Quotes about humility

Put off the fire of pride and save your life from burning with flames of failure. Pride is the reason why many dreams only survive as ashes today. Learn the lesson hung on to humility!

There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man true nobility is being superior to your former self.

Even great men bow before the Sun it melts hubris into humility.

Albeit i may die sleep not in the coffen of gold and even beer no fruit but my impact after depart is my particular to paradise.

There are two circumstances that lead to arrogance: one is when you're wrong and you can't face it the other is when you're right and nobody else can face it.

There is no humility in calling yourself a Christian placing Christ in the role of colleague. The humility lies in the truth of your imperfection and a more accurate description as a student of Christianity placing Christ back in the role as head teacher.

True humility is not thinking less of yourself it is thinking of yourself less.

Every person that you meet knows something you don't learn from them.

I am not concerned that I am not known I seek to be worthy to be known.

Real humility is not about denying the gifts you are offered it is accepting them.

And the memory made her humble for we should not forget what it is to be young and to have ideas and attitudes that may later seem so fanciful.

Indiscretion is weighted heavily towards youth inaction is weighted heavily towards old age.

Out of humility I label not myself or others. All I can say is this God is my Father. Jesus is my Savior. And the Holy Spirit dwells in me.

Courtship is driven by hormones marriage is sustained by humility and self-sacrifice.

What makes humility so desirable is the marvelous thing it does to us it creates in us a capacity for the closest possible intimacy with God.

True humility isn’t thinking less of yourself. It’s thinking of yourself exactly the way God thinks of you not more and not less.

Heaven-gates are not so highly arched As princes' palaces they that enter there Must go upon their knees.

True humility is a kind of self-annihilation and this is the centre of all virtues.

Insecurity was never humility just as arrogance was never success.

It is beautiful in a picture to wash the disciples’ feet but the sands of the real desert have no lustre in them to compensate for the servile nature of the occupation.

Intellectual modesty is humility as to what I know intellectual humility is modesty as to what I do not know

We are on the road to producing a race of men too mentally modest to believe in the multiplication table. We are in danger of seeing philosophers who doubt the law of gravity as being a mere fancy of their own. Scoffers of old time were too proud to be convinced but these are too humble to be convinced.

Vanity breeds insanity humility leads to utility.

true humility is when you can surprise yourself more than others the rest is either shyness or good marketing

To confess your fallibility and then do nothing about it is not humble it is boasting of your modesty.

True greatness demands humility the journey draws it from your struggling soul.

To share your weakness is to make yourself vulnerable to make yourself vulnerable is to show your strength.

It was pride that changed angels into devils it is humility that makes men as angels.

Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of humility.

I always say be humble but be firm. Humility and openness are the key to success without compromising your beliefs.

There is nothing I can do to undo what I did. I can only say again how sorry I am to those I let down and then strive to go forward with a greater sense of humility and purpose, and with gratitude to those who stood with me during a very difficult chapter in my life.

It was pride that changed angels into devils it is humility that makes men as angels.

Your emotions are exposed when you play golf: humility, pride, anger, it all comes out with each swing. You lay it all on the line.

Holy humility confounds pride and all the men of this world and all things that are in the world.

Early in life I had to choose between honest arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose the former and have seen no reason to change.

My philosophy is really based on humility. I don't think we know enough to fix either diagnostics or therapeutics. The future of psychiatry is clinical neuroscience, based on a much deeper understanding of the brain.

Greatness is found in great actions it is found in humility.

Do not rest on your laurels when you get to the top you risk losing your edge once you let success go to your head.

Perfect understanding of the infinite requires limitless intellectual capacity our undivided attention is better suited for humbler aspirations.

I'd say I'm a bit antimadridista although I do not know where my future will be, but it's a team that I never liked. I get the impression that it is an arrogant club, about how the players are. Without humility, you cannot get anywhere.

[Soetsu Yanagi's] main criticism of individual craftsmen and modern artists is that they are overproud of their individualism. I think I am right in saying Yanagi's belief was that the good artist of craftsman has no personal pride because in his soul he knows that any prowess he shows is evidence of that Other Power. Therefore what Yanagi says is 'Take heed of the humble be what you are by birthright there is no room for arrogance'.

Get rid of pride it'll only ride you to the wrong side of life. May God's words guide your faith to abide in true humility. Kick off pride embrace humility!

Our ability to forgive is a direct measure of our hopeOur patience is a measure of our humilityAnd most importantly: Our ability to listen with patience and understanding is the measure of our love Because love is the measure of a man… or woman.

Sometimes humility is ego in disguise.

Humility may well be one of the most difficult of the fruit of the Spirit to be cultivated in us - and to maintain. That's because without humility, it's not likely that you will put your complete trust in God.

Humility is of central importance I think it's an underappreciated virtue in the contemporary discussion of law and politics.

And humility in politics means accepting that one party doesn't have all the answers recognising that working in partnership is progress not treachery.

There are no better cosmetics than a severe temperance and purity, modesty and humility, a gracious temper and calmness of spirit; and there is no true beauty without the signatures of these graces in the very countenance.

Revenge, lust, ambition, pride, and self-will are too often exalted as the gods of man's idolatry; while holiness, peace, contentment, and humility are viewed as unworthy of a serious thought.

True humility is contentment.

It's wonderful to be back. Back among the mountains that remind us of our vulnerability, our ultimate lack of control over the world we live in. Mountains that demand humility, and yield so much peace in return.

With pride, there are many curses. With humility, there come many blessings.

Ending poverty calls for humility, honesty, freedom from ideology and refusal to accept cruel simplicities about anyone's human potential. It requires listening to the wisdom and cutting the nonsense from both the Right and the Left.

Power is dangerous unless you have humility.

Religion in its humility restores man to his only dignity, the courage to live by grace.

Worship means reverence and humility it means revering your real self and humbling delusions.

Knowledge is power. Information is power. The secreting or hoarding of knowledge or information may be an act of tyranny camouflaged as humility.

I tell my kids and I tell proteges, always have humility when you create and grace when you succeed, because it's not about you. You are a terminal for a higher power. As soon as you accept that, you can do it forever.

Just knowing you don't have the answers is a recipe for humility, openness, acceptance, forgiveness, and an eagerness to learn - and those are all good things.

Tell him, on the contrary, that he needs, in the interest of his own happiness, to walk in the path of humility and self-control, and he will be indifferent, or even actively resentful.

Fullness of knowledge always means some understanding of the depths of our ignorance and that is always conducive to humility and reverence.

We are shallow because we are 'mayabang,' ego driven, and do not have the humility to understand that we are only human, much too human to mistake knowledge for wisdom.

Humility and knowledge in poor clothes excel pride and ignorance in costly attire.

Clarity and consistency are not enough: the quest for truth requires humility and effort.

There is no international problem that can be addressed or solved without the engagement and leadership of the United States and everybody in the world knows that, its just fact of life. So sometimes I think we could conduct ourselves with a little more humility.

I'm grateful for my brokenness. I'm grateful for my humility.

There is greatness in the fear of God, contentment in faith of God, and honour in humility.

One of the most important things about leadership is that you have to have the kind of humility that will allow you to be coached.

It is essential to employ, trust, and reward those whose perspective, ability, and judgment are radically different from yours. It is also rare, for it requires uncommon humility, tolerance, and wisdom.

Mysticism and exaggeration go together. A mystic must not fear ridicule if he is to push all the way to the limits of humility or the limits of delight.

I believe the first test of a truly great man is in his humility.

Do you wish to be great? Then begin by being. Do you desire to construct a vast and lofty fabric? Think first about the foundations of humility. The higher your structure is to be, the deeper must be its foundation.

Great leaders don't need to act tough. Their confidence and humility serve to underscore their toughness.

We come nearest to the great when we are great in humility.

The first test of a truly great man is his humility. By humility I don't mean doubt of his powers or hesitation in speaking his opinion, but merely an understanding of the relationship of what he can say and what he can do.

Pride and vanity, the opposites of humility, can destroy our spiritual health as surely as a debilitating disease can destroy our physical health.

The greatest friend of truth is Time, her greatest enemy is Prejudice, and her constant companion is Humility.

Humility is truth.

The principles of living greatly include the capacity to face trouble with courage, disappointment with cheerfulness, and trial with humility.

Traits like humility, courage, and empathy are easily overlooked - but it's immensely important to find them in your closest relationships.

To me, having the courage to tell your own story goes hand in hand with having the curiosity and humility to listen to others' stories.

My brother and I have matching tattoos on our arms. It says, 'Humility is strength,' in Portuguese and Italian, because my genius brother taught English in both Italy and Brazil.

My strength is my humility. When you are humble, people like you.

Think not that humility is weakness it shall supply the marrow of strength to thy bones. Stoop and conquer bow thyself and become invincible.

I'm coming from a place of total strength and humility now.

Who is there that can adequately gauge the greatness of the humility, gentleness, self-surrender, revealed by the Lord of majesty in assuming human nature, in accepting the punishment of death, the shame of the cross?

When I worked with wildlife a lot in the Eighties and Nineties, I learnt the meaning of patience. And when I worked with trees, I learned the meaning of humility.

Above all, remember that God looks for solid virtues in us, such as patience, humility, obedience, abnegation of your own will - that is, the good will to serve Him and our neighbor in Him. His providence allows us other devotions only insofar as He sees that they are useful to us.

Humility is attentive patience.

Affliction is the wholesome soil of virtue, where patience, honor, sweet humility, and calm fortitude, take root and strongly flourish.

Therefore, a person should first be changed by a teacher's instructions, and guided by principles of ritual. Only then can he observe the rules of courtesy and humility, obey the conventions and rules of society, and achieve order.

watch out for schools that promise your kids will "experience success." I'm teaching Plato's Dialogues these days, and I noticed that Socrates never let his students experience success. Socrates won the argument every time.

The actual confident man, the man truly sure of himself, is not he who esteems himself higher than others, but he who is sure enough that he can bear to esteem others higher than himself.

If there is one thing the psychic taught me, it's that people and events are rarely who and what we think they are. They are more meaningful, more worth our attention-part of some finely choreographed, eternal dance that we would be wise to bow down before in gratitude and humility.

The president notices that when he takes off his coat to dig, people take more notice of the visual than they did his preceding remarks.

Public servants in this Europe often do their best when they stop caring about whether they'll be fired.

He must become an apprentice to ordinary life.

The tailor put on the girdle, and resolved to go forth into the world, because he thought his workshop was too small for his valor.

A wise man's goal shouldn't be to say something profound, but to say something useful.