Quotes About Humility

Consider, as well, that you may be blocked in your progress not because you lack opportunity, but because you have been too arrogant to make full use of what already lies in front of you.

The faculty of rationality inclines dangerously to pride: all I know is all that needs to be known. Pride falls in love with its own creations, and tries to make them absolute.

The people from whom you want thanks might not be very proficient in offering it, to begin with, but that shouldn't stop you.

Excuse the cliché, but it is necessary to walk before you can run. You may even have to crawl before you can walk. This is part of accepting your position as a beginner, at the bottom of the hierarchy you so casually, arrogantly, and self-servingly despise.

It was from this that I drew my fundamental moral conclusions. Aim up. Pay attention. Fix what you can fix. Don't be arrogant in your knowledge. Strive for humility, because totalitarian pride manifests itself in intolerance, oppression

What saves is the willingness to learn from what you don't know.

You must remove the beam in your own eye, before you concern yourself with the mote in your brother's.

Have some humility. Clean up your bedroom. Take care of your family. Follow your conscience. Straighten up your life. Find something productive and interesting to do and commit to it. When you can do all that, find a bigger problem and try to solve that if you dare. If that works, too, move on to even more ambitious projects. And, as the necessary beginning to that process . . . abandon ideology.

It is better to presume ignorance and invite learning than to assume sufficient knowledge and risk the consequent blindness.

You can be pretty smart if you can just shut up.

Don't over-estimate your self-knowledge.

Thus, it is necessary even for the most accomplished (but who wishes to accomplish still more) to retain identification with the as yet unsuccessful; to appreciate the striving toward competence; to carefully and with true humility subordinate him or herself to the current game; and to develop the knowledge, self-control, and discipline necessary to make the next move.

No consigues la paz llevando la razón. Lo único que consigues es llevar la razón, mientras que a la otra persona le toca estar equivocada, es decir, derrotada y equivocada

It is useful to take your place at the bottom of a hierarchy. It can aid in the development of gratitude and humility. Gratitude: There are people whose expertise exceeds your own, and you should be wisely pleased about that.

Don't think that it is easier to surround yourself with good healthy people than with bad unhealthy people. It's not. A good, healthy person is an ideal. It requires strength and daring to stand up near such a person. Have some humility. Have some courage. Use your judgment, and protect yourself from too-uncritical compassion and pity.

I nod. You can be pretty smart if you can just shut up.

Have some humility. If you cannot bring peace to your household, how dare you try to rule a city?

Don't think that it is easier to surround yourself with good healthy people than with bad unhealthy people. It's not. A good, healthy person is an ideal. It requires strength and daring to stand up near such a person. Have some humility. Have some courage. Use your judgment, and protect yourself from too-uncritical compassion and pity. Make friends with people who want the best for you.

Assume ignorance before malevolence.

No one unwilling to be a foolish beginner can learn.

DA POR HECHO QUE LA PERSONA A LA QUE ESCUCHAS PUEDE SABER ALGO QUE TÚ NO SABES

The less you know about a topic, the more you overestimate the quality of your knowledge.

Let others brag about the pages they have written; I'm proud of those I've read.

Let others pride themselves about how many pages they have written; I'd rather boast about the ones I've read.