Acknowledging Strengths Quotes

You have so often been right that it is perfectly possible that I am wrong…

It's so easy to think that your strengths don't matter.

There are always people who will be better at some thing than you are.

I like a leader who can, while pointing out a mistake, bring up the good things the other person has done. If you do that, then the person sees that you have a complete picture of him. There is nobody more dangerous than one who has been humiliated, even when you humiliate him rightly.

There are several things that keep me grounded and focused... When you can humble yourself to say 'I'm no more important than anyone else. I just have a gift.'

People are where they are because that is exactly where they really want to be - whether they will admit that or not.

I think it's important never to look a gift horse in the mouth, never to overlook your talents [and] what you're good at.

Anybody I'm in a band with can do what they do better than me. I'm a huge believer that I can play bass or whatever I bring to the table - producing, songwriting, orchestrating - and I can look at the other guys and say, "He's got that, he's got this, and I have this." It's a team thing.

Now, each of us has his own special gift And you know this was meant to be true. And if you don't underestimate me I won't underestimate you.

A true critic ought to dwell rather upon excellencies than imperfections

Nobody goes, 'I'm a top 10 fighter. Well, maybe Top 15. I can beat a lot of guys'... Nobody ever says that. That's the thing with having a grasp on reality. I know I'm not the best.

Many people know how to criticize, but few know how to praise.

No work deserves to be criticized that has not much in it that deserves to be applauded.

I realized early on I was not an actor. And it was a great thing to have that realization. To see actors and see what that talent is... it wasn't me.

He knows his own faults, but also knows his qualities.

It's not vanity to know your own good points. It would just be stupidity if you didn't; It's only vanity when you get puffed up about them.

I think that at its best you just have to respect each arena for what they can do well.

I cannot help thinking that there is something to admire in everyone, even if you do not approve of them.

I write a lot and I will have some originals on the record. I think it is a mistake for an artist like me to think I am a better writer than Cole Porter. I think it is important to realize what my strengths are. I do like to write and I'm not shabby but I don't think I'm the most brilliant writer. I think it would be a shame and sort so egotistical to say I don't need these wonderful writers. These men created works of art and wrote hundreds of beautiful songs. It would be a mistake for me to say at this point in my career that I am so good.

The gentleman calls attention to the good points in others; he does not call attention to their defects. The small man does just the reverse of this.

It has been a bitter mortification for me to digest the conclusion that the "race is for the strong" and that I shall probably do little more but be content to admire the strides others made in science.

A man must not deny his manifest abilities, for that is to evade his obligations.

Other people have qualities that may be better than your own. Let them express them.

One of my favourite messages about 'The Pirate Fairy' is that the story is about appreciating your own talents.

You really have to learn what you're good at and what you're not good at, what you can handle and what you can't handle. We have a tendency to forget it.