#humbling

It's not the act of arrogance to draw, it's humbling - you must use your God-given talent. And of all the people I sketch, in most cases I feel I have to measure up to the subject. ↗

— LeRoy Neiman

#arrogance #cases #draw #feel #god-given

In the tide of these wild thoughts we checked our fancy, remembering that only on the rare grains called planets can life gain foothold, and that all this wealth of restless jewels was but a waste of fire. ↗

— Olaf Stapledon

#impermanece #life #stars #life

It worries me a little bit the reach and power of TV. More people saw me in 'The Practice' than will ever see me in all the stage plays I ever do. Which is sort of humbling. Or troubling. Or both. ↗

— Michael Emerson

#both #ever #humbling #i #little

We are a vibrant first-world country, but we have a humbling third-world memory. ↗

— Mary McAleese

#humbling #memory #third-world #vibrant #world country

Being branded number one restaurant in the world is actually very humbling. ↗

— Heston Blumenthal

#being #branded #humbling #number #restaurant

Yes, there was a sort of underground cult following, which came from nowhere, and grew, and grew. It was quite surprising to us all, because all of us had spent probably the previous five to ten years without it. So it was quite overwhelming. Overwhelming and humbling. ↗

— Michael Giles

#came #cult #five #following #grew

And it blew my mind when I started to get wind of the fact that they actually liked me being around. That was humbling, because Kentucky basketball is a big deal, and I am not the biggest fan - I am just the most notorious one. ↗

— Ashley Judd

#am #around #basketball #because #being

To go to hospitals and see people fight and overcome cystic fibrosis or cancer or any number of illnesses is to see courage that is humbling. And athletes constantly need to be humbled. ↗

— Dale Murphy

#athletes #cancer #constantly #courage #fight