David Morse Quotes

I don't consider myself a very interesting person. I have the mentality of a supporting actor.

I can’t talk about myself that way. Whatever I did before was just in line with my work. I can’t be saying I, I, I all the time.

I'm not a military general, a business guru, not a philosopher or author. It's only me.

I don't think there's anything interesting about me.

To begin with oneself but not to end with onself. To start from oneself but not to aim at oneself.

If I only had a little humility, I would be perfect.

I'm not nearly as important as I used to think I was. It's a wonderful discovery.

I hope that five years and ten years from now, I'll be a better man, a more mature man, a wiser man, a more humble man and a more spirited man to serve the good of my people and the good of humanity.

I come from a background where you don't really talk about yourself much.

I hate talking about myself, I find it such a boring topic. I'd much rather talk about other things.

I am not the same man I was 35 years ago. And I hope that five years and ten years from now, I'll be a better man, a more mature man, a wiser man, a more humble man and a more spirited man to serve the good of my people and the good of humanity.

I guess I'm just an open-hearted, fair, good person. I try to encourage people to be their best and look inside themselves and find out what they are passionate about and expand on that and enjoy life.

I certainly don't have any airs about myself.

I believe that the biggest problem that humanity faces is an ego sensitivity to finding out whether one is right or wrong and identifying what one's strengths and weaknesses are.

Modesty means admitting the possibility of error, subsuming the self for the good of the whole, remaining open to surprise and the gifts that only failure can bring. There are many ways to practice it. Try taking up golf. Or making your own bagels. Or raising a teenager.

I'm not great at talking about myself.

Laugh at yourself - a lot. My mum taught me not to take myself too seriously.

I've certainly had a lot of experiences in my life where I was much too self-centered.

I haven't any wisdom - just a child like everybody else. I'm not as great as Frank Lloyd Wright.

If at any moment of the day I ever think I'm remotely cool at all, which is hardly ever, I have two daughters who make sure that never happens.

We have to humble ourselves and the way you do that is by serving other people.

I don't have an ego that makes me believe the world revolves around me. I am not self-absorbed.

I don't want to be perceived as someone who has it all figured out. I certainly don't feel entitled or like I'm a superstar. I'm still growing, learning, and figuring things out.

I really feel that the best actors out there are very centric. They're really connected. They're not in a, 'What about me' state, and I think that's a good lesson in life.

The good life consists in deriving happiness by using your signature strengths every day in the main realms of living. The meaningful life adds one more component: using these same strengths to forward knowledge, power or goodness.