Quotes About Humble Beginnings

#1. I will never forget my humble beginnings as a Laker Girl. It was probably one of the most fun jobs I ever had.

Paula Abdul

#2. The two of us had come a long way together from our humble beginnings and the basement apartment that had been our first home as newlyweds in 1957, when I was still a law student at Laval University in Quebec City.

Jean Chretien

#3. People from all walks of life and all over the world look at me and know my humble beginnings and know that everything I've done has been through hard work. People respect me as a marketer and brand builder.

Sean Combs

#4. When emerging from humble beginnings, those around you tend to underestimate your authenticity because they knew you before you were 'somebody'.

Criss Jami

#5. My mom came from such humble beginnings and especially my dad as well. He didn't go to university.

Petra Stunt

#6. Do not go by my humble beginnings. Be wary of my enormous vision.

Manoj Arora

#7. He also always blesses humble beginnings much more than those accompanied by a lot of show.

Vincent De Paul

#8. Besides God, there is no glory above coming from humble beginnings, from sleeping under a porous grass thatched mud hut to rising above and beyond tabernacles of greatness

Thabo Katlholo

#9. From those humble beginnings we learned to see faces in the clouds and portents in the stars, to see agency in randomness, because natural selection favors the paranoid.

Peter Watts

#10. I came from rather humble beginnings.

Teresa Palmer

#11. I just want to make it very clear that I come from very humble beginnings, and I worked for everything!

Katy Perry

#12. It's hard to know exactly how people develop the characters they do. There could be people from humble beginnings that turn into jerks. Some characteristics are just part of that special soul of that human being.

David Maraniss

#13. There was a time when I prayed to saints. What I liked about them were their humble beginnings: they were human, once, and so you knew that they just got it in a way Jesus never would. They understood what it meant to have your hopes dashed or your promises broken or you feelings hurt.

Jodi Picoult

#14. I wasn't born with a silver spoon in my mouth; I came from really humble beginnings - the projects of New York City - and I worked my way to get to where I am.

Adrienne Bailon

#15. Being on Broadway and getting a Tony nomination - this has been an incredible ride, from rather humble beginnings.

Kate Fleetwood

#16. The world's big things only can be done by paying attention to their humble beginnings.

Laozi

#17. In 1984, Nevada Senator Paul Laxalt gave me the opportunity of a lifetime to serve as a legislative intern in his office in Washington, D.C. Coming from humble beginnings, the experience changed my life and charted me on a path of public service.

Brian Sandoval

#18. One could come from less than humble beginnings, to become a winner from within.

Dave Pelzer

#19. My mother had very humble beginnings - to put it mildly. Her dad built their home out of timber that he cut down on their land. No heat, no air-conditioning - 'no foolishness,' as he would call it.

Blake Lively

#20. God always gives a great blessing to humble beginnings than to those that start with the chiming of bells.

Vincent De Paul

#21. I do come from fairly humble beginnings.

Tony Bates

#22. Rome has grown since its humble beginnings that it is now overwhelmed by its own greatness.

Livy

#23. Its humble beginnings are that of a parasite, growing in something that is alive, draining its host of beauty. It's clever - the plight of the splinter. A sort of rags to riches story.

Tarryn Fisher

#24. Rap comes from the humble beginnings of rebelling against the status quo. Now, rappers have become the status quo themselves. You can't rebel against the Queen and then become the Queen yourself. I attribute much of the blame to testosterone-male dominance and patriarchy.

Chuck D

#25. I'm from really humble beginnings. I've never been this Hollywood diva, but you get caught up in what you're pretending to be.

Heidi Montag

#26. I'm a simple man. Grew up in a small town. Came from humble beginnings. No silver spoon.

Robin S. Sharma

#27. Of course not, dear," Mr. Bradshaw said, tapping her nose lightly, and she giggled. "It's never the end
in fact, in my not-so-humble opinion, it's always the beginning.

Embee

#28. If you have not seen the real end of the journey, don't boast much at the beginning and never be too proud and haughty in mid of the path. Keep the real end in mind and mind how to get to the real end successfully!

Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

#29. A diligent hawker today, can be a great tycoon tomorrow

Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

#30. No matter how humble a man's beginnings, he achieves the stature of the office to which he is elected.

Nikita Khrushchev

#31. Epic things start with small humble steps. Pay respect to your beginnings. And if you're just starting out, know that it's OK to be sucky. To be small. To be messy and chaotic. Just make sure to never ever stop dreaming.

Vishen Lakhiani

#32. Hopeful dreams - even where crack kings' and dope fiends feast. Dust from the ash and rubble; they shine like bright stars once the mic is gripped and the bars are spit.

T.F. Hodge

#33. Every big castle was once started with a single block; despise no small beginnings. A little step taken every day builds up the hope of greater accomplishments. Do something every day!

Israelmore Ayivor

#34. Governors were once minors. Presidents were once residents.

Michael Bassey Johnson