Margot Fonteyn Quote

The one important thing I have learned over the years is the difference between taking one's work seriously and taking one's self seriously. The first is imperative and the second is disastrous.


As quoted in Simpson's Contemporary Quotations (1988) by James Beasley Simpson; also quoted in Running on Empty: Meditations for Indispensable Women (1992) by Ellen Sue Stern, p. 235


The one important thing I have learned over the years is the difference between taking one's work seriously and taking one's self seriously. The...

The one important thing I have learned over the years is the difference between taking one's work seriously and taking one's self seriously. The...

The one important thing I have learned over the years is the difference between taking one's work seriously and taking one's self seriously. The...

The one important thing I have learned over the years is the difference between taking one's work seriously and taking one's self seriously. The...