Quotes About Humility

Mary's Magnificat, together with her words to Gabriel and Elizabeth's words to her, explains why she should be blessed, even by Protestants. She was able to receive the angel's words and to accept them with both humility and grace.

Eu não espero que os adversários da verdade confessem que se enganaram. Uma atitude como essa só é possível às almas mais elevadas.

Cercando di istruirlo, non farà altro che umiliarlo e affaticarlo. Non tenti d'illuminare la sua ignoranza, se non vuole che l'accusi d'insultare le sue convinzioni.

Modesty and unselfishness--these are the virtues which men praise--and pass by.

You have to let other people be right' was his answer to their insults. 'It consoles them for not being anything else.

True intelligence very readily conceives of an intelligence superior to its own; and this is why truly intelligent men are modest.

Modesty and unselfishness - these are virtues which men praise - and pass by.

For me, that's the definition of being rich: it doesn't cross your mind to mention it to your best friend. And money is such a given you don't care how you come by it.

Never let your success go to your head, Never let your failures get in your heart

Conversation would be vastly improved by the constant use of four simple words: I do not know.

Wenn du glaubst, du weißt, was die Zukunft bringt, dann lacht Gott herzlich und beweist dir das Gegenteil.

Never let your ego get in the way of a good thing.

At its best, history nurtures within us humility and gratitude. It encourages respect and empathy. It fosters creativity and stimulates the imagination. It inspires resilience. And it does so by illuminating the simple truth that, whether due to some cosmic fluke or divine providence, it's an absolute miracle that any one of us is alive today, walking around on this tiny sphere surrounded by an ocean of space, and that we are, above everything else, all in this together.

The best a man can do is to remain silent, because any time he prates on about God, he is committing the sin of lying. The true master knows that if he had a God he could understand, he would never hold Him to be God.

Even monkeys fall from trees.

I probably make more money in a year on 'Newhart' than 70 percent of your working top-name stars. Some weeks I just have six lines, but it doesn't bother me.

In L.A., I worked as a bagger at a Ralphs for about two weeks. And I said, 'I just can't do that.' Not that it's a bad job. I would put the bread down and then the cans down on the bread, so I got fired. Or I just left. I'm not really sure which one happened.

I rode on a plane a couple years ago with Snow Patrol and didn't know who the hell they were. They said they were big fans of mine and were playing Madison Square Garden. And they let me listen to one of their records on their iPod. I started to weep.

I have no use for people who throw their weight around as celebrities, or for those who fawn over you just because you are famous.

I don't want to be treated like I came from another planet or something or was somehow born with some weird birthright or super power. I don't view myself that way. I am a normal guy, picking up the crap from the dog and scraping the BBQ and having a beer and fixing the shed out back.

I try not to invent; I try simply to translate the weird language of the natural world. And I'm not into absolute ownership of things.

I'm not a diva, and I'm not mean to people or have weird rules.

A lot of weird things happen to me. People call out to me on the street and I figure I know them, and I walk over. And then they start to talk about a movie, and I get so embarrassed. Sometimes they think I'm Lorraine Bracco or Laura San Giacomo or Marisa Tomei. I'm sure it happens to them all the time, too.

No one is perfect, and criticism is always welcome and expected.