Humility

“Tell no lies. Claim no easy victories.”

“I will become a president who is at eye level with the people.”

“It’s not about you, it’s about the story.”

“None of us made it on our own. None of us.”

“Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.”

“The more holy we are, the more empty we are of swelling pride, the more full we are of love.”

“Sempre trabalhei com pessoas melhores do que eu, que poderiam assumir o que eu estava fazendo.”

“I have built very greatly on the work of others.”

“今之學者，讀古人書，多訾古人之失；與今人居，亦樂稱人失。”

“Collaborate. Don’t try to do everything yourself.”

“Arza lâyık değil ammâ hünerim / Nâçizâne bini buldu eserim”

“Many truths which I then found out from my analysis of patients, and which I accounted original, were in fact widely known findings as I discovered afterwards. This was both a pleasure and a disappointment to me.”

“Tôi thích tất cả các giai đoạn, có thể thế là hơi tham.”

“I’m not brave, I just enjoy it.”

“Why me? I keep asking myself that question, and I shake my head. Why did my dream come true when so many other people worked and tried just as hard, and it didn’t happen for them?”

“He was afflicted with a sense of modesty that was very painful and rendered it difficult to adequately respond to the toast.”

“Beyond words to describe, beyond my poor brush to capture.”

“There are very few things I can say about my work that are better than saying nothing.”