Dieter F. Uchtdorf Quotes

We live in a culture that encourages us to be big about ourselves, and I think the starting point of trying to build inner goodness is to be a little bit smaller about yourself.

People with humility don't think less of themselves, they just think of themselves less.

There is no true and constant gentleness without humility. While we are so fond of ourselves, we are easily offended with others. Let us be persuaded that nothing is due to us, and then nothing will disturb us. Let us often think of our own infirmities, and we will become indulgent towards those of others.

When my writing career took off, it was pretty easy to keep my ego in check because old-school martial arts isn't about ego gratification. It's about maintaining a balanced view of the world and your place in it.

I had to let my ego go a long time ago.

Not being anxious requires a level of humility, doesn't it? It does, I think. It's not all about you.

Egotism, pride, etc. must be given up.

I don't think about myself very much.

Humility is not thinking meanly of oneself, but rather it means not thinking of oneself at all.

I work really hard at trying to see the big picture and not getting stuck in ego. I believe we're all put on this planet for a purpose, and we all have a different purpose... When you connect with that love and that compassion, that's when everything unfolds.

I never saw movies I was in because my mom told me that would be prideful, being stuck on yourself.

If you are not egotistical, you will welcome the opportunity to learn more.

I don't spend a lot of time thinking about myself.

If you cannot bow to Buddha, you cannot be a Buddha. It is arrogance.

I don't think of myself all the time.

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

I think I have a better sense of my weaknesses - being self-important, selfish and having a big ego probably triggers all the other stuff. I can see myself more clearly.

Symbolically, what the rabbis say is that at Passover, what we have to do is try to get rid of our hot air - our pride, our feeling that we are the most important people in the whole entire world and that everything should revolve round us.

The feelings of my smallness and my nothingness always kept me good company.

The reason why I meditate and pray in general is just to remind myself that it is not about me.

Only humility can take you places.

Pride is a thing that I have tried to abandon completely. Try as I might, pride still creeps into many of the things I do.

When you can take away the ego, you learn a lot about yourself and the world around you.

To surrender your ego, you have to have one first.

My ego has been in check for a long time.