Quotes About Humility

Hail, fellow, well met,All dirty and wet:Find out if you can,Who's master, who's man.

There are few, very few, that will own themselves in a mistake.

I'll tell you the same thing I told your father. We make mistakes. They don't make us. If they did, we'd all be royally fucked, especially a coupe of assholes like us." I grin at his last remark, and finally find some words to say, even though I'm not sure I possess the conciliatory feelings to match my town. "You could learn a lot from an asshole." Dugan smiles at that, and it's the first time I've ever seen him do it. "I guess so.

A gentleman does not boast about his junk.

When you see a woman in silks and sables and diamonds speak to a little errand girl or a footman or a scullery maid as though they were the dirt under her feet, you may be sure of one thing; she hasn't come a very long way from the ground herself.

Isn't it amazing how it's always the very people who insist other people be grateful for charity that get the most insulted when they're offered charity themselves? I've often noticed it.

Question is are you bozos smart enough to feel stupid?

Il est notoire que les hommes les plus remarquables sont aussi les plus modestes, les moins soucieux de l'opinion qu'on a d'eux.

Es bien sabido que los hombres más notables son también los más modestos, los menos preocupados por la opinión que uno tiene de ellos.

I got into a fight one time with a really big guy, and he said, "I'm going to mop the floor with your face." I said, "You'll be sorry." He said, "Oh yeah? Why?" I said, "Well, you won't be able to get into corners very well."

they who are wise shall be humble.

When asked what characteristics Nobel prize winning physicists had in common Ø› I cannot think of a single one, not even intelligence

la soberbia es puro ego concentrado, apaga la luz interior... ?

El antónimo más exacto de la soberbia es la humildad, característica del hombre que reconoce sus defectos y es capaz de someter su razón, su voluntad y sus preferencias en bien de los demás; se interesa por los problemas y las circunstancias ajenas. La humildad es el mejor camino para la ascética personal y la espiritualidad trascendente.

Los valores solo se adquieren a base de renuncias y sacrificios sin necesidad de publicarlos. El esfuerzo sin espectáculo es más heroico que el brillante y ruidoso. El

Confidence is ignorance. If you're feeling cocky, it's because there's something you don't know.

I never tell anyone exactly how clever I am. They would be too scared.

Listen to me, goblin. You're stupid, let's accept that and move on.

When you are offended at any man's fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.

What is the first business of philosophy? To part with self-conceit. For it is impossible for anyone to begin to learn what he thinks that he already knows.

What is the first business of one who practices philosophy To get rid of self-conceit. For it is impossible for anyone to begin to learn that which he thinks he already knows.

It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.

No, pos, de nada," the Mexican said with the typical humility that has always bewildered my American need to take credit.