Nikolaj Velimirovic Quotes

Be humble, for the worst thing in the world is of the same stuff as you; be confident, for the stars are of the same stuff as you.

Nikolaj Velimirovic

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• I am kind of the front man for a team of people behind the scenes who are working just as hard as me and are putting in just as much time to make this all happen. I'm not trying to be humble. I just want everyone to get credit where credit is due.

  

  Sam Hunt
  • People
  • Time
  • Trying

• He reproduced himself with so much humble objectivity, with the unquestioning, matter of fact interest of a dog who sees himself in a mirror and thinks: there's another dog.

  

  Rainer Maria Rilke
  • Dog
  • Mirror
  • Humble

• Stay humble. Always answer your phone - no matter who else is in the car.

  

  Jack Lemmon
  • Always
  • Car
  • Humble

• Are people like Tom Cruise in touch with their public? I doubt it. Footballers are more like the rock stars of yester-year: they are box office.

  

  Gary Lineker
  • People
  • Rock
  • Doubt

• The lark that shuns on lofty boughs to build, Her humble nest, lies silent in the field.

  

  Edmund Waller
  • Humble
  • Build
  • Nest

• I met in the street a very poor young man who was in love. His hat was old, his coat worn, his cloak was out at the elbows, the water passed through his shoes, - and the stars through his soul.

  

  Victor Hugo
  • Love
  • Soul
  • Young

• I have considered rap music stars, and there is one in my new book, Lovers and Players, and there is also a hip-hop music mogul who I think you will like a lot.

  

  Jackie Collins
  • Music
  • Book
  • Stars

• The kind of people that all teams need are people who are humble, hungry, and smart: humble being little ego, focusing more on their teammates than on themselves. Hungry, meaning they have a strong work ethic, are determined to get things done, and contribute any way they can. Smart, meaning not intellectually smart but inner personally smart.

  

  Patrick Lencioni
  • People
  • Work
  • Done

• What's amazing is that so many leaders who value teamwork will tolerate people who aren't humble. They reluctantly hire self-centred people and then justify it because those people have desired skills.

  

  Patrick Lencioni
  • People
  • Amazing
  • Value

• When I was little, I wasn't so little. I had a big old round belly and I was really clumsy, but I was super confident.

  

  Natalie Coughlin
  • Old
  • Big
  • Confident

• It's something I am confident about. It gives me an adrenaline rush - who wouldn't want want to wear beautiful clothes and jewellery and look wonderful - it's a dream job for many.

  

  Nargis Fakhri
  • Job
  • Dream
  • Clothes

• I'm confident in the fighter I am, and I have nothing to worry about.

  

  Canelo Alvarez
  • Worry
  • Confident
  • Fighter

• Set your course by the stars, not by the lights of every passing ship.

  

  Omar N. Bradley
  • Wisdom
  • Stars
  • Ship

• Faith means intense, usually confident, belief that is not based on evidence sufficient to command assent from every reasonable person.

  

  Walter Kaufmann
  • Faith
  • Belief
  • Confident

• Each time I've gone to the studio, the songs have got better and I've got more confident.

  

  Natasha Hamilton
  • Time
  • Better
  • Confident

• Nations, like stars, are entitled to eclipse. All is well, provided the light returns and the eclipse does not become endless night. Dawn and resurrection are synonymous. The reappearance of the light is the same as the survival of the soul.

  

  Victor Hugo
  • Soul
  • Night
  • Light

• The moon belongs to everyone. The best things in life they're free. Stars belong to everyone. They cling there for you and for me.

  

  Sam Cooke
  • Things
  • Moon
  • Stars

• The question tonight, as I understand it, is 'The Negro Revolt, and Where Do We Go From Here?' or What Next?' In my little humble way of understanding it, it points toward either the ballot or the bullet.

  

  Malcolm X
  • Question
  • Understanding
  • Humble

• I doubt the terrorists saw 9/11 as a teaching opportunity. And we're not really a culture geared to anything as humble as 'learning.' But I was disappointed in how quickly everyone wanted to get back to normal. It was as if we watched terrorism on TV for a while, then got bored and turned back to 'American Idol.'

  

  Jess Walter
  • American
  • Culture
  • Opportunity

• If we remain humble and hungry, we can win.

  

  Dave Allison
  • Humble

• We have a tendency to want the other person to be a finished product while we give ourselves the grace to evolve.

  

  T. D. Jakes
  • Person
  • Evolve
  • Tendency

• It is impossible to win the race unless you venture to run, impossible to win the victory unless you dare to battle.

  

  Richard M. DeVos
  • Victory
  • Impossible
  • Venture

• We're immersed in the spirit of God all the time. We just don't notice.

  

  Dan Millman
  • Time
  • God
  • Spirit

• Be humble, for the worst thing in the world is of the same stuff as you; be confident, for the stars are of the same stuff as you.

  

  Nikolaj Velimirovic
  • Stars
  • Humble
  • Confident