Augustus Hare Quotes

I'm not so vain as to believe that my involvement changes anything whatsoever.

I don't wake up each morning saying, 'Oh, wow, it's me. I think I'm the cat's meow. I'm the best.'

Don't be humble... you're not that great.

I don't sort of sit in a chair and pompously feel proud of myself about all the things we might have accomplished.

Every once in a while, I'll have a 'Do you know who I am?' moment, at least in my head. I hate that.

Some men never feel small, but these are the few men who are.

I said I was 'The Greatest,' I never said I was the smartest!

There is a pride, a self-love, in human minds that will seldom be kept so low as to make men and women humbler than they ought to be.

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

On their own merits modest men are dumb.

Please don't call me arrogant, but I'm European champion and I think I'm a special one.

I like to think I am the best there is at what I do, and so I have conquered the world like Alexander. But I don't believe I am the reincarnation of Alexander the Great.

I'm quite modest. I don't want to tell people I'm a leader.

I don't have an ego; I'm not egotistical or anything like that.

I'm not great enough to be humble.

Douglas MacArthur was a man of high abilities. However his view of his abilities was much higher. A great leader has to be a little self effacing. A cannot imagine Douglas MacArthur ever being self effacing.

The more people that praise you, the more there is danger to develop arrogance.

I am a little - I won't say arrogant - self-assured.

I am not the humblest person in the world. I admit that.

I've seen people, when they get into these bigger and bigger jobs, it goes to their heads. I've seen it. Some people in life change who they are, and some don't. I'm basically the same guy I've always been.

I hope I don't come off as being cocky.

Vanity is not important to me.

Me and modesty don't mix.

I never said I am the best.

I don't choose to be humble.