Top 100 Take Yourself Seriously Quotes
#1. Once you begin to take yourself seriously as a leader or as a follower, as a modern or as a conservative, then you become a self-conscious, biting, and scratching little animal whose work is not of the slightest value or importance to anybody.
Virginia Woolf
#2. Take events in your life seriously, take work seriously, but don't take yourself seriously, or you'll become affected, pompous and boring.
Shelley Duvall
#3. You take the work seriously, you don't take yourself seriously. You keep that straight and you'll do well the rest of your life.
Clint Eastwood
#4. You have to be serious-minded in business, but not take yourself seriously.
Diego Della Valle
#5. To be honored by success is to take your life seriously. To humble-talk about it is to take yourself seriously.
Meghan Daum
#6. If you won't take yourself seriously,
why would anyone else?
If you can't love yourself madly,
how could anyone else?
Himmilicious
#7. Take your work seriously but never take yourself seriously and do not take what happens either to yourself or your work seriously.
Booth Tarkington
#8. In comedy you have to be willing to not take yourself seriously, you know? I take comedy really seriously, and so to take comedy seriously, you must not, you cannot, ever take yourself seriously.
Rob Lowe
#9. Do the work, enjoy the work, take it seriously, don't take yourself seriously and keep your head down!
Tom Hiddleston
#10. I love straight-face comedy or relatively subtle comedy. And then I turn around and I find myself doing very broad comedy but it's all fun and you have to keep your sense of humor and not take yourself seriously.
Betty White
#11. Take yourself seriously but take yourself lightly.
Ken Blanchard
#12. When you're young, you kind of take yourself seriously, and you think, like, "People need to see what I can do." And it's so laughable, especially with actors.
Will Arnett
#13. One needs to be on guard against expecting external powers to decide when you can take yourself seriously as an artist. It can be a long wait - and lead to endless appetite.
Alison Hawthorne Deming
#14. So, that's the secret to happiness? Don't tak life seriously?" I ask.
"No," she says. "Take life seriously. That you have to do. Don't take yourself seriously, that's the key. Let it all go. Don't care for a second what people think of you. In fact, go out of your way to keep them guessing.
Katie Kacvinsky
#15. You have to be serious about what you do but you mustn't take yourself seriously. That way you'll be happier and ultimately you'll be more successful. You'll be better at what you do.
Stanley Tucci
#16. It starts off ridiculous and goes downhill from there as we each take a turn. We dance in a way that's only possible when there are no boys around. The rule is not to take yourself seriously, but whoever gets a solo has to keep as straight a face as possible and go for it.
Melina Marchetta
#17. Take your work seriously, but don't take yourself seriously
Clint Eastwood
#18. You have to have humor. If you don't have humor and you take yourself seriously, you're dead in the water. You have to be jostled. I love it. You've gotta have a laugh. It's better than working for a living.
Anthony Hopkins
#19. There's really no reason for any musician, writer, actor to ever take themselves seriously. If you work in a needle exchange, take yourself seriously. You're doing good work. If you're involved in hostage negotiations and saving lives, you can have a sense of entitlement.
Moby
#20. I guess if you take yourself seriously as an artist there starts either the problem or the beauty of doing good artwork.
Bill Griffith
#21. You have to take your job seriously, but you can't take yourself seriously.
Brent Musburger
#23. I've learned several lessons over the years. First, never take yourself too seriously, or work is boring. Next, people make the difference. You can have great technology, but if it's not complemented by great people, it won't go anywhere. Finally, customers buy from people they like.
John W. Thompson
#24. How do you make it to the top when all you have is ambition and talent? You believe in yourself and surround yourself with other idealistic and talented friends that fuel each other and push against the establishment to take you seriously.
Tamra Davis
#25. I think you should take your job seriously, but not yourself - that is the best combination.
Judi Dench
#27. To keep your love of running fresh, sign up for races and then don't take yourself or anyone around you too seriously.
Dana L. Ayers
#28. Make a determination to take no one seriously except God. You may find that the first person you must be the most critical with, as being the greatest fraud you have ever known, is yourself.
Oswald Chambers
#29. Having a dance background, I became used to rejection at an early age. Dance is very competitive, especially for a sensitive person like me. But I realized it's better not to take it so seriously. If you beat yourself up, it's hard to keep going.
Dianna Agron
#30. Don't take yourself too seriously.
Trina
#32. It's your outlook on life that counts. If you take yourself lightly and don't take yourself too seriously, pretty soon you can find the humor in our everyday lives. And sometimes it can be a lifesaver.
Betty White
#34. I never get to wear a suit in my life, much less a tuxedo. It's kind of really fun to get to dress up, because you take yourself a little more seriously if you dress nice in a starched shirt.
Lee Pace
#35. In New Zealand I think we often take ourselves too seriously, and being able to laugh at yourself is necessary in life without being too precious.
Murray Mexted
#36. We take ourselves way too seriously, and we don't take God seriously enough. It is not by accident that humor and humility come from the same root word. If you can laugh at yourself, you'll always have plenty of good material.
Rick Warren
#37. Good for you and be proud of yourself because you have your priorities in order. Be proud of yourself if you are responsible, reliable, persistent, and take your job and education seriously.
Ana Monnar
#39. How do you become enlightened? Have fun, meditate, don't take yourself too seriously, brush between incarnations and have a good teacher.
Frederick Lenz
#40. Even though I am fortunate to have certain luxuries, sometimes, I am even amazed by what people with money have and do. I want to remind people that just because you might be rich and famous, it doesn't mean you have to take yourself too seriously.
Nick Cannon
#41. All your seriousness is about sandcastles. And you yourself will leave them one day, trampling them down, and you will not look back. The people who take it seriously miss the beauty of playfulness.
Rajneesh
#42. Don't take yourself too seriously. And take yourself as seriously as death itself.
Bruce Springsteen
#43. It's good to be a bear and not take yourself so damn seriously.
Edmond Manning
#44. The more seriously you take yourself, the less others will.
Andrew Williams
#45. Always take your job seriously, never yourself.
David Brooks
#46. Do not take yourself too seriously. You have to learn not to be dismayed at making mistakes. No human being can avoid failures.
Lawrence G. Lovasik
#47. I used to take myself very seriously, now it's all just funny. You gotta laugh at yourself. You know, most of the time when something's a big deal for us, it's only become a big deal in the space between our ears.
Gillian Anderson
#48. The less seriously you take yourself, the better work you're going to do.
James Van Der Beek
#49. Actually, I think it's quite sensible not to take yourself too seriously.
Charles Kennedy
#50. Just because 'Planes' is an animated movie doesn't mean I don't take my work seriously. You can always push yourself to be better.
Teri Hatcher
#51. It's okay to take yourself too seriously if you're a serious actor and you've got the scrubs on. And then with me, it's kind of like, well, I'm a comedian, I'm making fun of everybody and everything. And I'm making fun of myself. I'm having fun making fun of and for other people.
T. J. Miller
#52. Even if your competitor is still small in size or weak, you should take him seriously and treat him as a giant. Likewise, even if your competitor is massive in size, you shouldn't regard yourself as a weakling.
Jack Ma
#53. You can take your fitness seriously, but not yourself. That's the most difficult part: not to relax. That's the most difficult challenge I'm facing every fight.
Wladimir Klitschko
#54. At some point in time, you definitely have to go drama. Not to say that you're going drama just because everybody else does it. You do it to challenge yourself. You do it because, naturally, in the profession of acting, you want to show growth. You want to say that you take the craft seriously.
Kevin Hart
#55. Don't take yourself too seriously - learn to laugh.
Ronnie Apteker
#56. My advice is: Don't take yourself too seriously, laugh a lot, enjoy your time with family, and appreciate the unique talents of others. Trust in God, love your neighbor, say you're sorry, forgive, and work hard.
Willie Robertson
#57. Pretend you are foolish to the foolish, and be yourself when you are alone or with others like you, because if you take the foolish seriously as your friend, you might be a fool yourself.
A Gentlemen
#58. I take making music seriously, but you have to have a sense of humor about yourself. I invite people into my life. That's how I do it.
Mac DeMarco
#59. Regardless of what kind of film, the number one rule of comedy is to never take yourself too seriously and then the next rule is you can't have any self-consciousness, otherwise it kills the laugh, and that will never change.
Ari Graynor
#60. Drop the idea that you are Atlas carrying the world on your shoulders. The world would go on even without you. Don't take yourself so seriously.
Norman Vincent Peale
#61. You have to have a sense of humor about it all. You can't take yourself too seriously.
Garth Stein
#62. Take your job seriously, but don't take yourself too seriously.
Alex Trebek
#64. Don't take life too seriously! Learn to enjoy yourself and be grateful for all you have.
Dia Frampton
#65. If you take yourself too seriously, you're dead in the water. I think the key to all is to have a laugh, have fun, and express every desire you had, as a kid.
Chris Vance
#66. The rules are simple. Take your work, but never yourself, seriously. Pour in the love and whatever skill you have, and it will come out.
Chuck Jones
#67. Laugh at yourself - a lot. My mum taught me not to take myself too seriously.
Michelle Dockery
#68. The psychological need to believe that others take you as seriously as you take yourself. There is nothing particularly wrong with it, as psychological needs go, but yet of course we should always remember that a deep need for anything from other people makes us easy pickings.
David Foster Wallace
#69. Take what you do seriously, but yourself lightly
Ken Blanchard
#70. And then there is the universal role of adult. When you play that role, you take yourself and life very seriously. Spontaneity, lightheartedness, and joy are not part of that role.
Eckhart Tolle
#71. Take seriously the criticisms on yourself, then you move forward; ignore the criticisms on yourself, then you move backwards because in every criticism there is at the least some truth!
Mehmet Murat Ildan
#72. I laugh at myself.
I don't take myself completely seriously.
I think that's another quality that people have to hold on to ... you have to laugh, especially at yourself.
Madonna
#73. Take your work seriously and yourself lightly.
Bob Nelson
#74. Three things no one has ever said about me:
You make it look so easy.
You are very mysterious.
You need to take yourself more seriously.
Jenny Offill
#75. Learn your craft well. Take care of your own business. Success (popularity) is fleeting for most, but longevity lies in a quality craft with integrity. Oh, and don't take yourself too seriously.
Oleta Adams
#76. Never take yourself too seriously. Learn to let go and let the words flow.
Caron Kamps Widden
#77. Don't take yourself too seriously. Know when to laugh at yourself, and find a way to laugh at obstacles that inevitably present themselves.
Halle Berry
#78. Here's some simple advice: Always be yourself. Never take yourself to seriously. And beware of advice from experts, pigs, and members of Parliament.
Jim Henson
#79. Celebrate your success and find humor in your failures. Don't take yourself so seriously. Loosen up and everyone around you will loosen up. Have fun and always show enthusiasm. When all else fails, put on a costume and sing a silly song.
Sam Walton
#80. You're going to die. You're going to be dead. It could be 20 years, it could be tomorrow, anytime. So am I. I mean, we're just going to be gone. The world's going to go on without us. All right now. You do your job in the face of that, and how seriously you take yourself you decide for yourself.
Bob Dylan
#81. Probably "I love my life" would be something I would say out loud to the planet - just that positive affirmation. And also, "Life is short," "Don't take yourself so seriously," and "Lighten the f - k up." And if that offends you, you really need to lighten the f - k up.
John Feldmann
#82. Its sometimes important to not take life so seriously, so life could woo you by showing you some good time.
Rupali Rajopadhye Rotti
#83. To be even more successful in Business Development, lighten up, enjoy the journey, learn from your prospects and learn from your experiences. As a professional Business Developer, don't take yourself or any situation too seriously, and always be thankful for your resulting opportunities.
Nicholas Coppings
#84. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
Regina Brett
#85. You can't take yourself too seriously; it's important to poke fun at yourself. Once in a while, it is great to show your inadequacies, too.
Ram Kapoor
#86. If there is but one pearl of wisdom I have to impart to you, after all my observations here thus far, it is do not take yourself too seriously. Because when you get here, you might just find that you are not exactly who or what you thought you were.
Natasha Rendell
#87. You just can't take yourself too seriously, especially in comedy.
Paula Patton
#88. Laugh at yourself and at life. Not in the spirit of derision or whining self-pity, but as a remedy, a miracle drug, that will ease your pain, cure your depression, and help you to put in perspective that seemingly terrible defeat ... Never take yourself too seriously.
Og Mandino
#89. Surround yourself with people who take their work seriously, but not themselves.
Colin Powell
#90. You can and should stand up for who you are and what you represent, without fear or prejudice. You take the promises you have made to yourself and to others very seriously.
Archibald Marwizi
#91. If you take being a father seriously, you'll know that you're not big enough for the job, not by yourself ... Being a father will put you on your knees if nothing else ever did.
Elisabeth Elliot
#92. America is a hot chick with a bad personality. Take her seriously and you'll end up hating yourself.
Dov Davidoff
#93. You are here for but an instant, and you mustn't take yourself too seriously
Edgar Rice Burroughs
#94. I do take my work seriously and the way to do that is not to take yourself too seriously
Alan Rickman
#95. People think if you're a model then you must take yourself way too seriously.
Shalom Harlow
#97. Lighten up. You're too intense. Don't take yourself so seriously.
Regina Brett
#98. Most period drama is so earnest. A lot of it is about making yourself take seriously things you wouldn't normally.
Joe Thomas
#99. I don't think it's healthy to take yourself too seriously.
Payne Stewart
#100. I learned, especially from my mother, to respect the profession and take it seriously, but not take yourself too seriously.
Campbell Scott
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