Charlie Austin Quotes

I don't find it hard to stay humble.

It keeps me humble just to know exactly where I came from and all the hard work I had to put in to be here. It feels good to reminisce about the past.

It's about staying level-headed and being appreciative of the chances I got and the games I played but, at the same time, wanting more.

It is very easy to overestimate the importance of our own achievements in comparison with what we owe others.

The superior man is distressed by the limitations of his ability; he is not distressed by the fact that men do not recognize the ability that he has.

I've never really spent a lot of time thinking about my individual accomplishments actually.

You mustn't take any award so seriously.

If I took myself too seriously, I would be a mess every day because the world keeps my ego in check.

I think my parents did a great job of reminding me that I wasn't as big a deal as maybe I thought I was at times.

I don't think I'm successful.

You can never say you're big - I don't think you can ever take anything like that for granted.

It's always healthy to be taken down a notch, even though it's humbling.

I'm not trying to sound like I turned into some kind of wise man, but it's nice to realize that your little pocket of the world isn't the whole world.

Always first draw fresh breath after outbursts of vanity and complacency.

I have to humble myself.

It is true that I have been studying both humility and pride for many years for the purpose of weakening pride in my own life and cultivating humility by the grace of God.

Once in a while, I have to pinch myself to remind myself I am Nobel laureate, but that is not part of my work plan every day.

Yes I have made a lot of money and I have a lot of respect, my films have done well, and I know there are loads of loads of people who look up to me and really love me. I really just thought this is like a strange dream. I have never thought this is a success - I don't have a standard.

I'm a Golden Globe nominee, yes. It's very nice. It's a very nice thing, but I kind of think of all the awards I wasn't ever nominated for, for years and things.

There's no shame in a bronze medal. I used to think that, and I'm so ashamed of thinking that because there's so much joy and hard work and love in this.

I'm always amazed when anybody remembers anything of my work, and even more so when I get nominated for something I've done. For many years, I was like a horse wearing a pair of blinkers as far as using these awards or nominations in order to boost my career was concerned.

The disgraces I suffer should be attributed to me, but the praises that I get go to my family and teachers. It is they who decided what I would become.

It's just as important - if not more important - to take the praise with a pinch of salt, just as you do the criticism.

You never can stay enough humbled.

Me winning all these trophies is amazing and I want to keep going. And I know that at the snap of a finger it can be taken away. So each and every moment I have to enjoy - and stay humble as well. Because you don't want to get too ahead of yourself.