Quotes About Humility

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Tu verdadero Ser, que es tu espíritu, tu alma, está completamente libre de esas cosas. Es inmune a la crítica, no tiene miedo a los retos, y no se siente inferior a nadie. Y aún así, es humilde y no se siente superior a nadie, porque reconoce que todos los demás son el mismo Ser, el mismo espíritu con diferentes disfraces. Experimenta respeto por toda la gente, cuando al mismo tiempo no se siente inferior a nadie.

Your true Self, which is your spirit, your soul, is completely free of those things. It is immune to criticism, it is unfearful of any challenge, and it feels beneath no one. And yet, it is also humble and feels superior to no one, because it recognizes that everyone else is the same Self, the same spirit in different disguises.

Siddhartha looked down at his arm and brushed away the film of dried dung that had settled on it. More dust flew up into the sunlight. I am just dust, he thought.

In everyday situations, getting out of the way begins by giving up on the ego's fantasies.

People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw scripture.

should you look upon your fellow man and see a blemish, it is your own imperfection that you are encountering—you are being shown what it is that you must correct within yourself.

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

He thought others were small; that was his greatness.

There are many secrets; don't try to resolve them all.

You don't know anything, but I know even less.

I'm thankful for my songs being at the top of the charts but I am human - I think people still have to remember that.

Modesty is the citadel of beauty.

He who confers a favor should at once forget it, if he is not to show a sordid ungenerous spirit. To remind a man of a kindness conferred and to talk of it, is little different from reproach.

He who receives a favour must retain a recollection of it for all time to come; but he who confers should at once forget it, if he is not to show a sordid and ungenerous spirit. To remind a man of a kindness conferred on him, and to talk of it, is little different from a reproach.

Keep a cool head and maintain a low profile. Never take the lead - but aim to do something big.

You must be worthy of the best, but not more worthy than the rest.

I am so small, a speck of dust moving across the huge world. The world a speck of dust in the universe. Are you holding the universe? You hold onto my smallness. How do you grasp it, how does it not slip away? I know so little. You have brought me so far.

It's when we face for a moment the worst our kind can do, and shudder to know the taint in our own selves, that awe cracks the mind's shell and enters the heart.

When the Spirit of God takes possession of the heart, it transforms the life. Sinful thoughts are put away, evil deeds are renounced; love, humility, and peace take the place of anger, envy, and strife. Joy takes the place of sadness, and the countenance reflects the light of heaven" (The Desire of Ages, p. 173). What a wonderful blessing our Lord has provided for each of us through the baptism of the Holy Spirit!

I've heard that money changes you. That's why, though I am grateful for the blessings of wealth, it hasn't changed who I am. My feet are still on the ground. I'm just wearing better shoes.

Maybe there are some things we were put on this earth not to know.

Have you ever taken yourself a bit too seriously, thinking that who you are is actually defined by what you look like, how much talent you have (or don't have), how well known you are (or aren't), or how much money you have (or don't have)? Those are all "garments and labels" you wear during the course of your stay here on this planet, but it's not who you are. At the end of the day, when it's all said and done, you will turn all of that back in just like a car you had on lease.

My mother used to tell me man gives the award, God gives the reward. I don't need another plaque.