"If you get to thinking you're a..." - Quote by Will Rogers
If you get to thinking you're a person of some influence, try ordering somebody else's dog around.
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“I am just an old country boy in a big town trying to get along. I have been eating pretty regular and the reason I have been is because I have stayed an old country boy.”
“It looks like the financial giants of the world have bungled as much as the diplomats and politicians. This would be a great time in the world for some man to come along that knew something.”
“Americans are getting like a Ford car, they all have the same exact parts, the same upholstering and make exactly the same noises.”
More on Humility
“But no man's a hero to himself.”
“I had it in my mind: to be confident, and to keep saying that until the confidence appeared. But I took it too far. Confidence did help make me champion, but, man, I took it to a whole different level. I was a megalomaniac. I was not humble and it eventually came back on me. So I want my kids to know, keep humbleness and kindness in their hearts. It will prevail.”
“True humility is more like self-forgetfulness than false modesty.”
More on Influence
“It was a lone voice in the middle of the ocean, but it was heard at great depth and great distance.”
“England produces under favorable conditions of ease and culture the finest women in the world. And, as the men are affectionate and true-hearted, the women inspire and refine them.”
“I think we all change each other's paths. I don't know which law idea that is in physics, but I don't think any of us can live without affecting one another.”