Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.
I state without arrogance I am the most desired man on the planet.
I tell my friends to slap me if they ever think I'm getting full of myself.
My success isn't a result of arrogance - it's a result of belief.
When power leads men towards arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations.
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If believing in yourself and going after what you want in life and realising your worth is ruthless and selfish, then I'm definitely ruthless and selfish.
If you love friends, you will serve your friends. If you love community, you will serve your community. If you love money, you will serve your money. And if you love only yourself, you will serve only yourself. And you will have only yourself.
If you let your head get too big, it'll break your neck.
The most inflated egos are often the most fragile.
I think that we've become very disconnected from the natural world, and many of us, what we're guilty of is an egocentric worldview.
Joaquin Phoenix - Acceptance Speech, Oscars 2020
Ego is the great enemy. Ego will hold you back every single time.
It's good to be selfish. But not so self-centered that you never listen to other people.
Being different isn't a bad thing. It means you're brave enough to be yourself.
Don't let anyone, ever, make you feel like you don't deserve what you want.
Patrick in 10 Things I Hate About You
30Don't ever let someone tell you, you can't do something. Not even me. You got a dream, you got to protect it. People can't do something themselves, they want to tell you you can't do it. You want something, go get it. Period. All right?
Chris Gardner in The Pursuit of Happyness
25Now, if you know what you're worth, then go out and get what you're worth. But you gotta be willing to take the hits, and not pointing fingers saying you ain't where you wanna be because of him, or her, or anybody. Cowards do that and that ain't you. You're better than that!
I am thankful to all those who said NO to me. It's because of them I did it myself.
Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside, while still alive. Never surrender!
It's better to be hated for the person you are, than to be loved for the person you're not.
You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.
I live in the moment. The moment is the most important thing. That's my entire philosophy: Make the best of the good moments.
If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man.
I would like to be remembered as someone who did the best she could with the talent she had.
The opportunity to secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but the opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself.
Your mindset is like a muscle, the more you exercise it, the stronger it becomes.
If anybody even tries to whisper the word "diet," I'm like, "You can go f- yourself!"
Success is all about having the confidence to shoot for something even if it seems impossible.
Poetry is a way of looking at the world for the first time.
I long for poems of an inner harmony in utter contrast to the chaos in which they exist.
Supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.
How does President Obama like his coffee? Like himself? Weak?