Quotes About Humility

Pomposity and indignation grow in old age, like nostril hairs and earlobes.

I always feel a fool when in the company of people who work for a living. It brings out my startling lack of common sense.

We're delighted to have you here,' he said, putting an arm round the young man's shoulder, 'but a word of advice. Don't try to be clever. We're all clever here. Only try to be kind, a little kind.' Like most university stories, this one is variously attributed and it probably never even happened but, as the Italians say, se non e vero, e ben trovato - even if it isn't true, it's well founded.

Which of us can't honestly almost sob with joy when spring happens? You see that once again these leaves are being pushed out of dead branches, and blossoms, and insects are flying towards them is this fantastic process going on. And somehow we've allowed ourselves to feel outside it as if we are special. We've given ourselves a god like status, which is very dangerous I think, and very foolish.

According to some accounts, a journalist told Eddington in the early 1920s that he had heard there were only three people in the world who understood general relativity. Eddington paused, then replied, "I am trying to think who the third person is.")

I have no idea. People who boast about their I.Q. are losers.

Gustavo Solivellas dice: Las personas que se jactan de su coeficiente intelectual son unos perdedores (Stephen Hawking)

For most of us, I think it's easier to admit doing wrong than being stupid.

A good novelist realizes he is a secretary, not God.

A little arrogance (or even a lot) isn't such a bad thing, although your mother undoubtedly told you different. Mine did. Pride goeth before a fall, Stephen, she said... and then I found out - right around the age that is 19 x 2 - that eventually you fall down, anyway.

Smart people know a lot, and maybe that makes them think they know everything.

He that is down needs fear no fall, he that is low no pride, he that is humble ever shall have God to be his guide.

Stay humble and inherit greatness, wise and inherit eternal life

If you go up HUMBLED, you'll come down PROUD. But if you go up PROUDLY you'll come down HUMBLED.

If people were Superior to Animals, they'd take better care of the world

The world teaches us to be self-sufficient, self-reliant, self-motivating. But anytime we put self before Savior, we're in trouble

To please God, live a godly life and nurture kindness, compassion, justice, and humility.

How much larger your life would be if your self could become smaller in it.

Confidence is this: Wearing your triumphs with humility, and wearing your scars with pride. Many of us do precisely the opposite.

If I'll be funnier than this, I'll become a joke.

The more mistakes I make, the less I judge other people's mistakes

every lord was a servant and every servant will be a lord.

The low profile of a man does not mean he is nobody

the more the tree goes up in the air, the more it goes down into the earth. Remember humility in greatness.