need to sing my own praises.

I'm not the dumbest guy that ever lived.

If you are the greatest, why would you go around talking about it?

Telling the entire world and his dog how good a manager I was. I knew I was the best but I should have said nowt and kept the pressure off 'cos they'd have worked it out for themselves.

Arrogance diminishes wisdom.

Boasting of glory does not make glory.

Don't tell people you're smart; let them find out on their own.

It's the height of folly to want to be the only wise one.

I'd be pretty saddened to hear anyone say, 'Yeah, listen to this... God, I'm awesome, the way this all sits together,' about their own work.

I was brought up not to brag. I've always disliked people who do.

Don't put yourself on a pedestal. Because it's very easy for someone to knock you off.

There are a lot of people very sure of themselves that need to be brought back down to Earth. As good as they think they are, they're really not.

Always thinking that you're not very good is far better than being cocky.

I never was strutting through the hallways like, "Yeah, I'm a singer/songwriter." That's never a cool thing to do - to be the brooding guy.

You can't go around saying you're the best, all the time, 'cause it puts a target on your back.

Nothing can be more true, than that the greatest Boasters have the least of what they pretend to.

I said I was the greatest, not the smartest.

Only one man has the right to boast, and that's the man who never does.