Nora Roberts Quotes

Human pride is not worthwhile; there is always something lying in wait to take the wind out of it.

Be humble, or you'll stumble.

If you're not humble, life will visit humbleness upon you.

The only players I hurt with my words are the ones who have an inflated opinion of their ability. I can't worry about that.

The only way to get under me is to get over yourself.

No men are oftener wrong than those that can least bear to be so.

Pride is a thing that I have tried to abandon completely. Try as I might, pride still creeps into many of the things I do.

I certainly had an arrogant streak. And I certainly was defensive in certain cases. Maybe I'm still arrogant, but I try not to be.

If anyone would like to acquire humility, the first step is to realize one is proud. Nothing can be done before it.

There is no harder lesson for man to learn than the lesson of humility. It is the rarest of all gifts. It is a very rare thing to find a man or woman that is following closely the footsteps of the Master in meekness and humility.

How do I stay humble? Because I'm the best at being humble.

Blessed the geniuses who know / that egomania is not a duty.

Here's the thing about Donald Trump: He never apologizes. He's never wrong, no matter what crazy thing he says. He's totally - he's the white Kanye.

I never saw movies I was in because my mom told me that would be prideful, being stuck on yourself.

When you start believing you're something special, then you're not going to be striving to move forward.

To be a man's own fool is bad enough, but the vain man is everybody's.

You can't embarrass Joss Whedon, he's got no pride! He fully admits it. 'Oh, it's me. I'm little and goofy.' You can't wound his pride. He's too self-deprecating.

I think that I am better than the people who are trying to reform me.

If I was sharp in every area, I might be too big-headed or something.

I have often wished I had time to cultivate modesty... but I am too busy thinking about myself.

In hindsight, I slid into arrogance based upon past success.

Symbolically, what the rabbis say is that at Passover, what we have to do is try to get rid of our hot air - our pride, our feeling that we are the most important people in the whole entire world and that everything should revolve round us.

I used to suffer from excessive pride. Well, I got over that one.

I used to spend a lot of time just thinking about myself, thinking that the party started when I showed up.

The one important thing I have learned over the years is the difference between taking one's work seriously and taking one's self seriously. The first is imperative and the second is disastrous.