Quotes About Humility

The acknowledgment of our weakness is the first step in repairing our loss.

If I tell you I'm good, probably you will say I'm boasting. But if I tell you I'm not good, you'll know I'm lying.

The worst kind of sin is not to acknowledge that you are sinful.

Abba Dorotheos said: No matter what kind of sorrow comes to you, don't blame anyone but yourself, and say, "This has happened because of my sins."

When people begin to praise us, let us hurry to remember the multitude of ours transgressions, and we will see that we are truly unworthy of that which they say and do in our honor.

The most virtuous are those who content themselves with being virtuous without seeking to appear so.

Good results is not an entitlement. It has to be earned and earned each individual working day via the lens of humility.

I claim to be a simple individual liable to err like any other fellow mortal. I own, however, that I have humility enough to confess my errors and to retrace my steps.

As water and fire oppose one another when combined, so are self-justification and humility opposed to one another.

The proud man can learn humility, but he will be proud of it.

Don't be cocky. Don't be flashy. There's always someone better than you.

Blessed are the people whose leaders can look destiny in the eye without flinching but also without attempting to play God.

I like to think I play rugby as it should be played - there are no yellow or red cards in my collection - but I cannot say I'm an angel.

If you have the choice between humble and cocky, go with cocky. There's always time to be humble later, once you've been proven horrendously, irrevocably wrong.

You ain't learnin' nothin' when you're talkin'.

The burden of the self is lightened with I laugh at myself.

BE A STUDENT BY STAYING OPEN AND WILLING TO LEARN FROM EVERYONE AND ANYONE.

The more you learn, the more you know that you know nothing.

To acknowledge you were wrong yesterday is to acknowledge you are wiser today.

The higher the sun ariseth, the less shadow doth he cast; even so the greater is the goodness, the less doth it covet praise; yet cannot avoid its rewards in honors.

Never be haughty to the humble, never be humble to the haughty.

A person all wrapped up in themselves makes for a mighty small package.

Anything that keeps a politician humble is healthy for democracy.

My goals have gone from being an all-star to just being able to play basketball. I always took for granted that I could play. Now I know what a gift it is.