Quotes About Humility

Wise people "have the courage to act on their beliefs and convictions at the same time that they have the humility to realize that they might be wrong, and must be prepared to change their beliefs and actions when better information comes along.

Every boss can't have deep knowledge of every follower's expertise. When that happens, a boss's job is to ask good questions, listen, defer to those with greater expertise, and, above all, to accept his or her own ignorance. Those who fail to do so risk making bad decisions and ruining their reputations.

As I wrote on the Harvard Business Review website in 2010, that's what wisdom means to organizational psychologist (and my intellectual hero) Karl Weick. Wise people "have the courage to act on their beliefs and convictions at the same time that they have the humility to realize that they might be wrong, and must be prepared to change their beliefs and actions when better information comes along.

The Christian, when he had calmed down sufficiently, admitted that the riddle was good. "I have created something cleverer than myself," he cried.' Here Yoll interrupted himself. 'I do not understand his astonishment, for who has not heard of a storyteller who is stupider than the story he invents?

For who has despised the day of small things? – Zechariah 4:10

Little is much when God is in it! Labor not for wealth or fame. There's a crown – and you can win it, if you go in Jesus' name.

But He gives more grace. Therefore He says: "God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble." – James 4:6

2 Chronicles 7:14 [If] My people who are called by My name humble themselves, pray and seek My face, and turn from their evil ways, then I will hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land.

Cornerstone No. 4 is the Ice-Ball Theory, which states: Given the apparent, ultimate fate of the earth, it is vain and nonsensical to take oneself too seriously.

Don't assume, because you are intelligent, able, and well-motivated, that you are open to communication, that you know how to listen.

The servant leader is servant first... It begins with a natural feeling that one wants to serve, to serve first. Then conscious choice brings one to aspire to lead. That person is sharply different from one who is leader first...

Later, concealment of pride in humility came to be recognized as a deliberate and useful tactic which Sophia—renamed Catherine—used when confronting crisis and danger. Threatened, she drew around herself a cloak of meekness, deference, and temporary submission.

It is important to understand that most people have narcissistic pathology, so this is not to dismiss Jung. We all have narcissistic problems. Someone has suggested that we need a "Humans Anonymous Twelve Step Program," to help everyday people deal with their residual narcissistic pathology, and I agree. It's another way of saying that we need a more practical approach to our spirituality if we are to be effective in containing and channeling our grandiose energies.

The gods always bring down those mortals who get too arrogant, demanding, or inflated

the transition from lost to found is never an easy one. It is never easy to be a prodigal son -- or daughter. It is never easy to say, 'I will arise and go to my father ...' (Luke 15:18, 19). This is never easy, because it is not until our situation becomes completely hopeless that we can humble ourselves to the extent of admitting that such a gross mistake was our own.

It is the mark of a modest man to accept his friendly circle ready-made from the hands of opportunity.

Here lies one who meant well, tried a little, failed much:—surely that may be his epitaph of which he need not be ashamed.

I keep no rank nor station.Cured, I am frizzled, stale and small.

How gratifying to be there when arrogance collapses. How much more so to be the instrument. (Alfred Gillette)

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.

When it comes to predicting future conflicts, what kind of fights they will be, and what will be needed, we need a lot more humility.

Small things with great love. . . . It is not how much we do, but how much love we put into the doing. And it is not how much we give, but how much love we put into the giving. To God there is nothing small." —Mother Teresa

What a precious triple donkey I had made of myself!

God goes with thoughtless people.